Hosting questions >> rackshack.net

[iAlex]

I currently host with echolima.com and it's working well. But I'm looking around for other hosting options that would allow more freedom and possibilities. I noticed rackshack.net offer you a dedicated server for $99 a month:

Celeron 1.3
512MB RAM
60GB space
400GB transfer
RedHat 7.2

The space and bandwidth looks fantastic but my questions is, for those who have a little experience with hosting and vbulletin, how far can you go before the cpu power and RAM become a limiting factor? With 400GB of monthly transfer, that's about 10-20 times what I currently use. How does that multiply considering the system specs?

I currently have a site with about 500k pageviews, 20-40GB bandwidth, one vbulletin forum with max 500-1000 posts a day. I plan to use mod_gzip to cut down on bandwidth and load times. How many similar sites could I add before I run out of cpu power and RAM?

[DrkFusion]

YEa 99 a month is cheep, but horible support, I have been on 3 servers with them, just pure horrible support, when you need server support, they either give you one of the following answers.

1. We do not support it book in for a restore
2. Let us reboot, and see howit turns out, if it doesn't lets put in a request for restore

There servers run good, but many problems occure, because most of the servers are not rebooted right, the guys either press the button, and wait for the fan to stop
or just pull the plug. They run t3 connections, on one router per 20 servers, and they have been getting DoSsed latly, so the routers go down here and there.

I suggest lookin to 4webspace.com and catalog.com, oh also, the 500mb ram may sound good, but they use crappy ass rams, my friend got his duron, celoron, and cobalt colocated at his new offices, and he had to practically rebuild the thing, he had it at rackshack for a while, with alot of hostees, so he took it.

Also, if you use more then 400gb transfer, you will get screwed up the ass if youa re looking at there 99$ fee, and also the setup fee, is a mother ++++er.

Ive had much experience with the, and I suggest try something a bit expensive, and get alot of company information, and do alot of dns lookups on there domains, and ips, and check what kind daemons they have running, check there average output, and more, remember the price you pay is equal to the quality you get.

I just wanted to share my point of rackshack, when it comes to your site, I got no opinion :-D, your site in your WWW(profile) doesn't seem to get 500-1000 posts, so I don't know.

Anyways good luck
Drk

[iAlex]

Not quite what I was looking for but thanks a lot for your input nevertheless!

No, it doesn't have that many posts currently but I'm trying to plan ahead.

[iAlex]

Speaking of dedicated hosting, I've always wondered if it's difficult in maintenance. I would imagine packages like plesk and ensim would make it easier and more user friendly. But for a person who's barely used Linux, would it be a big problem?