HostGator is going Down Again and Again.. Need some serious help!

12 years ago

OK,

I have to ask. Have you called them and ask what the problem is?

It sounds like, if you are getting that much traffic, then the server (shared hosting on the baby plan) may be getting overloaded. Not sure, but if this is the case, then I think they would have notified you.

Try calling them, if you haven't already, and see what they say.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

I Contacted them.. and they told me to Install one WORDPRESS Plugin W3-Total-Cache. and i installed, still no progress.

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Dan Thompson

12 years ago

As John said, if you are sending that much traffic (100 GB in 4 days), then you'll be using far more resources than you can expect to receive on a $7pm shared hosting plan, especially if the site you are sending the traffic to is a dynamic SQL driven site.

You can try using W3-total-cache but in my experience, it wont make much difference when you are driving traffic to a site on such a scale. The best option would be to upgrade to a mid-range VPS or Dedicated server.

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Matthew Iannotti

12 years ago

HG is shi*.. Get rid of them..FAST..

WAY back when, before I knew better, I had the same issues with HG. I was actually getting customer emails reporting my site was down. (if any of you are not, you are probably not getting enough traffic)

When you call the rep, they will make it seem like nothing happened and can't explain the reason.

Switch your stuff over to liquid web.. TOP notch service, and I do not have downtime.

I have 2 dedicated servers with them, and they are absolutely fantastic!

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Mohsin Rasool

12 years ago

Go for VPS server. Time to upgrade from shared hosting to VPS.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Which VPS Package should i buy on which hosting?

My Yearly budget for this is 500 dollars.

PLEASE SUGGEST!

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Thaddeus

12 years ago

Commiserations with Hostgator. I agree, probably time to switch to a more personal service hosting company.

But holy shmoly - what I want to know is what you are doing to get all that traffic in just 5 days??? Which devil did you do the deal with?

Thad

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Thaddeus

Commiserations with Hostgator. I agree, probably time to switch to a more personal service hosting company.

But holy shmoly - what I want to know is what you are doing to get all that traffic in just 5 days??? Which devil did you do the deal with?

Thad

What's the Difference between personal service hosting company and hostgator VPS hosting? And how can i have personal service hosting company? what it will cost?
And the Most of the traffic is from Social websites, Facebook,twitter etc

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Thaddeus

12 years ago

I'm with Rochen - they go down a just a fraction more 1&1 used to, but their support is lightning fast, they speak English, they seem to me to have a high technical knowledge, and they invariably fix things very very quickly. All that works for me

Heheh - very cryptic! When you say "Most of the traffic is from Social websites, Facebook,twitter etc" aghh, we need more details!! I have accounts and pages on all that lot, work pretty hard on them all on occasion, but get nothing like that traffic from them! Have you got some automated system at work here?

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Thaddeus

I'm with Rochen - they go down a just a fraction more 1&1 used to, but their support is lightning fast, they speak English, they seem to me to have a high technical knowledge, and they invariably fix things very very quickly. All that works for me

Heheh - very cryptic! When you say "Most of the traffic is from Social websites, Facebook,twitter etc" aghh, we need more details!! I have accounts and pages on all that lot, work pretty hard on them all on occasion, but get nothing like that traffic from them! Have you got some automated system at work here?

Thank you for your suggestion.

I Have got some Big Facebook pages and also twitter followers of 1 million.
My total facebook FANS/LIKES are 3 million +
From here i am getting the traffic

i just post 3 links in a day.

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joekoffi

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

Thank you for your suggestion.

I Have got some Big Facebook pages and also twitter followers of 1 million.
My total facebook FANS/LIKES are 3 million +
From here i am getting the traffic

i just post 3 links in a day.

This is crazy fat !!!!

How can I have you recommend my site to your followers?

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Rozanne

12 years ago

Well $500 is a good budget, either you choose highly configured VPS or choose Cloud Hosting Service. In my opinion you should opt cloud, because with this platform it would be easy to upgrade or downgrade resources according to website progress.

