what's best hosting for big product launch?

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Hi,

I have a big product launch scheduled soon and want a reliable hosting company who won't shut the site down if it gets a big spike in traffic.

Anyone have any experience with launches and flexible hosting?

Thanks,
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  • Martin,

    I would look into Mosso.com or MediaTemple.com

    What you get basically is a piece of their robust enterprise-level server cluster with massive redundancy and resources.

    This goes way beyond dedicated servers and is more affordable due to it's "pay-for-what-you-use" model. When you exceed the resources allotted to you in your base account, you just pay for additional CPUs, storage and bandwidth as needed.

    Media Temple starts at 20./Mo (100 sites) and provides more space and bandwidth while Mosso will cost you a minimum of 100./mo. but gives you unlimited sites and sub-accounts for resellers.

    Mosso wins out for pedigree as this is a service of Rack Space - one of the best in the business.

    I am running my Ad Network on Media Temple and my sites on Mosso and so far I am very happy with both.
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    • Hi Mark,

      I really appreciate your help. I knew of Mosso because I have a couple of dedicated servers with Rackspace but even Rackspace dedicated servers seemed wrong for a product launch (outdated technology for fast impulse spikes in traffic). Mosso seems like the perfect environment for a launch site. Any Gurus use it yet for a launch?

      I wasn't aware of Media Temple's version of cluster hosting but I will certainly test them out also. I have become spoiled by Rackspace's fanatical support and 100% network uptime. How does Media Temple support and uptime compare?

      BTW are you Mark from vTribes.com?...I have been looking at vTribes.com for the past couple of weeks for a large member site I am planning. I was mostly concerned with the hosting being in Canada (from what I was able to see) - is that with Kiosk.ws? Will you be moving to a US based host / network?

      Thanks so much for your advice!

      Best,

      Martin M.

      p.s. your DNA Members Priority Notification Signup looks very intriguing - I going to watch the webinar now.
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  • I will certainly keep track of vTribes developments...I have a potentially large member site to develop and looking for the right membership platform has been tough. I like what I see in vTribes and that it is backed by great IM people also. I like Mike. :-) Just bought his Traffic Fusion...looking forward to using it.

    As for the new hosting revolution did you know that Rackspace and Mosso Racklabs - Thoughts on the Hosted IT Revolution Clouds Everywhere, Including Rackspace are developing a competing platform to Amazon's aws.amazon.com and Google's Google App Engine - Google Code
  • I'd shop around you can get host for next to nothing , but it just depends on how much you know about web design.
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  • Many of the big gurus use Kiosk Hosting including Mike Filsaime.
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    • If you want quality and reliability, IMO

      Rackspace

      would be a good choice.

      Dan
  • I'd look into Media Temple. A lot of big companies use Media Temple.
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