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At what point should I consider a VPS

by Apollo-Articles
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Hey Warriors,

How much traffic/bandwidth should I reach before I should consider switching to a virtual private server?

Sam
#point #vps
  • Profile picture of the author jonluk
    My personal opinion is that you go for one as soon as you can afford it.
    But, and it's a big BUT. You need to know how to maintain a vps (or dedicated server) otherwise you could find yourself with a big headache.
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    • Profile picture of the author rondo
      Originally Posted by jonluk View Post

      My personal opinion is that you go for one as soon as you can afford it.
      But, and it's a big BUT. You need to know how to maintain a vps (or dedicated server) otherwise you could find yourself with a big headache.
      You can get a fully-managed cPanel VPS hosting account for $40 per month. Here's a few providers.


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  • Profile picture of the author warriorkay
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    jonluk is absolutely correct here - most hosts leave you
    on your own with a VPS and the costs can add up when you
    need extras. So, it's very important to think it through
    before going for a VPS,

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  • Profile picture of the author Apollo-Articles
    Interesting, that's a pain.

    Does anyone know of any SEO hosting that allows me too add multiple sites with different IP addresses?

    Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author Riatsala
    Definitely stay away from the hassle of running a VPS for as long as possible. If you have quality shared hosting, that's good enough.
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    • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
      Originally Posted by Riatsala View Post

      Definitely stay away from the hassle of running a VPS for as long as possible. If you have quality shared hosting, that's good enough.
      Sorry..what nonsense is this?

      Only a fool would depend on shared hosting - it's your fricking BUSINESS! There are zillions of reasons why shared hosting could suspend an account from one day to the other - a simple wordpress blog is often enough to **** them off because of CPU load.

      If you are afraid of "the hassle"...then get a managed VPS which you can get as cheap as $20+ up/month (depending on specs) where they do everything for you, including migrating. (Hence "managed").

      Most modern hosters have Cpanel...which means it is rather easy to migrate/move sites and accounts from one host to the other..and as said with managed service you just tell them and they do all this for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rodger Hyatt
    You might want to consider another option...
    You mentioned bandwidth and traffic..
    Since traffic is not an issue, you might want to look into getting an Amazon S3 account.

    You ever went to a salespage and a video comes up, while it's loading, you glance down at your status bar and see it pulling data from amazon.cloud or whatever? Well that person is using his Amazon S3 account to store the video and paying a VERY VERY small monthly fee without taxing his server or being warned by his hosting company about over usage.

    There is an addon for firefox that enables you to manage the files on your account much like an FTp client. The image below is me clicking on my icon in firefox that pulls up this addon.

    You can find out more about this service here

    Hope this helps...
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  • Profile picture of the author Apollo-Articles
    Thanks Rodger,

    I'll check that out.

    Sam
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    Originally Posted by Apollo-Articles View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    How much traffic/bandwidth should I reach before I should consider switching to a virtual private server?

    Sam
    Personally for me traffic/bw was never an issue, the problem having more to do with CPU load...eg. if you have wordpress sites. In a nutshell: If your site is getting slow/non-responsive. Shared hosters usually have ZERO tolerance for sites which use quite some CPU/resources...which is quite often the case if you have (a) site(s) with certain plugins, frequent database accesses etc. (Wordpress can really be demanding there...)

    Then..of course i also don't think it's smart to host with shared even if a site only gets 200 or so daily visitors...let alone more. You are really saving on the wrong end there, IMO.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Keith
    a vps is not really for higher traffic / bandwidth issues. a vps is actaully a glorified shared server. meaning your account is actually still sharing a single computer.

    The real reason to get a vps is so you can have some additional options when it comes to how your server is setup. A vps is more for getting additional server control options and not for additional resource usage.

    here is a very quick explantion from HG (one of the biggest names in web hosting)

    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.)
    VPS Getting Started « HostGator.com Support Portal
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    If you really need maximum power and bandwidth, then a dedicated server is probably the best option.

    While Hostgator correctly state a VPS is best for custom stuff, one advantage is that you can easily increase the CPU/Memory limits on your VPS at any time.
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  • Profile picture of the author rooze
    Agree with #10 above. Many people confuse VPS with dedicated, they're not the same. You can experience the same problems on a VPS as you do on a shared hosting plan, because both have multiple websites owned by different people all competing for the same resources. (VPS resource allocation and usage/management is a bit different than shared, but for all intents and purposes they're still 'shared').

    So you need to consider -
    -what issues are you having with shared hosting?
    -will VPS resolve those issues or not?
    - if yes (unlikely) do the benefits justify the cost?
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    • Profile picture of the author Canuckystan
      Look at cpanel - it is fantastic for controlling your site. I went to VPS and never looked back. It's $35 at knownhost, hardly a bank breaker...
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  • Profile picture of the author centerforkaziboralimited
    I guess you don't want to get into head-biting experiences, and is a good thing to you have asked so that you can decide on what to do. The quantity of traffic/bandwidth should not be you determining factor. In fact you can even go for it at this moment so long as you can afford getting one. The major problem with VPS is its maintenance and the adding up costs. Check out with some who run it and make the decision yourself.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    VPS is not a big deal... The first moment you launch a site I'd recommend going with a VPS in certain circumstances. If you're running Dolphin, or something like Magento then definitely move to a VPS or dedicated.

    I would agree, as soon as you can afford it, move.
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  • Profile picture of the author Apollo-Articles
    Thanks for the responses, so considering my shared plan has everything I need why should I:

    a) Move to a managed vps
    b) Move to a dedicated server?

    Sam
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