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Posted by Trixtr, 08-07-2016, 06:22 AM
Best vps provider For business purpose Reliable Less downtime Affordable cost Stable Good customer support 24x7 Ddos protection Fully managed Os any {windows / Linux } Need reviews for hostgator and blue host Please note your opinion
Posted by vps_newbie, 08-07-2016, 10:15 AM
I urge you to stay away from any hosting provider brand that is owned by Endurance International Group (EIG). EIG has bought nearly 80 different providers. EIG then continues to use the provider brand names (which hides the fact that they are owned and operated by EIG). Both HostGator and BlueHost are owned by EIG, so I strongly suggest that you avoid both of them. Please give us more details about your requirements. What do you plan to do with your VPS? How much RAM, disk space, and monthly internet bandwidth do you need? What features should it have (e.g. cPanel? WordPress? Multiple websites)? Why are you concerned with DDoS protection? What is the threat that you want to defend against? Hopefully someone can recommend a quality provider that matches your needs. I cannot offer any suggestions because WebHostingTalk rules require that you must have personal experience with a provider before you recommend them. Good luck!
Posted by CentexHosting, 08-07-2016, 11:34 AM
If I had to recommend web host these 3 would be on my list not in any order Hostdime Lime Stone Networks Liquid web. all have great support
Posted by XSV, 08-07-2016, 11:52 AM
You mention "Os any {windows / Linux }", but I'm curious if you already have a script in mind to manage your site, or what your plan is for that as many popular scripts designed for Linux are not going to work on Windows...?
Posted by kpmedia, 08-07-2016, 01:31 PM
USA/NA = LiquidWeb EU = EuroVPS I don't mess around with lower-end hosts for serious business ventures. BlueHost and Hostgator are the same hosts (EIG), and to call it crap is an understatement. No. The only script that I can think of off-hand that hates Windows is Magento.
Posted by Kipplex-Tanner, 08-07-2016, 01:38 PM
As others have said, make sure to stay away from EIG brands as they pray on less informed customers and greedy marketing tactics. Based on personal experience (both current and previous), I highly recommend Hudson Valley Host as well as Liquid Web. Both have excellent customer service and support, and are very conscious of spam; both essentials when running business material on a server.
Posted by kpmedia, 08-07-2016, 01:41 PM
Uhh... ? HVH is a ColoCrossing brand. And CC makes EIG look likes angels. No.
Posted by Kipplex-Tanner, 08-07-2016, 01:44 PM
Have you had any personal experience with HVH and/or CC? I am curious as to your experience.
Posted by madRoosterTony, 08-07-2016, 01:49 PM
If you are wanting to use the VPS for business applications, I suggest you look for a provider that gives you guaranteed resources, so that you get the same experience all the time and have to worry less about noisy neighbors. These are often called Semi-Dedicated or VDS. Do you need any type of management, even basic, such as keeping to core operating system up-to date.
Posted by PaulWilliam, 08-07-2016, 01:53 PM
Hostdime seems like the best option from the thread so far.
Posted by vps_newbie, 08-07-2016, 02:40 PM
I cannot answer the question for kpmedia. He/she must answer. If I were the OP, I would do a web search for negative reviews of HVH and ColoCrossing. I have seen enough of them for myself.
Posted by Kipplex-Tanner, 08-07-2016, 03:04 PM
I am curious if anyone has had negative experiences with a VSNX company within the past year or so. From what I have seen many of the issues are the result of unfortunate abuse and IP issues years ago that have since been resolved. Perhaps @VSNX-Nick could explain the history.
Posted by kpmedia, 08-07-2016, 04:47 PM
You're new here. I'm guessing you've not read any threads from the past 5 years. Oh goody, a CC/VSNX apologist. "Resolved", nothing. Their IP ranges are still being added to firewalls by admins worldwide. It's a cesspool. And it's not just from spam. It's the nature of low-end (and low-quality) VPS market -- but for whatever reason, this host always has more problems than others. Sure, the had a decrease is spam traffic. But that doesn't make them a better host.
