Dear Internet: What is the Best Virtual Private Server (VPS) ?
I just started looking into this hosting upgrade option, so I’m looking for advice/anecdotes wherever I can find them.
To that end, anyone out there have any experience with either of these two services?
Dedicated-Virtual Server from Media Temple
Low Cost Virtual Private Servers from JohnCompanies.com
Failing that, anyone have any really good alternatives to the above two?
I know I’m being terribly lazy with the last question. Sure. Sue me 
I’m just hoping I can go to bed and wake up with a half dozen or more fantastic hosting alternatives that I can kick the tires on over the next few months.
Looking at the pricing and features, these VPS’s look like the perfect upgrade track for me as I start to push the limits of what I should really be doing in a shared environment. I’m cool for now, but I’d rather be prepared for a potential move than have to scramble at some layer date. VPS’s also open up a lot of options in terms of what I can do for some of my clients in terms of hosting, which would be (a) a cool thing to offer and would (b) help offset the cost. The problem is, I just don’t know anyone that’s actually got any experience working with them, so I’m not sure which way to go in terms of companies/options. All the guys I know that know about this stuff are all knee deep in multiple (often load load balanced) machines hosted at the RackSpaces of the world. They don’t have a lot of experience with the kinds of options available at my (comparatively) puny computing budget.
Karl Says:
Interesting, as I was looking at Media Temple’s site yesterday. They seem to have a number of ‘name’ clients, and their approach is somewhat different. I’m sure if they knew you were looking at their services they’d be on their best behaviour, considering the amount of exposure this site has.
Perhaps it’d be worth sending an email to one of their clients and asking what they think of the service.
Posted: March 18th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
rob Says:
good idea. I’m going to ask around. It’s not an issue right now, but if it is I’d like to have some sense of which way to jump.
Posted: March 19th, 2008 at 1:17 pm