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Richard Van

12 years ago

May I ask how you got that traffic? Where from I mean?

I'm just thinking outloud but if you got 10% of them to sign up to a list you'd have 12,200 people on it or...

122,000 visitors @ 1% purchasing a $17 product = $20,740.

Sorry but that is bot traffic or you'd have more than $500 to spend surely and if you knew you were going to be getting over 100,000 visitors in 4 days, why did you go for a baby plan?

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Richard Van

May I ask how you got that traffic? Where from I mean?

I'm just thinking outloud but if you got 10% of them to sign up to a list you'd have 12,200 people on it or...

122,000 visitors @ 1% purchasing a $17 product = $20,740.

Sorry but that is bot traffic or you'd have more than $500 to spend surely and if you knew you were going to be getting over 100,000 visitors in 4 days, why did you go for a baby plan?

From my Facebook fan pages/Twitter followers, NOT A SINGLE BOT! All are 100% real human traffic.

Outloud is a VPS hosting company? and they give commision? sorry i am not fimiliar with it,

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Richard Van 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

Outloud is a VPS hosting company? and they give commision? sorry i am not fimiliar with it,

Good for you, I'd want to be monetising them, I'm sure you are though.

Sorry too, "thinking outloud" is an expression of thought, it's not a hosting company.

Good luck Rocky, with that sort of traffic you should be retired by February.
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bhuff85

12 years ago

I have been with Hostgator for well over 5 years now (since I built my first website) and have never had any problem. If anything came up, they were pretty quick to help me get it situated as soon as possible.

With that said, looks like too much traffic for shared hosting. I agree with a lot of people here. Definitely need to move to a dedicated server that can handle a load like that (if the traffic is going to continue at a high rate).

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joekoffi

12 years ago

I think the problem you have here is the amount of traffic. On hostgator's shared space, you are not allowed to run over 25 processes at any given time. That means you can't have over 25 requests being processed at once. With this amount of traffic, it's very reasonably possible to have over 25 requests/clicks being processed at once. The solution is to upgrade or move elsewhere. Also be care not to jump from frying pan to fire.

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AnniePot

12 years ago

On and off over the last month or so, all my Hostgator blogs have been abysmally slow. Yesterday, they were timing out, but today they are flying.

I've always loved Hostgator and recommended them constantly, but if this spotty on-and-off access time continues, I shall have little option but to move elsewhere.

Maybe all our recommendations are proving to be our own downfall - we've recommended them to so many people, they are becoming overloaded..

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DireStraits

12 years ago

Originally Posted by AnniePot

On and off over the last month or so, all my Hostgator blogs have been abysmally slow. Yesterday, they were timing out, but today they are flying.

I've always loved Hostgator and recommended them constantly, but if this spotty on-and-off access time continues, I shall have little option but to move elsewhere.

Maybe all our recommendations are proving to be our own downfall - we've recommended them to so many people, they are becoming overloaded..

Are all your sites in the same account (i.e. potentially on the same single server), Annie?

I've had no noticeable issues with any of my sites, myself, and I'm sure there'd have been an announcement if there was an internal network issue affecting many customers, so I can only imagine there must either be a routing/latency problem between your ISP and their datacentre (which could be discovered by perhaps running a traceroute - "tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" in Command Prompt in Windows, where x's are the IP address of the server your account is on - and looking for abnormally high response rates or timeouts (e.g. * * * *'s)) or an unfortunate problem with a specific server.

If it persists, I'd consider first asking them to move your account to another server. That'd be a task for them, anyway, and would probably be a much lighter job on your part than moving hosts altogether. Hope things get sorted for you, anyway.

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AnniePot

12 years ago

You've made some good suggestions - thanks

Yes, everything is in the one account. Today is a good day and everything is humming along at the moment so I'll just hold fire and wait to see if another slow day kicks in. If it does, I'll certainly follow your advice.

