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Ask HN: More reliable than shared webhosting, more friendly than a VPS?

8 points by falldowngoboom ↗ HN
I have several past projects and clients on shared web hosts. Basically, a single server, running apache configured to run hundreds of virtual domains.

I've been monitoring these sites and there are frequent service hiccups. At least once a day there is a slow/response time (>8secs), no response, high load (>20), etc. This isn't a problem with one provider, it's simply what happens when one of the sites on the same server is hacked or gets high load, or a script gets stuck in a loop, etc.

I use a VPS for my own projects, and it is clearly superior in term of performance. I'm wondering if there are hosting providers that offer virtual servers solely for web hosting? Basically, a simple setup, a bit less expensive and maybe a cPanel-style control panel. Anything out there like this?

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Wijtec
We can offer you a VPS that comes with a controlpanel, we can probably use one of the free panels around. I don't like offering cpanel, since they are quite expensive. send us an email on info (@) wijtec (dot) nl.

We only use VPSs with dedicated hardware assigned to it, so no shared memory, or shared cpu. Other customers can't cause delays on your service.

falldowngoboom
What is your company? (I tried your domain, and got an empty page.)
Wijtec
technically, we are a startup, merging some small companies into one, website is under development
dpcan
You may want to look at http://www.RackspaceCloud.com Sites
falldowngoboom
Isn't this just a VPS?

"Cloud Servers" = 256MB for ~$10/month which is a great price - but it looks like a plain old VPS. I could set it up, but there's no "friendly" way to administer it.

"Managed Servers" are starting at $100/month, which is way too expensive.

jsatok
Cloud Servers are essentially just VPSs.

Cloud Sites (which is $100/month) is a clustered, high availability hosting platform. I haven't personally used it, but based on my great experience with Cloud Servers, I'd expect it to be worth every penny.

falldowngoboom
I'm sure it's a great service, but it's overkill.

Still looking for something as simple as a shared webhosting (mail and webserver work "out of the box", easy control panel) but with better performance.

There's a business idea here for someone.

dpcan
RackspaceCloud.com sites is exactly this. You create sites, they come with uber-simple control panels, stats, email and databases. I really think you should look again at RackspaceCloud.com sites.