Looking for a Better Host
May 26th, 2007 Filed in: News & Updates Jump to commentsI’m looking for a better hosting company to host my sites. Do you have any good ones to recommend? This site and Best Web Gallery are hosting at Media Temple, 512mb dedicated-virtual server. Lately, my sites have been down almost every day. I’m getting very frustrated with Media Temple and I want to move out. I’m tired of restarting my server (VPS) everyday.
Their tech supports told me that my WordPress sites use too much SQL and CPU resources and I should upgrade to higher hosting plan. But I already upgraded three times since hosting with them: from SS (shared hosting) to GS (Grid-Service), then GS to 256mb DV, and now 512mb DV plan. My site has proved that they can’t handle the Digg Effect. Recently I got dugg twice and my site was down immediately as soon it made popular to Digg front page. So, I don’t think upgrading will make any difference. I think it is time to move and find a better host.
Host Requirements
I’m looking for any fast performance host that can support:
- WordPress
- multi-sites hosting
- 500,000+ visitors/month
- 2+ million pageviews/month
- 500GB+ bandwidth/month
What have I found?
I’ve been doing a lot of research and found some highly recommend hosts.
1. Slicehost
Collis at FreelanceSwitch recommends Slicehost to me. They seem to handle WordPress and Digg effect very well. FreelanceSwitch got dugg several times and able to survive without any downtime. However, the waiting list to sign up at Slicehost is between 2 to 12 weeks.
2. Mosso
Uneasysilence switched from Media Temple to Mosso and it has been very stable. Mosso uses their "clustering technology routes each site request to not just one server, but through an army of load balanced IIS and Apache webservers." Everything sounds too good for just $100/month. Has anyone tried their services?
3. Servint
I found Servint through some hosting forums. I have very little information about Servint and would like to hear your inputs.
Have you experienced with any of these hosts? What do you think about them? Or you have better ones to recommend to me. Please post your comments.
June 1st, 2007 at 4:07 pm
I have the same service as you but instead of using the default server configuration that media temple has, I’ve asked them to give me the server without plesk and no default configurations.
I have hired a linux server administrator specialist here in my small town in Argentina, he installed ISPconfig to manage all the accounts and configurations (ispconfig.com is a free gnu/gpl software).
I never had any problem in 6 months.
cheers.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:15 am
Rackspace.com - simply the largest and best host we have found. We host literally thousands of sites with them that get millions of pageviews.
May 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Nick,
In my opinion, Dreamhost is the best. I’ve been with them for around 4 months and I’ve never had any down time. The prices are great and the packages are unbelievable.
Also, I can get you around a $50 discount because I’m a member with them. So if you’re interested, let me know. Good luck man.
May 31st, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I’ve just switched my dedicated server over to FastServers.net and I’ve been very impressed with them. If you’re looking for high end stuff and don’t mind paying the extra price tag, I’d highly recommend giving them a look over. It’s worth it.
May 31st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
I don’t know too much about hosting but my IT guy recommended http://www.liquidweb.com/ to me and I do know they have a cpanel. He said they have great support. Good luck!
May 31st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Nick i recommend you to get host from this company kryptonitehost.com they just great !
talk to them and they give you what you need.
May 31st, 2007 at 6:32 pm
HostGator offers Dedicated Virtual Servers
We include server management and a control panel with every server! (Most places charge over $100 for this alone)
With a dedicated server you have the power to customize it any way you like, or let us decide for you! Your first choice will be what operating system to run. You can choose from Red Hat Linux 9.0, RHEL3, RHEL4, CentOS, or FreeBSD. Your next step is tell us any additional programs you might require, such as ASP or other.
May 31st, 2007 at 4:04 pm
I am planning on switching to Dreamhost, from what I have seen on the web, a lot of professional web designers use dreamhost. Wilson Miner is one of them.
And on another note, django is a nice python web framework if anyone is into that stuff.
May 31st, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Nick, i believe its time for a dedicated server. :)
I believe you definitely need one considering this site is an regular destination for ‘digg effect’ and you already have alexa rank of 7,000.
I think you should stick to MediaTemple (so as to avoid all mess of changing host) and get a dedi box!! :)
Romit Gadhiya
May 31st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
futurequest.net They are the best. I haven’t had one moment of down time, they are the best at answering questions, have a great friendly community, and a great forum http://www.aota.net/forums/
They don’t offer you the world for 9.95, but charge a reasonable rate for top rate service.