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Hosting Advice Needed

Posted At : August 29, 2007 10:45 AM | Posted By : todd sharp
Related Categories: ColdFusion, Misc

I know this question is like opening up a bees nest and covering myself with honey but I need some advice on hosting. Here are my requirements:

VPS - Full Root Access (Remote Connection)
Decent RAM - 300-500mb worth at least
Moderate HD space (5-10gb)
Windows OS - No Linux

SQL Server is not mandatory - as long as I can install MySQL I'm good. That's really about it - just looking for something reliable, quick and easy.

I have my eyes on one host in particular, VPSLand. Any feedback whatsoever on them would be greatly appreciated. Their packages seem to fit my needs perfectly but I need some known testimonials before I pull the trigger.

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I should have mentioned price - ~$30.

# Posted By todd sharp | 8/29/07 10:57 AM

Any particular reason why "No linux"?

# Posted By Todd Rafferty | 8/29/07 11:10 AM

Just a comfort level thing really. If I can get Windows at the same price I'd rather have Windows, ya know?

# Posted By todd sharp | 8/29/07 11:18 AM

Understood, just curious. :)

# Posted By Todd Rafferty | 8/29/07 11:30 AM

I have been trying out a few VPS providers (Windows based) over the last while and can't say I'm particularly keen on the idea of a Windows VPS now.

More than one host has said their virtualisation software kills off "non-essential" processes to keep the server running at less than 100% RAM usage (and avoids the use of paging files, so the shared drives don't get clobbered all the time).

It turned out that Coldfusion was a non-essential app, as was MySQL, and there was no way to stop them being closed down almost at random if they took up too much RAM. I found the whole experience very unstable, even with 1Gb of RAM allocated.

However this could get interesting if anyone else has any suggestions?

# Posted By David Low | 8/29/07 11:33 AM

Ben just posted:
http://www.exabytes.com/products/hosting/coldfusio...

# Posted By Todd Rafferty | 8/29/07 7:40 PM

If you ever drop the 'no Linux' limitation, Slicehost are about the best value/service VPS provider in the universe. They're simply outstanding, and super good value. I've had my slice (er, VPS) with them for nearly a year now (and they only just turned a year old a few weeks ago), and have only had *one* problem, which will never happen again. Easily resolved anyway. But yeah, total freedom, on a shoestring budget.

But.. they're Linux. I wonder if you could install X and VMWare and run Windows inside of that :)

# Posted By Joshua May | 8/29/07 9:36 PM

crystaltech.com

good service... sql server, mysql and alot more have been using them for about 4 years now and really couldn't be happier.

# Posted By quinn | 8/31/07 10:48 PM

My VPS on VPSLand is down for 7 hours. I have submitted a ticket 5 hours ago when I realize the problem.

Still no solution.

I have to wait for them to resolve the issue just by submitting a support ticket. No phone, no other contact method.

# Posted By Oğuz Demirkapı | 5/8/08 12:54 PM

I had a problem with VPSLand yesterday, but everything seems ok today. I noticed also that there is no phone number anywhere for them. Frustrating!

# Posted By todd sharp | 5/8/08 4:34 PM

12 hours now since the server is down.

:(

# Posted By Oğuz Demirkapı | 5/8/08 4:37 PM

VPS is back after 13 hours. :)

# Posted By Oğuz Demirkapı | 5/8/08 6:08 PM

Did they say what caused such a long outage?

# Posted By todd sharp | 5/9/08 12:45 AM

No.

And the tickets are still open in support system. :)

I think they had a big outage and still trying to resolve other issues and could not find the time to update tickets.

# Posted By Oğuz Demirkapı | 5/9/08 2:00 AM

Must have been on a box that I'm not on. Thank goodness too, because all of my sites (this blog, cfsnippets.org, modelgluecookbook.com, slidesix.com) are all on my VPS!!

# Posted By todd sharp | 5/9/08 9:45 AM

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