Posted by RDO Servers, 08-07-2016, 04:57 PM
That's like saying: "McDonald's stopped using 'pink slime' and now has 100% beef burgers, let's take our client out to dinner there since their cheap and high quality!"
Posted by whmcsguru, 08-07-2016, 05:53 PM
For VPS services, take a look at ramnode. Their pricing, support, and network are quite good. Of course,they're unmanaged, so you have to do the management thing yourself. I second the 'avoid HVH' comments. This includes anything from global crossing (chicagovps, etc)... Spam filled network, pathetic support. Just avoid them. Read through the forums for why.
Posted by kpmedia, 08-07-2016, 06:43 PM
For a serious business, I'd stay away from unmanaged. It almost never ends well.
Posted by whmcsguru, 08-07-2016, 07:19 PM
If you have a professional Linux admin (you should if you have any server), you'll be fine. We've been through this before. Relying on the datacenter to manage your server is just bad form. They cannot do it.
Posted by vps_newbie, 08-07-2016, 07:20 PM
I just found this interesting thread regarding HVH and Colocrossing: https://vpsboard.com/topic/9054-colo...-sue-vpsboard/ and another: https://vpsboard.com/topic/9065-colo...rs-and-shills/
Posted by kpmedia, 08-07-2016, 07:51 PM
Last I knew, they owned LET, the LEB forum. Their ethics are in the toilet. They have a long history of shilling and just general nonsense. No shock here. ... but I think this thread is already getting derailed enough. Topic = best VPS (for the OP). CC ain't it. /done
Posted by WPCYCLE, 08-08-2016, 12:58 AM
My 2 cents......RamNode!
Posted by Mike_A, 08-08-2016, 01:13 AM
RamNode is a great provider, only one I could recommend from my own use.
Posted by net, 08-08-2016, 02:29 AM
To be fair with others, I think it depends on what provider you are using.
Posted by MM_Situ, 08-08-2016, 04:49 AM
The best way to figure out is test yourself. During the test you can pay attention at the moment most important for you. Sorry, but sitting and waiting for the suggestions will not give you the best (for you) VPS - which will work properly for you first of all not for the other users.
Posted by kpmedia, 08-08-2016, 10:12 AM
Yeah, I'm not on board with that at all. - Hiring your own (truly) professional sysadmin isn't cheap. - And the "datacenter" comment doesn't make any sense. Datacenters != hosts. I trust managed hosts like LiquidWeb and EuroVPS implicitly, and that's not something I can't say about others (in 20+ years). Quality management isn't going to come from cheap OpenVZ VPS hosts, but those with enterprise infrastructure and experienced staff. The cheaper it is, the more I find myself holding their hands. I agree, you shouldn't be a VPS know-nothing. That's a recipe for disaster. But you yourself don't need to be the Linux expert, and you don't need to pay $$$$$ to get one. Enter the managed host. Hosts like Futurehosting and Knownhost do an admirable job as well. net's own Jonesolutions is a pretty good operation. I've been impressed with staff there in the past. They all have their place. Ramnode doesn't position themselves as catering to the business market. Just fast unmanaged VPS -- no more, no less. And that has a place as well. But it's not here. Remember: You (usually) get what you pay for.
Posted by Nnyan, 08-08-2016, 12:48 PM
I would recommend Knownhost, Cartika and Liquidweb (I will admit my experiences with Cartika and LW are dated at this time).
Posted by whmcsguru, 08-08-2016, 02:29 PM
That's your mistake. Personal experience says far different about them.. I've yet to find a qualified 'managed provider', here or anyone else that can do the job as well as (or better than) a systems administrator... The fact is that these individuals (hosts, datacenters, whatever you want to call them) deal in bulk... They deal in automation, and ignore problems, more often than not.
