Nobody wants to see your site down. If your site goes down because of high traffic or server load you could lose significant revenue each day. As traffic rises more and more with my site I am counting the number of days to move from a shared hosting plan to a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a dedicated server.
People say that VPS are much cheaper than dedicated option. Nonethless, unless your site is on a very high load you don’t need to go for a dedicated plan instead you can avail a VPS host. Make sure you have a plan with atleast 256mb guaranteed RAM if you are running a dynamic sites or 128mb is sufficient if your webserver serving static webpages.
Here some of the best VPS hosts I have collected from researching on the Internet.
ServInt.net – http://www.servint.net (fully managed - best)
Spry – http://www.spry.com (best)
PowerVPS – http://www.powervps.com
Verio VPS – http://www.verio.com/linux-vps/ (managed)
Dotster VPS - http://www.dotster.com/hosting/vps/
Jaguar PC - http://www.jaguarpc.com/vps-hosting/
Rackforce – http://www.rackforce.com
VPS Link – http://www.vpslink.com (low cost)
VPS Land – http://www.vpsland.com
Tektonic – http://www.tektonic.net
Gate VPS - http://www.gate.com/vps/
VPS Byte – http://www.vpsbyte.com
Lunarpages VPS - http://www.lunarpages.com/virtual-private-server/
HostMySite - http://www.hostmysite.com/vps/
Euro VPS - http://www.eurovps.com/
LiquidWeb VPS - http://www.liquidweb.com/
slhost - http://www.slhost.com
BodHost - http://www.bodhost.com
Rackspace – http://www.rackspace.com (for dedicated)
Theplanet.net – http://www.theplanet.net (for dedicated)
Just buy a VPS plan, install a control panel like Webmin, DirectAdmin, CPanel or Plesk. Webmin is FREE. You can also maintain your server without a server control panel if you are experienced enough. Generally CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu are very popular linux operating systems. A very good start on installing necessary softwares for debian/ubuntu can be found at mysql-apache-php.com
June 10th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
You definitely have to add slhost.com for vps service. They are the best hosting company I have had so far!
June 11th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I would definetly concur with slhost.com
I would add eukhost.com and bodhost
June 14th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
PrimaryVPs.com is another reliable and upcoming VPS host.
September 25th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Steer clear of VPS Land. Awful support and continue to take payments and refuse to give refunds!
December 4th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I use SilverRack VPS Hosting (http://www.silverrack.com) - Their support has been great and their prices even better.
January 12th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I would like to add eukhost VPS Hosting (http://www.eukhost.com). Been using them for over 3 months now. Set-up was quick, support is excellent and much better than my previous host.
July 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
BODHost.com is truly one of the best vps hosting providers today and the performance of the VPS’s is excellent…