Ask HN: More reliable than shared webhosting, more friendly than a VPS?

8 points by falldowngoboom 16 years ago | 8 comments

I have several past projects and clients on shared web hosts. Basically, a single server, running apache configured to run hundreds of virtual domains.

I've been monitoring these sites and there are frequent service hiccups. At least once a day there is a slow/response time (>8secs), no response, high load (>20), etc. This isn't a problem with one provider, it's simply what happens when one of the sites on the same server is hacked or gets high load, or a script gets stuck in a loop, etc.

I use a VPS for my own projects, and it is clearly superior in term of performance. I'm wondering if there are hosting providers that offer virtual servers solely for web hosting? Basically, a simple setup, a bit less expensive and maybe a cPanel-style control panel. Anything out there like this?

Wijtec 16 years ago |

We can offer you a VPS that comes with a controlpanel, we can probably use one of the free panels around. I don't like offering cpanel, since they are quite expensive. send us an email on info (@) wijtec (dot) nl.

We only use VPSs with dedicated hardware assigned to it, so no shared memory, or shared cpu. Other customers can't cause delays on your service.

falldowngoboom 16 years ago | |

What is your company? (I tried your domain, and got an empty page.)

Wijtec 16 years ago | | |

technically, we are a startup, merging some small companies into one, website is under development

dpcan 16 years ago |

You may want to look at http://www.RackspaceCloud.com Sites

falldowngoboom 16 years ago | |

Isn't this just a VPS?

"Cloud Servers" = 256MB for ~$10/month which is a great price - but it looks like a plain old VPS. I could set it up, but there's no "friendly" way to administer it.

"Managed Servers" are starting at $100/month, which is way too expensive.

jsatok 16 years ago | | |

Cloud Servers are essentially just VPSs.

Cloud Sites (which is $100/month) is a clustered, high availability hosting platform. I haven't personally used it, but based on my great experience with Cloud Servers, I'd expect it to be worth every penny.