hanser
06-13-2005, 01:49 PM
I'm currently on a Rocket2 plan, and it's working out okay thus far. However, I have noticed random site slowdowns which frustrate me to no end. I filed a trouble ticket, and the response was:
The speed may vary on the time of day. The because you are on a server with about 100 other individuals who are downloading and updating their web sites etc. When the server becomes very active it can slow the download speed a bit.
You have the option of ugprading to say a dedicated server where you will be the only person on that server and all the resources and bandwidth on that server will be allocated to you. If you have any further questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
I don't really like that response. I know that I'm sharing one server with about 100-150 other people, but a simple file transfer isn't particularly CPU/disk intensive. This isn't a random one-off slowdown. It's something that happens somewhat regularly. I'm a hobbyist, and I'd really like to move to a dedicated server, but financially, I can't really spring for it by myself. I'm a poor college student, not a business owner. I've been something of an evangelist (http://www.nocblog.com/index.php/companynews/2005/05/12/hr_customer_guest_post_want_your_raw_acc) for HR, and while I don't expect to be given any favors or special treatment, basically being told that I'm SOL is sort of depressing. I moved from Dreamhost back to HR because of slowdowns, and my 30-day money back guarantee from HR is long up. ;) Overall I am pleased. In my first month, I did 70GB of traffic because I slashdotted myself, and my site stayed up throughout the entire duration. That's impressive. In that respect, I am very pleased.
Anyway, I control a few other domains for other people, and I've lately been thinking about making the move and moving those domains over to a dedicated server as well -- and charging the individuals/organizations directly for the hosting.
I would benefit by not sharing a server with a billion other people, and they would benefit as well. However I have some concerns:
1. I'm not an Apache guru. Which leads me to:
2. cPanel is an expensive addon.
3. Does rollover bandwidth apply to dedicated servers?
4. How difficult is it to resell the server to some friends to help defray the cost of operating a dedicated server, keeping in mind point #1? I wouldn't need to set hard limits, since all of the individuals involved would be friends, and loose limits would be the way to go. Most of them would never bump into any limits I would set for them anyway. ("Try not to use more than 100GB bandwidth this month" "uh, I only use about 4") So setting up hard quotas would be unnecessary.
5. I am only ~3 months into my two year pre-paid contract with the R2 plan. If I move to a dedicated server, can I get what I paid for R2 credited towards what I would owe for a dedicated plan? What about a second HR-hosted domain? Could I roll the (much smaller) balance towards this server as well?
6. The 5400rpm HDDs concern me. I'm sure it wouldn't really be an issue, but why not faster drives?
Okay I think that's all for now, if I have more questions, I'll be sure to post them.
The speed may vary on the time of day. The because you are on a server with about 100 other individuals who are downloading and updating their web sites etc. When the server becomes very active it can slow the download speed a bit.
You have the option of ugprading to say a dedicated server where you will be the only person on that server and all the resources and bandwidth on that server will be allocated to you. If you have any further questions, please let me know.
Thanks.
I don't really like that response. I know that I'm sharing one server with about 100-150 other people, but a simple file transfer isn't particularly CPU/disk intensive. This isn't a random one-off slowdown. It's something that happens somewhat regularly. I'm a hobbyist, and I'd really like to move to a dedicated server, but financially, I can't really spring for it by myself. I'm a poor college student, not a business owner. I've been something of an evangelist (http://www.nocblog.com/index.php/companynews/2005/05/12/hr_customer_guest_post_want_your_raw_acc) for HR, and while I don't expect to be given any favors or special treatment, basically being told that I'm SOL is sort of depressing. I moved from Dreamhost back to HR because of slowdowns, and my 30-day money back guarantee from HR is long up. ;) Overall I am pleased. In my first month, I did 70GB of traffic because I slashdotted myself, and my site stayed up throughout the entire duration. That's impressive. In that respect, I am very pleased.
Anyway, I control a few other domains for other people, and I've lately been thinking about making the move and moving those domains over to a dedicated server as well -- and charging the individuals/organizations directly for the hosting.
I would benefit by not sharing a server with a billion other people, and they would benefit as well. However I have some concerns:
1. I'm not an Apache guru. Which leads me to:
2. cPanel is an expensive addon.
3. Does rollover bandwidth apply to dedicated servers?
4. How difficult is it to resell the server to some friends to help defray the cost of operating a dedicated server, keeping in mind point #1? I wouldn't need to set hard limits, since all of the individuals involved would be friends, and loose limits would be the way to go. Most of them would never bump into any limits I would set for them anyway. ("Try not to use more than 100GB bandwidth this month" "uh, I only use about 4") So setting up hard quotas would be unnecessary.
5. I am only ~3 months into my two year pre-paid contract with the R2 plan. If I move to a dedicated server, can I get what I paid for R2 credited towards what I would owe for a dedicated plan? What about a second HR-hosted domain? Could I roll the (much smaller) balance towards this server as well?
6. The 5400rpm HDDs concern me. I'm sure it wouldn't really be an issue, but why not faster drives?
Okay I think that's all for now, if I have more questions, I'll be sure to post them.