My site is hosted on a virtual server. The traffic is not high about 1gb/day and CPU usage is usually 50%. I probably need to move the site to a dedicated server since the CPU usage is a little high. Do you guys think so? But I don't know what kind of dedicated servers are enough -- is Opteron 1216 + 2 GB RAM enough or I need a better one?? Thanks for any advice!
CPU usage is 50% of what? And who's your current provider? Doesn't look like your site would be very resource consuming, but what kind of a site do you currently run?
1&1 is terrible with hosting. You'd be fine on a separate VPS - it seems as if they heavily limit you. I had domains with 1&1 and they drove me crazy...
I think we need to have a look at the your current VPS config to give anty suggestion regarding prospective dedicated server
If you want to buy dedicated server, buy from the theplanet.com, you could also consider cloud hosting from rackspace.com but for best vps, go to softsyshosting.com or ixwebhosting.com
It is $40/mo on 1and1. probably gonna switch to a better hosting. 1and1's custom services suck. The VPS II: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Vp...7EFAD7737.TCpfix140a?__frame=_top&__lf=Static My site is: www.citypeek.com A bit slow. Thank you!
I cannot agree more about your comments on 1and1. My site is www.citypeek.com It is a Drupal5 site. BTW, will a table-free layout improve loading speed? using VPS II: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Vp...7EFAD7737.TCpfix140a?__frame=_top&__lf=Static Thank you!
Is that on linux? And they don't seem to mention CPU usage anywhere, I think they only allow you to use a very small part of 1 core of their CPU from what you've shown us. But knowing 1&1 you should keep backups of your own just in case. They are still billing me for a domain I don't have with them. I used paypal to pay and I'm glad I was able to cut off the subscriptions they forced on me. The domain expired in august 2009 and I still get reminders to renew from time to time Dude...come on.
Im new in this world of hosting. I bought a share hosting. Talking with a friend that have more experience , he told me that vps land is a good place to bye that a vps land, inclusive better than hostgator and goddady.