Originally Posted by DireStraits

Are all your sites in the same account (i.e. potentially on the same single server), Annie?

I've had no noticeable issues with any of my sites, myself, and I'm sure there'd have been an announcement if there was an internal network issue affecting many customers, so I can only imagine there must either be a routing/latency problem between your ISP and their datacentre (which could be discovered by perhaps running a traceroute - "tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" in Command Prompt in Windows, where x's are the IP address of the server your account is on - and looking for abnormally high response rates or timeouts (e.g. * * * *'s)) or an unfortunate problem with a specific server.

If it persists, I'd consider first asking them to move your account to another server. That'd be a task for them, anyway, and would probably be a much lighter job on your part than moving hosts altogether. Hope things get sorted for you, anyway.

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DireStraits

12 years ago

The problem could pertain to the volume of traffic you're receiving and the inadequacy of your current hosting package/platform to cope with it, or it could be due to an unruly plugin/script of sorts. Or a combination of both.

We have no access to HostGator's server. Neither do we have access to your error logs or your hosting account. For that reason, we can't possibly tell you what is ultimately causing the problem.

HostGator have made a recommendation, which you can either choose to act upon or to ignore.

Good luck if you decide to move hosts, but I'd personally want to make sure I'd gotten to the bottom of the problem before enduring all the hassle of transferring elsewhere only for the same issue to occur.

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MihaiBarbulescu

12 years ago

I believe you should consider a VPS or a dedicated server having in mind this volume of visitors.

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DustinG

12 years ago

-First, what did you do to get that much traffic?

I use Host Gator and have been happy with them so far. They have various hosting options. The $7/mo shared plan isn't really designed to handle a ton of traffic. It's more of a starter, and you can then upgrade as you get more traffic.

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RankSale

12 years ago

If your traffic keeps growing, better to upgrade to VPS or dedicated server.
Code or script improvement is limited.
I use hostgator before. Not very impressived with their shared hosting.
We use "managed" VPS or dedicated server for our high traffic sites now.
Our experience shows uptime and space for growing are VERY important for website.
Unless you think your site is small and will be forever small.
And don't care the traffic lost by down time.

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williamstraus

12 years ago

Hmm...if you're growing that fast then first off let's all congratulate you. Because the truth is it really is hard to get that much traffic so fast.

Are these downloads and media files? If it's streaming related, downloads (and it's legal stuff to download) then look into Vimeo, Youtube (video) or Amazon S3 (video or any type of large file) for strictly hosting your files.

You can then just let your blog run at hostgator and you'll be fine.

If it's really script intensive and just general web surfing then you need to get W3 Super Cache working AND you need to upgrade to a VPS (virtual prviate server).

I know Hostgator can suck but they actually do have very reasonably priced VPS offerings.

I would look into "why" you are crashing before even trying to figure out how to fix it.

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Tony Shipp

12 years ago

All that traffic on the cheapest hosting plan and you don't know what's wrong.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Thanks a lot Everyone for your suggestions.

i am going with Hostgator's VPS hosting of 40 dollars/month. ( LEVEL 3 )

Here is the Link : https://signup.hostgator.com/

Screenshot of the package :

So is it FINE for my this amount of traffic ?

PLEASE SUGGEST.

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HostMafia

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

Thanks a lot Everyone for your suggestions.

i am going with Hostgator's VPS hosting of 40 dollars/month. ( LEVEL 3 )

Here is the Link : https://signup.hostgator.com/
So is it FINE for my this amount of traffic ?

PLEASE SUGGEST.

You will run out of bandwidth in no time. By looking at first page, i got that u already reached 100gb bandwidth.

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Rocky07 12 years ago

Originally Posted by HostMafia

You will run out of bandwidth in no time. By looking at first page, i got that u already reached 100gb bandwidth.

