Comments on: VPS Recommendations?

By: Totonet

Totonet — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:53:05 +0000

Check our VPS hosting service at http://www.totoidc.com/en/vps.php

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:43:03 +0000

The major problem with VPS solutions is someone on the VPS may run away with the resources and force your VPS to run slower. Dedicated managed servers are always the best way to go. No fear of someone else slowing your server/resources down. Plus VPS normally don’t offer Managed support. Some companies like Server Intellect do offer VPS Manged support, but most don’t. If you have the money get a dedicated server over a VPS.

By: Turner

Turner — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:33:14 +0000

One of my friends hooked me up with Slicehost so thats what I’m using now. He uses MediaTemple (there was a waiting list on Slicehost, and he got impatient) and he’s very happy with it. I just went through the hosts people here have suggested which fit your criteria for RAM, Bandwidth, and Storage and compiled them into a spreadsheet table on Google Docs.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pT-5tIsX5hxXxe2LyxBzBOA

It looks like as far as straight stats/price ratios, Futurehosting.biz has the best deal.
Of course this table does not take into account amenities and extras which are hard to quantify.
For instance, a few of these have CPanel or Plesk.
Slicehost does not have either, but it has very simple custom software and an AJAX console terminal (which is awesome).
The others I’m sure have their own quirks and niceties, I’d invite anyone who knows to post them here.

By: mikkel

mikkel — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:40:51 +0000

I recommend slicehost, too..

By: JMM

JMM — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:19:42 +0000

Hi, Dougal,

Have you checked with http://www.BlueHost.com?

By: Edward de Leau

Edward de Leau — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:17 +0000

Hi Dougal, for what it’s worth I recently (this month) also switched to MediaTemple. I am still very amazed by the speed and ease of use.

By: Dougal

Dougal — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:08:39 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations, everybody. I’m looking them over and comparing the price/feature points. It looks like the features I want will cost me roughly $60-$75/month, which isn’t too bad (my Text-Link-Ads will easily pay for that).

I could easily reduce my requirements by offloading my email needs. I’m just hesitant to do that because I’ve got so much personal investment (time & effort) into my current setup. It might be time to let go of that, though.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:28:50 +0000

Rackforce.com

dds400-L
Dual Quad-Core Xeon hardware node
1GB DDR2 ECC 667 RAM allocated to your virtual environment
30GB on SAS/SCSI RAID 5 config
10Mbps Unmetered BW - dedicated to your virtual environment (so ~4000 to 5000GB transfer per month)
root access to your environment
SSH
private DNS
Plesk or cPanel CP included (and if you just want a shell with no CP let them know when ordering)
full control over mail and databases - no limits other than the natural limits of the hardware, software and network connection.

By: Kerrie

Kerrie — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:21:28 +0000

I use http://www.servage.net been with them for 3 years now. Great service, good price, lots of storage, good feature mix.

By: look no further

look no further — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:52:53 +0000

http://knownhost.com/
http://steadfast.net/