Comments on: Is it time for an upgrade to my web host? https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/ technology, networking, virtualization and IP telephony Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Michael McNamara https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:16 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-2253 In reply to Brent.

The processing performance on the virtual host is a tremendous increase over GoDaddy’s shared hosting. The web pages from this blog now serve up in about 1.5 seconds, whereas it was taking almost 5 – 7 seconds on a shared host. From an Internet bandwidth perspective it hasn’t been bad but I’ve noticed it can be slower than GoDaddy when moving large files.

Cheers!

]]> By: Brent https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-2252 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:08:11 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-2252 How’s the speed now that it has been about four months now since leaving GoDaddy? I’ve implemented a CDN with a shared hosted website not at godddy, but the speed still isn’t there. I’m wondering if I should just take the plunge also,

]]> By: Michael McNamara https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Tue, 04 May 2010 02:43:51 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-1990 I decided to give RIMUHosting a shot so I’ve ordered a MiroVPS2 account. I spent some time over the weekend syncing up the files from my current site and importing the MySQL databases. I stumbled for a hour or so tonight trying to figure out why Apache wouldn’t recognize my .htaccess file and my rewrite statements… I was missing the proper AllowOverride command in httpd.conf.

It was fun to mess around with the system tonight, amazing how fast you can forget things if you don’t stay current with them.

Cheers!

]]> By: Michael McNamara https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:36:58 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-1982 In reply to shayne.

Thanks for the recommendation Shayne!

]]> By: shayne https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:38:14 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-1981 Hey Michael,

Maybe try http://www.vpsnoc.com they are reasonable with pricing and offerings for unmanaged servers.

]]> By: Michael McNamara https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1968 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:33:22 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-1968 In reply to Chris.

Thanks for the recommendation Chris!

]]> By: Chris https://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/2010/04/is-it-time-for-an-upgrade-to-my-web-host/comment-page-1/#comment-1960 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:19:23 +0000 http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?p=1348#comment-1960 ARP Networks (http://www.arpnetworks.com)

I made the jump from a shared hosting plan to their $20/Month special about three months back and I could not be happier.

There is no pretty management interface, and once you’re VPS is setup everything else is up to you. However, for most geeks that’s not a problem.

Support is very responsive, and they hang out regularly in their own IRC channel.

Coming from a shared plan you will notice an immediate speed increase! As a bonus you get an IPV6 IP as well as the usual IPV4.

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