Server resourse issue with large forum

[betterthanyours]

My site is hosted on a prometeus.net VPS

There are the dedicated specs
4 CPU Core
3GB RAM
40GB HDD
4000 GB

Thats at 18$ per month.

@Max, what is unlimited? Nothing. Is money unlimited? Do you think if you suddenly started using 15TB transfer that godaddy will allow that under "unlimited"? Everyone has an acceptable usage policy. That goes for their CPU, RAM, I/O, Bandwidth, HDD etc. No HDD is unlimited. No bandwidth is unlimited. No CPU or RAM is unlimited.

If you think godaddy is a good host I really feel sorry for you. You obviously have not had the joyous experience of a good host with knowledgeable tech support, excellent hardware and generous hardware limits OR you just haven't hit the limit of their "unlimited". Quality comes with price and 60$ annually you won't get quality.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by snakes1100

i didnt ever mention either of those hosts, you might want to go back a page and see who actually posted those lol

Ok, my bad. Hehe!

The basic & deluxe packages are NOT identical.

It also doesnt mean that the servers each site are on are identical as to the way their limits are set up for each one.

I never said that. I said the deluxe hosting I have from the reseller is the exact same package godaddy offers from its site, for those who want the deluxe hosting package. And it's called shared deluxe there too.

They are identical in every way.

[betterthanyours]

@SteveC

I can help you move your hosting. You do not need to prune a thing. I've sent you a PM and hopefully you will read it and get back to me.

Reading your stats, VPS might be your best solution

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by betterthanyours

My site is hosted on a prometeus.net VPS

There are the dedicated specs
4 CPU Core
3GB RAM
40GB HDD
4000 GB

Thats at 18$ per month.

@Max, what is unlimited? Nothing. Is money unlimited? Do you think if you suddenly started using 15TB transfer that godaddy will allow that under "unlimited"? Everyone has an acceptable usage policy. That goes for their CPU, RAM, I/O, Bandwidth, HDD etc. No HDD is unlimited. No bandwidth is unlimited. No CPU or RAM is unlimited.

If you think godaddy is a good host I really feel sorry for you. You obviously have not had the joyous experience of a good host with knowledgeable tech support, excellent hardware and generous hardware limits. Quality comes with price and 60$ annually you won't get quality.

You are paying $216 annually, I am paying $60.

I have had ZERO problems and have had the service for EIGHT YEARS. I am hosting three sites on the same package, $60 bucks a year. can you add sites to yours?

My hosting is unlimited storage and bandwidth. As advertised and paid for. I've got no gripes with the product or the service, or the price. I think it's INSANE to pay so much for hosting, it boggles the mind..

[betterthanyours]

I can add however many sites I like to my VPS until the VPS struggles to either cope (which I'm sure I could host a large number of sites before it does). godaddy probably limits your site to about 150-250 mb RAM, some low amounts of CPU units too. My site consumes about 1.5GB RAM at peak and transfers 200GB per month.

People pay a much larger amount for hosting and it comes with hosting popular and active sites.

Your 60$ with a host such as crocweb or innohosting would be much better spent but that's just my opinion. Those hosts don't lure customers with the promise of "unlimited". Nothing is unlimited Max.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by betterthanyours

I can add however many sites I like to my VPS until the VPS struggles to either cope (which I'm sure I could host a large number of sites before it does). godaddy probably limits your site to about 150-250 mb RAM, some low amounts of CPU units too. My site consumes about 1.5GB RAM at peak and transfers 200GB per month.

People pay a much larger amount for hosting and it comes with hosting popular and active sites.

Your 60$ with a host such as crocweb or innohosting would be much better spent but that's just my opinion. Those hosts don't lure customers with the promise of "unlimited". Nothing is unlimited Max.

I've had no problems. I also don't have a political bias against godaddy.

I suppose I'm just too small to ever have challenged the "unlimited" claim. I only have 4,000 members on my forum, only 300 or so are daily active. My size and load is comparable to what the OP posted, this is why I am sure he is having "problems" because his host is blowing smoke up his ass. Mine doesn't do that, at least never to me.

[betterthanyours]

Well I'm not politically biased towards or against godaddy. They are fine as a domain registrar however in terms of hosting, just terrible in my experience (have hosted before).

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by betterthanyours

Well I'm not politically biased towards or against godaddy. They are fine as a domain registrar however in terms of hosting, just terrible in my experience (have hosted before).

You probably know more about this than I do, I've only been at it for eleven years, wallowing in darkness and being just incredibly lucky..

[SteveC]

Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. betterthanyours was able to help me and he did a great job. I highly recommend him.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by SteveC

Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. betterthanyours was able to help me and he did a great job. I highly recommend him.

If you're paying more than $60 annually to host the tiny forum you have, which is comparable to mine, you haven't been helped.