VPS Hosting

[banilla]

Has anyone out there got much experience of vps hosting yet? is it as quick as a lower level dedicated host? Thinking of moving over to it so was hoping for a few thoughts on the subject.

Cheers
Leigh
Banilla Web Applications.

 

[Rags]

I use a VPS for all my sites - I've never encountered any speed issues.

I'm not too knowledgeable about the that technical side of things, but it's my undestanding that there's many other factors that will influence the speed more. (server specs, server load, bandwidth etc)

Hopefully someone else who is a bit more savvy will be along in a mo....

 

[banilla]

Hi,

Good to hear your using it for all sites and not seeing any issues - do mind if I ask who you use?

Cheers

 

[Optegris]

The biggest factor will be the number of VPS nodes that are on a server. The more VPS nodes a provider places on the box, the more resources will be required to ensure that the nodes are all up to speed.

You also need to bear in mind that having a VPS is similar to a dedicated box in that you will be responsible for the security and management of the software unless it is managed for you.

In terms of costs, they vary dependent on the level opf sercvice. We can offer VPS servers from as little as £7.95 + vat per month but my advice would be to go as high as your budget allows simply to ensure you have enough RAM and disk space to support your sites.

 

[Rags]

Hi,

Good to hear your using it for all sites and not seeing any issues - do mind if I ask who you use?

Cheers

I use a company called SL Host. If you are targeting UK customers, I would look for someone whose servers are here too. (unlike SL Host)

 

[banilla]

Definitely looking for UK hosting. Phil, When are you looking to get the Windows VPS up and running? would Openmind be ok with me loading Coldfusion 8 on? Also how many domains would be covered in the plesk licence?

sorry for all the questions but I am was impressed with your prices.

 

[JamieBeeston]

No host should mind you asking questions.. knowledge is power afterall

One of the things I would say you need to ask is how many and what type of HDDs do they have in the VPS Server.

Disk I/O will typically be the big bottleneck on a server (RAM can be added and CPUs dont tend to be maxed out as much as Disk I/O)

If they're using SATA drives.. be weary.
If they're using SAS Drives, ask how many.. anything < 3 and I'd again be weary (although it would obviously depend on how many nodes they have on the box)

Ask ask ask

J

 

[jasonslater]

I have been running a VPS for a few years now, the performance is much better than hosting alone but it is not a magic bullet - I am always looking get better performance out of the system.

 

[banilla]

Jamie & Jason

I currently have a dedicated server which is costing too much for my liking but is lovely and fast but I also have a shared Ip solution which I put most of my miscellaneous stuff on and it is this that is constantly freezing/crashing so as long as it sits somewhere between the two (more towards dedicated of course!!) then I am happy, especially as it seems to be cheaper than what I pay for shared hosting! I will ask the hardware questions though as a point of caution.

Cheers guys.

 

[Optegris]

Definitely looking for UK hosting. Phil, When are you looking to get the Windows VPS up and running?

Hopefully in the next quarter...

would Openmind be ok with me loading Coldfusion 8 on?

You may install any software you wish as long as it's legally licensed

CF8 is a bit of a resource hog though so I would definitely be looking towards the higher end VPS/dedicated

Also how many domains would be covered in the plesk licence?

As mentioned, the VPS server do not come with software installed although Webmin is a good open source panel. Plesk is available on the dedi boxes up to unlimited domains.

sorry for all the questions but I am was impressed with your prices.

It's what you pay for and what you should expect

 

[banilla]

Thanks for getting back to me with answers so quick Phil.I have saved your url and will come back to you when the Windows servers are in place as I am restricted by the Coldfusion version I have.

Cheers
Leigh

 

[Optegris]

No worries. As a comprison, the following spec server would be fine for CF8 although on a dedi basis:

Processors: Dual Core Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk: 1x 160GB 7,200rpm
OS: Windows Server 2003 Standard 32 bit (SP2)
Bandwidth: 4,000GB Bandwidth Per Month
Port Speed: Dedicated 100Mbit Port

£75 + vat per month

I've left the control panel pricing off as there are quite a few options...

 

[JamieBeeston]

If we're talking dedicated servers now, check out our QuadCore 2.83Ghz Servers from £69 pcm!

All hosted in Docklands E14

 

[peterstagg]

Hi Banilla, We have the ability to host Coldfusion sites as we have services that have that service available.
If you want PM me and give me your requirements or your url and I will see if we can help you.

peter

 

[Julian]

You also need to bear in mind that having a VPS is similar to a dedicated box in that you will be responsible for the security and management of the software unless it is managed for you.

How onerous is that for someone just running a basic LAMP setup where everything is pretty well-known open source stuff? Do web providers really provide no admin services with their basic packages? I'd always assumed that at least the key daemons (e.g. Apache, MySQL, etc) would be included in whatever internal "are they still alive" stuff that the hosting provider had running to monitor their shared hosting services and that they would at least reach inside a customers VPS instance and restart something basic like Apache if it crashed.

- Julian

 

[Optegris]

That again depends on the VPS packages provided. We supply bare VPS systems so the client can decide what they want to install.

There are open source control panels out there such as www.webmin.com that will help you though.

Regarding installation of a LAMP base, this could be completed in a few minutes using yum and the command line:

http://www.techiecorner.com/125/how-to-install-lamp-apache-php-and-mysql-in-linux-using-yum/

 

[eukhost]

Definitely looking for UK hosting. Phil, When are you looking to get the Windows VPS up and running? would Openmind be ok with me loading Coldfusion 8 on? Also how many domains would be covered in the plesk licence?

sorry for all the questions but I am was impressed with your prices.

You can check our Coldfusion 8 hosting plans at http://www.eukhost.com/windows-web-hosting.