Ask HN: More reliable than shared webhosting, more friendly than a VPS?

[falldowngoboom]

I have several past projects and clients on shared web hosts. Basically, a single server, running apache configured to run hundreds of virtual domains.

I've been monitoring these sites and there are frequent service hiccups. At least once a day there is a slow/response time (>8secs), no response, high load (>20), etc. This isn't a problem with one provider, it's simply what happens when one of the sites on the same server is hacked or gets high load, or a script gets stuck in a loop, etc.

I use a VPS for my own projects, and it is clearly superior in term of performance. I'm wondering if there are hosting providers that offer virtual servers solely for web hosting? Basically, a simple setup, a bit less expensive and maybe a cPanel-style control panel. Anything out there like this?

[Wijtec]

We can offer you a VPS that comes with a controlpanel, we can probably use one of the free panels around. I don't like offering cpanel, since they are quite expensive. send us an email on info (@) wijtec (dot) nl.

We only use VPSs with dedicated hardware assigned to it, so no shared memory, or shared cpu. Other customers can't cause delays on your service.

[falldowngoboom]

What is your company? (I tried your domain, and got an empty page.)

[Wijtec]

technically, we are a startup, merging some small companies into one, website is under development

[dpcan]

You may want to look at http://www.RackspaceCloud.com Sites

[falldowngoboom]

Isn't this just a VPS?

"Cloud Servers" = 256MB for ~$10/month which is a great price - but it looks like a plain old VPS. I could set it up, but there's no "friendly" way to administer it.

"Managed Servers" are starting at $100/month, which is way too expensive.

[jsatok]

Cloud Servers are essentially just VPSs.

Cloud Sites (which is $100/month) is a clustered, high availability hosting platform. I haven't personally used it, but based on my great experience with Cloud Servers, I'd expect it to be worth every penny.

[falldowngoboom]

I'm sure it's a great service, but it's overkill.

Still looking for something as simple as a shared webhosting (mail and webserver work "out of the box", easy control panel) but with better performance.

There's a business idea here for someone.

[dpcan]

RackspaceCloud.com sites is exactly this. You create sites, they come with uber-simple control panels, stats, email and databases. I really think you should look again at RackspaceCloud.com sites.