I checked few minutes before that 97 Gb is now 129 GB!
So i must go with Level 4?
Problem is i have limited budget at the moment.
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Brian Alaway

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

Thanks a lot Everyone for your suggestions.

i am going with Hostgator's VPS hosting of 40 dollars/month. ( LEVEL 3 )

Here is the Link : https://signup.hostgator.com/

Screenshot of the package :

So is it FINE for my this amount of traffic ?

PLEASE SUGGEST.

Not a particularly great deal when compared to VPS Solutions | ServInt | www.servint.net

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David Keith

12 years ago

its not just the number of actual visits that matters. what are these people doing on your site? are they downloading a big file, watching movies from your server, viewing static web pages, or are you using a heavy database driven site that will eat up server resources.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

its not just the number of actual visits that matters. what are these people doing on your site? are they downloading a big file, watching movies from your server, viewing static web pages, or are you using a heavy database driven site that will eat up server resources.

It's a Funny Blog.. just pictures are there.

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David Keith 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

It's a Funny Blog.. just pictures are there.

so its a database driven site with heavy use of pictures. that is probably going to eat up server resources more than many sites would.
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- Rocky07 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by David Keith
  
  so its a database driven site with heavy use of pictures. that is probably going to eat up server resources more than many sites would.
  
  What do you think, Hostgator VPS Level 3 will be fine for this??
  I need to take some action As soon as possible.
  
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DustinG

12 years ago

You got 3 million likes and 1 million Twitter followers in just a few days?

What is your site?

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Rocky07 12 years ago

Originally Posted by DustinG

You got 3 million likes and 1 million Twitter followers in just a few days?

What is your site?

Actually, i have buyed some pages and followers.. one is my page i have got 1.7 million on that ( i made that page in 2009) other i have buyed. these are random pages and because of that pages i have already got 100k fans on my this blog's official page.
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joekoffi

12 years ago

I'm interested in visiting your site

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HostMafia

12 years ago

than probably cloud would be better for you,as you can pay for what u use. Buy a reliable cloud server with sufficient RAM and cpu for the start. After some time u will get the general idea of how much cpu n ram u need.
Than you can use minimum cpu n ram,and spend most on bandwidth.

Also use cloudfare,content delivery network with your hosting.

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canada94

12 years ago

Dude, if your getting that amount of traffic you need to create a WSO and get it on here, thats an insane amout of traffic in 5 days, also whats your web addy so we can check it out.

Respect to ya

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Curt7

12 years ago

You had better figure out how to monetize all of that traffic, so that your hosting budget won't be so limited. A $500 annual hosting budget with all of that traffic is a bit nuts.

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HostMafia

12 years ago

Adsense,cpa/cpl,donation button. There are so many methods for that much traffic which will easily cover all the server cost with some heavy amount of pure profit.

You should consider it.
Please share your link with us.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Okay guys, now i have to do the Final Decision :

VPS Solutions | ServInt | www.servint.net or VPS Hosting | Linux VPS Servers with cPanel from HostGator

Which VPS hosting is better???

PLEASE SUGGEST, i need to buy within 24 hours.

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Alastair McDermott

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

VPS Solutions | ServInt | www.servint.net or VPS Hosting | Linux VPS Servers with cPanel from HostGator

Which VPS hosting is better???

PLEASE SUGGEST, i need to buy within 24 hours.

If you have to go VPS, then I'd go with the Servint option there, but my preference for your needs would be a highly specc'd managed hosting from the likes of MediaLayer.com (they don't have an aff program - just recommending them because they're good).

Also I'd strongly, strongly consider moving your images and heavy content off onto Amazon s3 and/or a Content Delivery Network like MaxCDN etc if at all possible. You can also optimise your site to save you a lot of bandwidth and load times.

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Olivia33

12 years ago

Well i guess you should look at Liquidweb ..They own many datacenters and their hosting is top notch !

