Cheap, Good Linux VPS - Fast

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oakley56fila

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Feb 14, 2011

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• Feb 20, 2011

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I realize the title may be impossible, but it's what I'm looking for. I'm tired of slow WordPress hosting and I want to start up my own VPS to offer hosting to my clients.

I will need cpanel on the account.

I'm not very knowledgeable in the area of VPSs yet, so any help would be great.

If I could buy form someone on BHW I would prefer it, but if you know of a great, affordable provider elsewhere I would like to take a look at them.

 

haridada

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• Feb 20, 2011

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You could try virpus.com. they start at $7 month-to-month.

Also feel free to check out lowendbox.com for a list of companies providing cheap vps's with features enough to get you started.

HTH

cheers,

haridada

 

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sirgold

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Jun 25, 2010

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This www . thrustvps . com seems very very promising and well rounded. You might want to check it out.

 

fatboy

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First off - where do you want to host it.
Secondly - whats your budget.

To put the price / quality thing into perspective a cPanel license for a VPS is around $15. Depending on your chosen provider, they could buy bulk licenses which may bring it down to around $5 per license.

Anyone selling a full cpanel VPS for less than $10 could be massively overselling their node and you will have problems in the long run.

 

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oakley56fila

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fatboy said:

First off - where do you want to host it.
Secondly - whats your budget.

To put the price / quality thing into perspective a cPanel license for a VPS is around $15. Depending on your chosen provider, they could buy bulk licenses which may bring it down to around $5 per license.

Anyone selling a full cpanel VPS for less than $10 could be massively overselling their node and you will have problems in the long run.

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Somewhere in America.. I'm on the west coast.

So it sounds like I shouldn't go for anything under $20 / month.. would that be accurate?

I'm want to start off small / as cheap as possible while I try to build my hosting client base and determine if hosting is for me.

 

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ntesla411

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Sep 2, 2010

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• Mar 1, 2011

• #6

I've been using Linode for quite some time now.
Love their services and customer support, no complaints here!

 

Bluearrow

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Jul 8, 2010

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• Mar 3, 2011

• #7

I use Knownhost. Little expensive but service second to none.

 

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Jayemdae

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Feb 15, 2010

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• Mar 3, 2011

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KnownHost has a very solid reputation, so +1 from me on KnownHost. You can get a VPS from them that's hosted in California or Texas. As mentioned, they're a little more expensive, but well worth it based on my extensive research. Another option for a provider with a solid reputation is DowntownHost.

In my experience over the years, it's not good to cut corners on an iffy hosting provider. Especially if you're going to be reselling/hosting clients.

 

Bluearrow

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• Mar 3, 2011

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Agree with Jayemdae.

If you are going to start a web hosting service then better buy a VPS with good uptime and unless you have support stuff or you are going to do it full time better go for a Good Managed VPS provider.