hi, as i have seen many discussions gone shares vs vps hosting over internet , i would like to know some few thing. I am Hostgator user. i use shared hosting & my site hits are 3000 per day . i use Vbulletin . As i know shared is much enough for that traffic . but some things are forcing me to buy VPS 1. Unlimited E-mails at VPS , 2. Google suggesting me , Improve server response time From this 2 points , i like to buy VPS . does it worth buying VPS for these options only. so suggest me does moving to VPS , with this configuration 1.13 GHZ processor RAM 768 MB Disk Space 30 GB Bandwidth 500 GB Is good or not?
You have to remember the most important thing when moving from shared hosting to VPS - shared hosting is all setup by the provider and they take care of the security, kernel updates, and everything else on the server side. While on a VPS, you will have to do all these things yourself which can be hard if you are new to it. If you want to move to a VPS, go for a managed one as the provider will manage everything for you - although it will be a bit more expensive. No 'good' VPS provider I know will allow unlimited emails, or at least not in bulk. As long as they are all legit emails, it will be fine.
As you mentioned unlimited emails... Do you mean you are worried about the size of your personal email accounts, if so it might be an idea to have your email at gmail. ($5 per account per month, just edit mx records) -> or are you sending out excessive mailing lists? In this case, vps can still be restricted, as well, they might even terminate you for sending excessive spam. You need to speak to the hosting provider first. Other things to consider before moving to a vps is this: 1. you need to rent cpanel (or use a free alternative such as kloxo) 2. if you dont know how to secure a vps, you will need a fully managed server, which usually means needing a cpanel license 3. You need to look into your own backup solution. A shared provider will do backups (not for you, but more in case the server fails) whereas a vps you are 100% responsible for your own backups. Once you factor in all of the costs, then you can decide if its right for you or not. IMO, that ram is a little low. If you are using kloxo, then thats ALOT (kloxo runs on about 64mb), but if you are running cpanel then its possibly borderline. If you are experienced, then you can normally optimize it to use less ram. Dont quote me on this, but you *might* need to allow for more ram in your estimate (sign up low of course ,scale up only if you need to) but at least by anticipating a higher ram requirement, will allow you to better estimate the costs before you make a decision. Regardless of your decision, I would not keep my site with hostgator... I had a vb forum with 2 members and it was a joke, simply as the server was so heavily oversold that it was useless. A VPS will give your site better performance, as the other users on the server wont directly impact the running of your site.
I would like to mention the difference between VPS and shared server: If you have a shared hosting account, you share the resources with other clients located on the same server, but when you buy a VPS you use all the resources which are allocated to your server according to your plan and this time you don't have to share your resources with other customers. If we draw parallels from the life for these hosting services , we will have the following picture. Shared hosting server is like a room in a communal apartment. No one is going to throw you out as long as you pay for the rent obediently and follow all the rules of your host. You are allowed to arrange your furniture as you wish. The level of comfort depends on the host, the quality of the building, and your neighbors. If the neighbors turn out to be hospitable, it would be quite a problem to get into public rooms because of his guests. There won’t be enough space for you in the kitchen as well, if your neighbor Aunt Rose is a woman of big proportions, and spends all her time there. But you can happily live in this commune if you are lucky with the neighbors and the host, who would always keep an eye on their behavior. It’s a good alternative for private projects or projects of small and medium business. Your hosting provider offers You a place for rent on one of their servers; other websites, along with Yours, use computer resources, software and the available bandwidth. VPS server can be compared with a "separate apartment”. You can use the kitchen, bathroom and s.o. You can set up yourself a shower and other additional equipment. This could be a two- (and more) bedroom apartment. You can live with your relatives (which are your other websites) if you’d like. The comfort quality depends only on the building and the host. The service is for those who don’t want to be depended on possible problems of other services. You have disk space at your disposal with an autonomous operating system on the server of the hosting provider.
Yep , i know the main difference , And Thanks for the reply with good Comparison Does VPS Speedups my site?
of course will increase the speed of your website. but also to consider the specification as it is already in line with the recommendation vbulletin plus cpanel? because cpanel also spend resources.
It depends on the VPS resources. Sometimes it can be so that on shared server the site works better than on the VPS.
It depends. There are lot of factors which determines the speed of the site even you purchase a VPS. I would like to give one example. Let's say you moved the shared hosting where the server's port speed is 1Gbps to a VPS which located in another server where the particular server's port speed is just 100Mbps and assume there is another VPS customer in the same same server who gets lot of traffic to his site. Then you can't expect a better site speed for your site. I think I am right. but not 100% sure. Instead of using a VPS, I recommend to get a dedicated server and then you have the total freedom. But more expensive.
Very nicely explained! And yeah, using VPS does speed up you site. But make sure you enjoy a good enough traffic. I used it for a website which would generate just 300 visits a day and could never experience the difference.