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

I suspect that if you're getting that amount of traffic in that amount of time, that you are sending a huge amount of junk traffic to the site.

If so, that's certainly no fault of Hostgator. Look at your AWStats and see where that traffic is coming from. Did you do a big spam blast of links or join some traffic exchanges?

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

I suspect that if you're getting that amount of traffic in that amount of time, that you are sending a huge amount of junk traffic to the site.

If so, that's certainly no fault of Hostgator. Look at your AWStats and see where that traffic is coming from. Did you do a big spam blast of links or join some traffic exchanges?

I Already told that Traffic is coming from facebook and twitter... total i have 3 million likes on facebook and 1 million twitter follows. all traffic is real. 100% real. not even a single percent junk traffic.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

I Already told that Traffic is coming from facebook and twitter... total i have 3 million likes on facebook and 1 million twitter follows. all traffic is real. 100% real. not even a single percent junk traffic.

Proof is in the pudding. Real targeted traffic converts. You'd be making a considerable amount of money on real traffic. If you want to pay for a dedicated server for junk traffic, your option.

3M Facebook likes and 1M Twitter followers in a few days are highly suspect. Anyone can get/buy junk Facebook likes and Twitter followers.

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HN

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Proof is in the pudding. Real targeted traffic converts. You'd be making a considerable amount of money on real traffic. If you want to pay for a dedicated server for junk traffic, your option.

3M Facebook likes and 1M Twitter followers in a few days are highly suspect. Anyone can get/buy junk Facebook likes and Twitter followers.

Why do you think he got 3M FB and 1M Twitter followers in 4 days. He put up his website 4 days ago. You don't need hosting account for FB and Titter obviously. He also said he created FB page in 2009. Can't we read before posting?

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wordwizard

12 years ago

Originally Posted by canada94

Dude, if your getting that amount of traffic you need to create a WSO and get it on here, thats an insane amout of traffic in 5 days, also whats your web addy so we can check it out.

Respect to ya

Kevin Long

I'm with Kevin here! Create a WSO and I'll buy it in a heartbeat! And I bet a lot of people will as well. That should help you pay for the hosting (and the autoresponder etc.).

About Hostgator - I've been with them for several years and I still love them even though their baby plan was a LITTLE deceiving. Unlimited Domains? Not quite. Ditto for Unlimited Bandwidth.

Apparently, they don't usually run into trouble with that kind of advertising, but when I asked them, they said, WELL, we didn't think you would put 280 domains on your account! (forgot the actual number).

Awww shucks.

So now I added a reseller account, which can be upgraded as needed, and a couple of very patient and friendly HG guys walked me through how to get it all set up.

Still happy with HG!

Good luck with your site and let me know when you're looking for reviewers for your WSO ;-)

Elisabeth

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Chris Chicas

12 years ago

Why aren't you monetizing your website to have a budget that is way over $500 for hosting? What's the matter?

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nicheblogger75

12 years ago

Sorry for your troubles, but I'm quite impressed with your traffic stats! Would you share some of your techniques and methods?

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lovefadge

12 years ago

This happens, contact htem on hostgator chat and they'll fix it straight away (if there is a genuine problem) ... its happened to me a few times tho, it's simple because I've used too many processes, u need to monitor things like email accounts and stuff like that, I noticed that recently when I opened up thunderbird (my emails) it opened up about 5 email accounts attached to my hosting and made my processes go over the limit so my website went down. Seems like a classic case of too many processes, if u notice it go down log into your hosting and look at your processes.

I'd upgrade though to some bigger hosting, definitely a VPS or dedicated server when your pushing that amount of traffic

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Rocky07

12 years ago

THANKS EVERYONE for your Suggestions.

