Server Questions...

[Kihon Kata]

Hi Vb pros. My sites have grown. My server is sometimes slow.

This is my current setup I am running:
Running Linux Dedicated Server in a DC in NJ/NY
- Paying $129/mo
- Debian/fedora release
- Plesk 7.5 reloaded panel
- 3ghz P4
- 2 gigs of ram
- 120gig drive
- allowed 1500 gigs of traffic(use around 50gb)
- About 15 websites online, 14 of them are static with low traffic, one is a superstar with 20-30,000 uniques daily and 10 million+ page views monthly.
- 5 Databases
- Completely optimized Mysql with eaccelerator/data caching/php caching, etc.(when we did this, the site FLEW much faster)
- 3 vBulletin boards (superstar site with 500,000 posts)
- Receiving 100-200 new registrations daily on superstar

My superstar site sometimes is seeing slowdown with server load issues sometimes reaching 40+ when the superstar site has 100+ registered users online and 350+ guests. Then the loads come back to 2-5 within 10 mins. This leads me to beleive that

Things I absolutely need:
- Plesk 7 or higher(nothing else)
- Good support
- root/ssh access
- 120 gb drive
- 750+ gbs of allowable traffic

My budget could be around $200/mo or so.

So, with all that said, I am possibly hunting for a new server.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! :)

[Lizard King]

Softlayer.com maybe a good choice to your needs. I am also considering to purchase a server from them.

[Kihon Kata]

what the....only 1 reply in 48 hours? wow.

bump~!

[maximux1]

Hi Kihon,

Processor Intel Pentium D 950 Processor
RAM 2GB RAM*, Upgradeable to 4GB
Hard Drive 250GB HDD
Bandwidth 1500GB Bandwidth
Uplink Port 10Mbps*, Upgradeable to 100Mbps
IP Addresses 5 IP Addresses*, Upgradeable to 61 IP Addresses
Operating System Choice of RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0, RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0*, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Debian, FreeBSD, or CentOS
Control Panel Available cPanel, Helm, or Plesk

This server is in Dallas, Tx DC @The Panet, fully managed for 239/mo

Feel free to contact me if your looking for something different.

Max

[hotrod1]

Maybe this will help you out:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36

[Kihon Kata]

Yep, I went with:

Dual Xeon HT 2.8Ghz Processors
2 gigabytes of 400ECC RAM (will upgrade to 4 soon)
Two - 160 gigabytes SATA2 hard drives in Raid 1
Bandwidth 1200GB
Plesk 100 domains
Fedora 64 bit

$269/mo

Not a bad deal