Re: Web software on a VPS

stevetsi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:14:08 -0000

Last year, I purchased a VPS plan from Wiredtree.com. To make a long story short, I ran into the similar problems as you did regarding resource allocation though. My situation though, was slighly different...

I deduced that the Virtuozzo containers which split up the WHM hosting control panel and virtual hosts did not allocate enough CPU resources per instance. This result in very slow performance and moderately CPU intensive PHP operations and MySQL queries.

What DID solve my problem was upgrading to their Hybrid Dedicated VPS plan (I'm paying $111/month). While that may sound like a lot, what I get is 2GB RAM, an ENTIRE DEDICATED CPU CORE and enough HD space. Basically, it is as though I have my own dedicated server. I manage several other dedicated linux server and the performance under normal-to-medium load conditions is equivalent.

Here's an example:

I could not even *start* Alfresco on the regular VPS.

On the Hybrid Dedicated, it started and ran just fine.

My conclusion is that really cheap VPS are just toys. The Hybrid Dedicated VPS from the company I mentioned above is the only qualifying alternative to a dedicated server.

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