After some posts and searching on the forum, I have buyed Dedicated servers on Liquidweb.com

Thanks again. Cheers

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Rocky07

12 years ago

hello everyone,
i searched the forum and get to know the liquid web vps will be best for this.
2 days back i migrated to Smart vps server on Liquid web of 2000Gb bandwith,
and the situation is event worst then before.
On hostgator shared hosting i was easily having 30k visitors daily.but the problem was processors and i switched here on liquid web vps hosting. now only just 400 users come onine and the website got closed. and they are saying we are trying to resolve it,but nothing working out.

what should i do guys? please suggest, my website is down from last few hours.

NOW My BUDGET is 2000$/ Month, SHOULD I GO WITH HOSTGATOR DEDICATED SERVER??

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David Keith

12 years ago

a vps is really really just a shared server.

you need a dedicated server if you are going to get that sort of traffic consistently. hostgator is not the cheapest for dedicated servers, but as you have just recently figured out, it not always best to choose only by cost and the bandwidth numbers promised on the sales page.

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CyberAlien

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

a vps is really really just a shared server.

you need a dedicated server if you are going to get that sort of traffic consistently. hostgator is not the cheapest for dedicated servers, but as you have just recently figured out, it not always best to choose only by cost and the bandwidth numbers promised on the sales page.

That completely depends on the type of vps you get. For example, at HostGator the vps containers would very rarely effect each other even if they're on the same node - because they are contained. Unless there was a massive DDOS attack against the node, it would be extremely rare for one vps to effect another - that's what makes it completely different from shared hosting.

@Rocky You said "the problem was processors" - I highly doubt that is the issues. Most likely what you mean is that you were running too many processes and violating their TOS so the website was showing a 500 error. That either would mean you're getting a ton of traffic or the website is just poorly coded with useless plugins - or both. You have to remember that you're getting some good traffic to the website and paying very little for it to run, shared hosting really isn't support be used in that way.

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Sir Lethal

12 years ago

I suggest using another webhost. Hostgator has been getting real iffy lately due to multiple DDOS attacks. Jixhost is a good webhost, or even try out godaddy.

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CyberAlien

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Sir Lethal

I suggest using another webhost. Hostgator has been getting real iffy lately due to multiple DDOS attacks. Jixhost is a good webhost, or even try out godaddy.

How has HostGator been really iffy lately because of DDOS attacks? That would be implying that every one of their thousands of servers is being attacked. I am sure that certain servers are attacked frequently, especially ones with controversial websites on them. But I have found them generally good at mitigating the attacks.

And before you even consider using a company like JixHost, take a look at their reviews: https://www.google.com/search?q=+sit...m+jixhost+down

I wouldn't suggest GoDaddy for hosting, but I do always register domains through them.

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David Keith

12 years ago

with any vps. you are sharing a computer. the other people who are also using that computer will affect your site. there is no way to avoid that.

its a "virtual private server" which means it is not a private server, but one that is separated by software applications.

there is no way to "contain" the usage of one vps user on the same machine so that it will never affect other vps users. the only way to do that is to shut down any vps users who is affecting the performance of the single machine.

the real purpose of a vps is to allow people who dont really need that much hosting horsepower the flexibility of a dedicated server when it comes to server setup. a vps is not really an upgrade as far as hosting horsepower goes.

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CyberAlien

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Keith

with any vps. you are sharing a computer. the other people who are also using that computer will affect your site. there is no way to avoid that.

its a "virtual private server" which means it is not a private server, but one that is separated by software applications.

there is no way to "contain" the usage of one vps user on the same machine so that it will never affect other vps users. the only way to do that is to shut down any vps users who is affecting the performance of the single machine.

the real purpose of a vps is to allow people who dont really need that much hosting horsepower the flexibility of a dedicated server when it comes to server setup. a vps is not really an upgrade as far as hosting horsepower goes.

Oh really? So all of these major companies are incorrect about how a vps works?

What is VPS Hosting?

The easiest way to visualize how VPS work is to use the apartment analogy. Each virtual server, or "container", on the machine is like an apartment suite. You can install any software you like or restart your own container without affecting the other containers on the machine, much like how you can renovate your own suite without affecting the others.

