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.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:42 am
I never try all of them, but I also think that you should try Slicehost, since they are proven to handle Digg effect on FreelanceSwitch, and your website had the similar experience.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:26 am
Just try MT’s Plan.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Man, go with big name hosts. Some of the less known hosts are good, but theres a reason hosts like GoDaddy are so popular. It’s like your site for example, its made a name for itself because of the great things it offers.
I’ve used a number of hosts before, but I switched to GoDaddy (dedicated server, mind you) and never looked back. I pay about $100 a month for my plan, Pentium 4, gig ram, 500gb month. I host several other sites and my site is constantly up. Vbulletin forums for several of those sites with VBshout on each (VBshout is a mod which will dry your server up fast too).
Other than that, I’ve heard from several people theplanet.com is another great dedicated server host.
Good luck with the switch.
May 28th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Talk to asmallorange. They are great guys, I’ve never been happier there. Their top vps would probably suit you.
You might also consider a sponsorship. Might be able to work out a lower rate in return for a tag.
I’ve heard good things about Mosso as well, just been hesitant since MT was such a disaster both times I tried them.
May 28th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
well i dont have much idea but i heard rochenhost.com is very nice hosting company, they are hosting joomla community + they got best hosting award from last 1 or 2 years. they do all kind of hosting but you should talk to them for your specific needs.
May 28th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Nick, i dont think you would get much help with us guys for host coz we dont have that much traffic on our sites and didnt faced that much trouble, but what i think you should talk to shaun Inman, he is very resourceful guy. he has good contacts also. i noticed ppl here are suggesting general hosts.
May 28th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I personally use ANHosting/Midphase at http://tinyurl.com/2xsrx9 (yes that is a referral link) but have you tried http://survivedigg.com/?
Regards,
Shane.
May 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I’m using http://www.aruba.it it’s fast, boundless, five emails boxes and I only pay 28 euros per year (vat included).
Good luck!
May 28th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
I’ve been hosting http://6pins.com on media temple as well, but I’ve been looking into Mosso quite a bit and they look amazing. Everyone I’ve talked to that is hosted by them loves it.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
I use hostnine.com they’ve been hosting my site tutorialstuff.com for a little over a month now and have done a spectacular job. I’ve heard/seen nothing but great reviews about these guys.