Posted by madRoosterTony, 08-09-2016, 01:18 PM
The key to getting good management from your hosting provider is communication. Yes many companies do use automation where it makes sense to apply security updates, standard configuration changes, etc. But what happens more often than not is the client changes something in the way they were using the system and this causes a conflict to the way the hosting company is managing the server. Just as with a System Administrator, the client needs to open a discussion about changes they are wanting to make and with that, the hosting company can then make adjustments on their side to make sure the client can achieve what they want to, while keeping the system running smooth and secure.
Posted by WPCYCLE, 08-09-2016, 01:24 PM
Which is why some companies will not allow the clients to make changes. They then have to correct it or back track to figure out what the client was trying to do.
Posted by SenseiSteve, 08-09-2016, 02:32 PM
And that will always be the key issue. Every provider has overhead, but some are better managed and can make do with less revenue to turn a profit. Typically, cheap in price directly relates to constrained services, support or other.
Posted by mike_dim, 08-09-2016, 02:56 PM
May be you should try to use dedicated server and don't buy anything cheap!
Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-09-2016, 03:55 PM
I think it can go either way depending on how good your budget and your web host or administrator is. For example, I have a customer who's site doesn't get 100 pass at GTmetrix due to coding on his website, which I've mentioned to the client, but he insists on saying that it's a server-side problem. The server-side problem was regarding Leverage browser caching, which I corrected by updating .htaccess with caching rules. All good now, or at least I thought. He kept saying nothing changed in the online report (even when it did, as the score went from 30 to 90 something). I went on to explain that I had corrected the server-side problem with Leverage browser caching (even though they could've added it to .htaccess themselves), but for the rest of the issues, they'd need a web developer as it's more to do with web development (optimising website). But he still wasn't happy. So I went out of my way to give loads of further advice on how to get a better score by using CloudFlare, compression and optimising code, etc., but no matter what I say he wants me to do all this. I like helping people, but some folk really don't get the difference between web development, web hosting and web design etc. I don't mind helping with optimisation if they're aware that it's not really something a web host should be doing, but if they're too demanding with a wrong tone, then I won't help, simple as that. But back to my point, I think at the end of the day, whether a web host or administrator would do the above work or not, depends on what the customer is paying for such work to be carried out. If the budget isn't right, then they won't do it, though you may get lucky with a web host or administrator who will include the work from time to time (mainly for new customers to gain their business). Not something a web host or administrator could keep doing 24/7, because doing such work outside of your domain uses up a lot of admin time/resources that could be needed for more important issues like doing disaster recovery or something similar that needs to be done ASAP. A web host is not going to be able to do important work as quick when some customer is trying to get their web host to carry out non-web-hosting related work (website optimisations IE restructuring the WordPress code eg JS/CSS etc). It may be better for such work to be done by using a system administrator who specialises in such work and would include such work for the same price, web hosts are usually more limited with what they can do and when they can do it, if that makes sense. So true, and that's why for any work which is not web hosting related (where Shared/VPS is around £3-25/month) it should be done by an administror who charges accordingly (usually being paid £65+) for such work to be carried out.
Posted by BlazingSwitch, 09-16-2016, 01:09 PM
A lot of it comes down to what you are looking to do, the level of support you require, and picking/paying accordingly. There are some VPS hosting companies who cater to the unmanaged crowd who can do things themselves, or enjoy tinkering as such. Than you have others who need their hand held. For the latter, they need to go with a top tier managed solution. Not only does a low end host want that management nightmare, but the client is simply best served accordingly. There are plenty of different hosts who cater to different niche markets, whether gamers, developers, high speed, whatever. Many of those more nichey focused are unmanaged or minimal managed, and priced accordingly. In short, you need to pick and pay accordingly to the level of bells and whistles you need, as well as the hand holding before picking a "home".
Posted by Postbox, 09-16-2016, 03:22 PM
Since the Op hasn't been back since he started this at the beginning of August, closing this.

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