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 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
Oh yeah, their web address is zzhosting.com. It doesn’t look like much, but their hosting packages are great. ^_^
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
I’ve had a really good experience with ZZ Hosting: my sites have been up every day since last September, I have 20GB of space and 100TB of transfer for $8.50 per month. Not a bad deal, really, plus I can host all my sites there. :)
Griffin
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Not many hosts can handle the digg or slashdot effect without some extra setup… Those are literally DDoS attacks on the server. The more popular the article is the worse the “attack.”
You should go with a dedicate server, not a VPS or anything lower. A decent dedicate server can handle everything you asked and more. Go with a big company with a lot of resources behind. There isn’t much wiggle room when it comes to dedicated server pricing. You get what you pay for.
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/ is a good place to start looking.
If you expect more digg type of traffic, you need to let the host company know ahead of time, if possible. A good company can take some measures to (try to) prevent the traffic from overwhelming the server.
Sorry for repeating if it’s already mentioned, too many pages of comment to read…
Good luck.
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Oops! My bad, in my first post I said Voxxit/VoxRox, brain fart on my part! I meant Voxel/VoxRox (http://www.voxel.net and http://www.voxrox.com/).
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I would also like to add that you may find it helpful to know that Voxel (http://www.voxel.net/) helps out with Sourceforge (http://www.sourceforge.net) as a mirror, and also hosts numerous high-priority websites, such Club 977, a hit Internet radio station.
June 2nd, 2007 at 9:39 pm
I would absolutely have to say Voxxit/VoxRox. Voxxit is good for managed servers, while VoxRox is for you to manage yourself — from VPS to dedicated servers. They are owned by the same company, and can be found at http://www.voxxit.com/ and http://www.voxrox.com/. I am with them myself and have had nothing but tremendous experiences with them. Feel free to e-mail me if you need any further info. The price is certainly worth it.
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Not sure if its right for you but I currently host with http://www.invinta.com - They offer dedicated servers if you contact them.
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Hi there, i’ve noticed that your site’s been down a few times lately and can highly recommend site ground (my hosting co.) check them out and good luck, brian.
www.siteground.com
June 2nd, 2007 at 6:28 pm
site 5.
i used to have mediatemple. i had no complaints other than it was relatively expensive and there were some limitations i wasn’t aware of (but i guess that’s my own not-going-to-read-the-small-print fault).
go with site5.com - you get ridiculous amounts of space and bandwidth for cheap. they have a ridiculously simple interface and are just generally awesome.
do it.
June 2nd, 2007 at 8:44 am
Ok..
Everyone stop recommending shared hosts or small-time hosts because they just wouldn’t do justice. Shared hosting is, well, shared hosting. Every shared host has limits on resource usage which includes bluehost and such.
His only option would be to get a really good VPS or a semi-entry level dedi box. Wordpress uses a lot of resources and during a digg effect, the SQL queries should do justice to the server.
I’d really like you to move onto a dedi box. maybe you can share one with 2 more friends.
RackSpace is the best in the dedi-box business. Or you may go with dedis from hostgator, theplanet.
Or if the budget worries you, just go with the “System” from www.mosso.com. They’re related to RackSpace so I know they’re great. You don’t get root access or Cpanel, but thats not what you are looking for anyways.