Searching shared hosting !!!

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Alexandre Cunha

Sunday 19 February 2006 5:20:04 pm

Find a host service is the biggest problem when you want start a project with ezpublish.

The shared hosting services manytimes doest fit all the requirements. On the other hand, dedicated server or VPS are expensive and need more skils to administer.

Any sugestions for a VPS ?
Any user here can tell something about their experience with some VPS ?

I spend some hours this weekend (some people I know say I spend all weekend, but please dont beleave :) searching in the web collecting and updating info about hosting companies. I found some interisting VPS services, but I prefer know some user testimonials.

I thing any user experience can help other users.
thanks for your help !

axel

edit: I nice place to search about hosting is http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

http://AlexandreCunha.com

Sebastian Picklum

Monday 20 February 2006 12:44:57 am

Hi Axel!

After doing some tests on several VPS systems (so called "RootDS"-VPS, which have guaranteed resources and only 25 RootDS share one host-system), I found out that SiteGround Shared Hosting, altough operating in CGI-Mode without PHP-Accelerator, is still faster than the VPS systems. So a VPS would not be an advantage at all. But maybe a dedicated server would.

vServers, RootDS or dedicated servers REQUIRE good knowledge of Linux. I would not recommend buying a server if someone don't know what he/she is doing. In such cases, a managed server would be more sufficient.

If you want to get a server, look at the German hosting market. The prices for VPS and dedicated servers are unbeatable (e.g. dedicated server, Opteron 144, 1GB RAM, 2x80GB SATA HDDs, RAID1, 2000GB Traffic for 44,00¤/month / a RootDS with 15GB space, 500GB Traffic for 13,50¤/month / a VPS with 5GB space and 30GB Traffic for 5,00¤/month)

Regards

Sebastian

sp@php.net

Alexandre Cunha

Tuesday 21 February 2006 11:09:46 am

Thank you Sebastian,

I've contacted sitegroud. Their offers are great. But they have php4.3 and I need php 4.4 for my projects.

About hosting in Germany: Some offers from German hosters look nice, but the language is a problem for me.

About your suggestion "RootDS with 15GB space, 500GB Traffic for 13,50¤/month / a VPS with 5GB space and 30GB Traffic for 5,00¤/month" I dont have found any offer like this. Can you give the web address ?

thanks

http://AlexandreCunha.com

Selmah Maxim

Wednesday 22 February 2006 12:19:16 pm

Hi again ..

About sitegroud .. when they saying that they support the ezp ... then must be the php not as cgi module ... I had test for week, after I had canceled and got my money back ..

I had ordered vps from westhost.com ... $7 per month ... till now good and fast .. for 1st time didn`t think will be fast .. 0.8 for complex menu with some images and content !

Now, started with new ezp project ... and I think I will host there also ... but I have some problem with rewrite rules to access webstat ... webmail .. etc ... but i`ll slove it :)

Sebastian Picklum

Thursday 23 February 2006 12:19:29 am

PHP as CGI is a security measure (e.g. otherwise other users would be able to modify files in your account). After all, it seems no problem to run eZ Publish in CGI-mode.

Well SiteGround is still faster than your VPS: I'm getting times between 0,2 and 0,6 secs at the moment. :-)

Getting eZ Publish to work on Siteground is no problem. Once you get the trick, it takes only a minute more to configure (Modifying the RewriteRules and adding a script that cds back to the root directory for every subdomain).
Btw: And after I complained about the non-standard webhost, they are thinking of a special solution for every customer that uses eZ P.

sp@php.net

Selmah Maxim

Friday 24 February 2006 7:50:21 am

"Btw: And after I complained about the non-standard webhost, they are thinking of a special solution for every customer that uses eZ P."

What will be that ??!

btw ... am not expert with php or cgi module ... what the diffrent based on ezp ?!

Sebastian Picklum

Saturday 25 February 2006 1:56:23 am

I have no idea what they are planning. But as long as my eZp installation works fine (and fast), I don't care much.

sp@php.net

Jeroen Sangers

Friday 12 May 2006 10:02:24 am

@Sebastian: thanks for the rewrite rules! Can you help me one step further by telling me how to "configure eZ-Publish to generate the right URLs"?

John Smith

Friday 14 November 2008 3:33:54 am

Anybody regarding their experiences with www.westhost.com.

Cheers....

Quoc Huy Nguyen Dinh

Thursday 03 December 2009 7:15:26 am

I'm using OVH.com (OVH.co.uk) on a dedicated server, their dedicated and RPS plan are very affordable.

Basics dedicated start at 29.99 Euros: kimsufi.com (kimsuffi.co.uk)

I'm using an EG-08 dedicated quad-core server on which I have installed Proxmox (VM server) with a machine for the web hosting and one for Varnish. It is working just great.

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