Bluehosting user review:Pros and Cons
First I just want to make sure you know that bluehosting doesn't provide vps hosting or dedicated yet, the reason I worte this review is that because bluehost is one of the best shared hosting companies I have used. And it was the first webhosting company I have ever used, below is my bluehost review
I chose bluehosting was mainly because it was recommended by a dear friend of mine. Still I did some researches, and after some researches done I found that they have pretty good user reviews,. It is very appealing and transparent for such an inexperienced person as me (back then). Thirteen years in the industry is also one of the reasons I joined. Generally, I found both the webpage and the ratings convincing and decided they would be good enough (affordable, first of all) for a start. What mostly attracted me was:
1. All the necessary standard features of a web host: cPanel, multiple database support, FTP, and email, to name just some;
2. Both diskspace and traffic are unlimited, as well as subdomains. (the limitations concern the number of databases - 50 each for MySQL and Postgre - and FTP and email accounts -1,000 and 2500, respectively);
3. I signed a 24 months contract, which is only .95/month (no setup fee, free domain included);
4. Useful support: quick and professional help available via e-mail, toll free phone line, or from the website life chat. When calling I was never put on hold for very long, and all my questions were successfully answered by the incredibly patient staff;
5. One of the main reasons I chose them is that the wordpress plugin I had was and still is working only with linux.
There are some cons, though:
First of all, the pricing of the short term (3 months) contract - for those interested $9.95 per month is a little bit too much for a shared hosting.
And for me personally, the complaints of some users about the quality of service - which I luckily have had no chance to confirm yet - as it comes to suspending/deleting their accounts without having provided a sensible enough reason for it (what allows for it is probably the vague clause stating that “Any violation found or fraudulent activity that system personnel deem inappropriate may have your account immediately terminated without notice and any recorded evidence reported to authorized persons.â€) I must admit I’ve felt quite anxious having read them. Still, where there are many users, complaints are a natural thing to appear.
I would highly recommend BlueHosting for anyone who is looking for a realiable shared hosting provider, but if you are looking for a hosting service for a large site with a lot of traffic, you should consider VPS, you probably already know that.
It is unlikely that you are looking for a shared hosting company, but if you are, click here to take a look for yourself.
VPS vs Dedicated for none techie
VPS vs Dedicated Server
First let's look at the difference between vps and dedicated
VPS or Virtual Private Server
VPS is a section of a dedicated server, hosting companies take a dedicated server and split it in to several sections by using Virtualization software, so Each server acts as if it is an actual dedicated server, only the hardware is shared. Which results in lower performance.
Dedicated server
Dedicated server is only assigned to one user, it is an actual machine, an actual server to do what ever you want it to. All of the hardware, software is yours to use. Another word you are the master of the server.
So which one do you need ? Dedicated or VPS?
To answer this question, there are two questions we need to answer first.
1. What is your budget?
the starting cost for a vps can be as low as $20 per month, as for a dedicated would be $80 plus.
2. Traffic
Generally speaking, the biggest disadvantage with VPS is its CPU. So if you have a large site that doesn't generate huge amount of traffic , VPS will do the job, and on the other hand if you do have a large site that brings huge amount of visitors, than Dedicated server is your choice, Some vps hosting services will notify you immidiately when your bandwidth (traffic) usage has exceeded a percentage that is set by you, such as vps.net.
Conclusion
Dedicated server has a lot of resources, it is generally used by customers who have a high usage and VPS is used by customers who want to have the same features like a Dedicated server but do not have the usage So if you wish to have features like a Dedicated server but do not require the resources assigned to it, then you can surely consider a VPS for yourself.
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If you are on shared hosting, and you are thinking of increasing your site's performence, it is a good idea to start off with VPS, and once the traffic start to increase, you will need to upgrade your vps plan which might cost the same as a dedicated server, than it just makes sense to get a dedicated. But of course, if you are happy with your vps, and even though you are paying the same as for a dedicated, you might just consider to stay with it, as the saying goes "If it is not broken, don't fix it"
Hope this post helped, and if you are wondering which vps hosting provder I am using, here you go
VPS.net review
VPS.net is a vps provider belongs to UK2 group. Its technology is based on cloud computing, the servers are located in both London. UKÂ and Chicago & SLC. US.
VPS.net Pros
The best feature of VPS.net is its instant scalability, You can scale up your usage according to your needs without paying for anything you have not used, that's the benefit of cloud hosting/computing too.
Daily or Weekly back up
Cloud hosting also allows you to have many OS / operating systems to choose from, since vps.,net is a linux only vps hosting solution, the OS available to you are CentOS, Gentoo, Ubuntu, and many more.
VPS.net has one of the best support forums available in the industry, as well as other support methods, such as phone, email.
VPS.net offers softwares such as cPanel and ISP System Linux in a discounted price.
VPS.net Cons
VPS.net uses Xen as their exclusive virtualization system, xen allows users to have multiple operating system installation, the problem with Xen is its overhead, and CPU consumption, comparing to OS level virtualization softwares, such as OpenVZ and Virtuozzo, Xen consumes 4 times more CPU.
Conclusion
If the customer support is very important to you, vps.net is definitely one the best choice you can have, however, if you want more choices of virtualisation softwares, vps.net might not be the one for you.
