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Managed VPS Suggestion Needed --- BigScoots VS HostDime VS WiredTree VS KnownHost
| Posted by SHC-John, 08-27-2016, 03:39 AM |
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I am looking for fully managed VPS for cPanel/WHM.
I will need 4-5 WHM Account for my Clients (they have 10-30 cpanel accounts).
All of these Hosting Company seems to have almost same pricing.
I need uptime, performance and mainly fast support.
Please mention which Provider Your Support and Why.
TIA
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| Posted by madRoosterTony, 08-27-2016, 03:49 AM |
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As all except Hostdime have multiple VPS versions, SSD, Hybrid, etc. It might help if you list the plans you are comparing as it will help people make recommendations.
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| Posted by SHC-John, 08-27-2016, 04:05 AM |
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Not looking for any specific plan. But I need something like the following:
cPanel/WHM
2-4GB RAM
50-100GB SSD
LiteSpeed
KVM Preferred
Softaculous
R1Soft/Any BackUp
Budget: 50-120 USD
Thanks
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-27-2016, 05:25 AM |
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That is an excellent budget for the specs you need.
I would suggest asking them for uptime reports and asking how quick they respond to tickets, but most importantly resolve them! IE I would rather be with a provider who resolves their tickets after an hour or two than be with a provider who keeps updating with canned responses every two hours saying "we are still working on this" even when they are not and will happily do that for days.
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| Posted by Bert_Jacobs, 08-27-2016, 07:36 AM |
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Your budget is good. It shouldn't hard for you to get a good Managed VPS. I think knownhost might be a good choice here..
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| Posted by madRoosterTony, 08-27-2016, 10:14 AM |
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As others have said your budget is very realistic. I would go with 4GB+ of RAM if you are going to run cPanel, as it prefers to have 1GB of RAM to itself these days. But still should not be a problem with your budget. As @HostXNow_Chris has said. I would ask them each for uptime reports and do it via their ticket system if possible. This will give you the first impression of how fast they respond. Sometimes it requires you create an account to use the helpdesk, but can often do this without ordering anything.
One thing to remember is this with Uptime though. If they are actually doing management and applying updates, security patches, etc Then they should not have a 100% uptime. If they tell you that they do, then they are either lying or they are never doing updates, either way is bad idea.
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-27-2016, 10:32 AM |
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Kernelcare (automatic updates) and cPanel/WHM (automatic updates) certiantly helps achive better uptime.
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| Posted by madRoosterTony, 08-27-2016, 01:59 PM |
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That they definitely do, but 100% is still not realistic. Not saying it should be 90% either. Needs to be in the high 90% and the hosting company should do the non emergency updates during the client preferred time, normally overnight for the client. Emergency security updates should be applied as soon as possible.
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-27-2016, 02:01 PM |
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Yes, I agree!
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| Posted by LinuxFox, 08-28-2016, 05:43 PM |
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If you need KVM go for HostDime.
The other providers in your list do not offer KVM, so the comparison does not even arise.
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| Posted by SHC-John, 08-29-2016, 03:10 AM |
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KVM Preferred but necessary.
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| Posted by SHC-John, 08-29-2016, 03:17 AM |
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I agree with that, and I don't think upgrading/Updating is counted for Uptime...
Need Good Hardware and Solid Network... for Good Uptime.
Also if possible suggest any provider name...
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| Posted by SHC-John, 08-29-2016, 03:28 AM |
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I only find one provider who 24x7 Live support with live chat. But still needed suggestion from you guys...
Also, should I go for KVM(dedi 2-4 core) or OpenVZ(shared 24 core) (getting confused)?
Thanks
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-29-2016, 03:36 AM |
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It does not matter which virtualization you use, as long as none of them is oversold. There are overheads for KVM which is not an issue with OpenVZ. OpenVZ is usually faster. KVM is mainly better if you want to use a custom kernel. KVM does not guarantee that there will be no overselling/overloading, etc. I would choose OpenVZ (shared 24 core).
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| Posted by Nnyan, 08-29-2016, 06:23 PM |
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I'm a huge fan of Knownhost, I've been using them for many years and I've used a huge number of hosts and they are one of the few hosts that I keep. They have excellent customer service and support and their products are second to none. I have no qualms recommending them.
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| Posted by HRR--, 08-29-2016, 08:42 PM |
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All of the choices are great companies. However there is something that nobody has mention. If you are hosting for customers, then having CloudLinux with CageFS is important so that if one website get compromised the others dont suffer. You also get the advantage of throttling resources. Why am I saying this? Well if you go with a provider using vz/ovz as virtualization platform then you CAN'T install CloudLinux, while in KVM due to the nature of the platform, you can.
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| Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-30-2016, 03:57 AM |
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TRUE! But CloudLinux/CageFS is mainly used for providers offering Shared/Reseller accounts. If you actually own a VPS, then it is not a must to run CloudLinux/CageFS on it. As long as the owner of the VPS makes sure all their customer's scripts/plugins/themes are updated etc (which should also do when using Shared/Reseller), then there should not be a problem.
Edit: CageFS, PHP Selector and max entry processes does work on VPS with OpenVZ http://docs.cloudlinux.com/index.htm...nd_openvz.html
Last edited by HostXNow_Chris; 08-30-2016 at 04:01 AM.
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| Posted by DimeNOC Marcos, 08-30-2016, 08:20 AM |
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Thank you very much for the recommendation! It's our pleasure to be in consideration
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