Compare Shared Hosting to VPS Hosting

Virtual private servers are allotted disk space and memory independent of other allocations on the hardware node; while the potential for individual accounts to affect hardware node performance still exists, hard limits set for each virtual environment and improved monitoring capabilities minimize the opportunities for a single user's activities to impact others.

VPS vs Shared Hosting | Sherweb blog

Virtual Private Server technology (aka VPS) is essentially multiple isolated server environments on a single physical server. It uses its own disk space, RAM, CPU, IP addresses. A VPS account gives root access to the system, allowing for modifications of server configuration files and installation of applications.

Shared Hosting vs. VPS

Within a VPS, each web hosting account is assigned their own operating system so users can individually configure one account without disrupting the others. Over time, a VPS can significantly reduce costs of ownership.

I think that the point you're missing is that a container has its own resource like CPU and RAM allocated to it. Yes, if the entire node went down, then all vps accounts on it are effected. However, just another user on the node would very rarely disrupt your vps if the containers are setup correctly.

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David Keith

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Chase Watts

Oh really? So all of these major companies are incorrect about how a vps works?

What is VPS Hosting?

Compare Shared Hosting to VPS Hosting

VPS vs Shared Hosting | Sherweb blog
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I think that the point you're missing is that a container has its own resource like CPU and RAM allocated to it. Yes, if the entire node went down, then all vps accounts on it are effected. However, just another user on the node would very rarely disrupt your vps if the containers are setup correctly.

chase, i have worked in and around the hosting industry for about 15 years. all of what you just cut and pasted is marketing stuff. just like most of the hosting companies promise "unlimited bandwidth" i dont suppose you actually believe that?

there is NO WAY to compartmentalize a single computer which is sharing a processor and ram so that the other compartments never or even rarely have affects on the others.

in fact, hostgators vps system allows it be burstable. which means that if one compartment temporarily uses a lot of resources, the software will pull currently un-used resources from the other compartments on the machine. ie...affecting the other compartments.

From the hostgator site.
http://support.hostgator.com/article...etting-started

What can I do on a VPS?

VPS is best for installing custom software, creating custom configurations, sending emails without the shared server limitations, and hosting live streaming media. (This is not a solution to overly resource-intensive accounts or heavy traffic.)

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CyberAlien 12 years ago

[QUOTE=David Keith;5261142]in fact, hostgators vps system allows it be burstable. which means that if one compartment temporarily uses a lot of resources, the software will pull currently un-used resources from the other compartments on the machine. ie...affecting the other compartments./QUOTE]

Do you have a vps at HostGator where you can provide proof of that? I not only have personal friends who work at HostGator but also have had a vps there since they released them and have never heard that before. Do you have an account with them where you can show proof to backup the fact that your resources are being used by other people on the same node?
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Rocky07

12 years ago

Nice conversation. thank u for ur suggestion guys.

ONE QUESTION : Is it ok for me to go with Hostgator Dedicated servers? i trust them i can pay their high fee.
Please suggest.

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CyberAlien

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rocky07

Nice conversation. thank u for ur suggestion guys.

ONE QUESTION : Is it ok for me to go with Hostgator Dedicated servers? i trust them i can pay their high fee.
Please suggest.

I would suggest their dedicated servers based on the support that they provide. Yes, they are a bit more expensive than other companies but at least you know that you will get the support you want. I would prefer to waste money paying extra than end up losing a ton more money because the server is down

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Ben Gordon

12 years ago

Right now I would go with a dedicated server in your position - a good VPS isn't even enough to handle all your traffic.

I would suggest getting the standard dedicated server package. All your website needs at the moment is the basic package, however, your website will probably grow and you'll need a larger server to handle all your traffic, so instead of creating downtime and other problems arise, I would suggest you simply purchase the standard dedicated server package. It will also benefit you if you'll get an excessive amount of traffic at one point in time and will maintain your servers without them crashing.

Another solution is getting 2 basic dedicated servers if you have the budget. If one server is down, it will always be able to redirect the traffic to the other server for a timely matter while you get the other server back on again. This was it acts as a backup.

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ben Gordon

Right now I would go with a dedicated server in your position - a good VPS isn't even enough to handle all your traffic.

I would suggest getting the standard dedicated server package. All your website needs at the moment is the basic package, however, your website will probably grow and you'll need a larger server to handle all your traffic, so instead of creating downtime and other problems arise, I would suggest you simply purchase the standard dedicated server package. It will also benefit you if you'll get an excessive amount of traffic at one point in time and will maintain your servers without them crashing.

Another solution is getting 2 basic dedicated servers if you have the budget. If one server is down, it will always be able to redirect the traffic to the other server for a timely matter while you get the other server back on again. This was it acts as a backup.

Thanks a lot for ur suggestion,

Right now, i am in position of having Basic dedicated servr of 174/month. and after that i can upgrade if things will go goood. whats your thougts on it?

regards

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David Keith

12 years ago

rocky, if you want one of the most hands off solutions, a dedicated server from HG is about as good as it gets for people like you.

most of the "cheap" servers sold on the internet are lacking many features that make them "set and forget". like 1 and 1 is a big company with much better prices, but those prices are for un-managed servers which brings up all sorts of trouble for you.

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Ben Gordon

12 years ago

I'd like to also give some further insight on what I'm doing. Currently I'm getting over 50K unique visitors per day on one of my websites. Here's how I maintain the traffic.

I bought two servers from hostgator, the pro package and basic package. All the traffic goes towards my pro dedicated server. I reboot my server once in three days just to make sure everything is running smooth and it doesn't overload. When I reboot my server, for those two hours I forward all my traffic to my basic server which is able to handle all of it (usually those two hours are when I get the least amount of traffic). Another scenario for using this is when I get really large numbers of traffic. If my pro dedicated server crashes for some reason, I forward all my traffic to my basic dedicated server which is able to handle it for about a day while I reboot the other server and maintain it.

I hope all this information I supplied to you help!

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Rocky07

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ben Gordon

I'd like to also give some further insight on what I'm doing. Currently I'm getting over 50K unique visitors per day on one of my websites. Here's how I maintain the traffic.

I bought two servers from hostgator, the pro package and basic package. All the traffic goes towards my pro dedicated server. I reboot my server once in three days just to make sure everything is running smooth and it doesn't overload. When I reboot my server, for those two hours I forward all my traffic to my basic server which is able to handle all of it (usually those two hours are when I get the least amount of traffic). Another scenario for using this is when I get really large numbers of traffic. If my pro dedicated server crashes for some reason, I forward all my traffic to my basic dedicated server which is able to handle it for about a day while I reboot the other server and maintain it.

I hope all this information I supplied to you help!

Thank you for your valuable post.

i would ask you a same question as i aksed before this post.

Right now, i am in position of having Basic dedicated servr of 174/month. and after that i can upgrade if things will go goood. whats your thougts on it?

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gatorbrent

12 years ago

Hello,

I'm the owner of hostgator and just wanted to make myself available to anyone who is having issues with us. I can be reached directly at brent@ hostgatordotcom

There's no set limit of how many page views is to much for a shared environment. The reason for this is that all sites are built differently and use different amounts of resources. If you're site is getting 300,000 page views a day and is database driven chances are it's going to be to large for a $10 a month hosting plan. With that amount of traffic / usage you're going to need either a dedicated and or a higher end vps. There's a good chance an entry level vps plan isn't going to cut it anywhere you signup.

Liquidweb is a great company but it's hardly fair for those here to compare are $10 shared hosting to one of their higher end vps and or dedicated solutions.

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