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    Hi Everyone,

    I'm new to the forum and have read quite a few things but am not 100% clear on what I should be looking for when it comes to a VPS provider.

    I run a small forum and social networking site, my web guy has told me that it is time I move towards a VPS solution, but that is the extent of the guidance I have received. As you can imagine I have a few questions:

    VPS or Dedicated? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each?

    What is a good starting price point for a valued VPS service?

    What are the minimum specs I should be looking for and expecting?

    What are some things I should be on the lookout for to avoid?

    What are considered (generally) to be the, let's say top 10 companies in the industry?

    Also, if you are currently using someone that you are happy with at the moment, please tell me why you are happy with them, and what they may be lacking.

    That should get me off to a great start

    I appreciate the help and opinions.

    Best Regards,
    James

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    Hello James!
    If you need small solution I think that should be VPS.
    I can recommend you start with http://pivotalweb.com/valueplans.php
    They are not expensive + now you can have any VPS 15% cheaper (use 15life coupon )

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    • #3
      Yeah, VPS hosting solution would be more reasonable to choose because you will have much better uptime and speed connectivity. I think that you should trust specialization of the company and microvps.com can meet all your expectations on favorable terms.

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      • #4
        A quality shared hosting account has more power than a low end vps.

        A decent vps is about half the cost of a low end dedi.

        What problems are you having? How many users online? Give us some details to work with.
        ScriptMan
        Host unlimited domains as low as $2.95 month

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        • #5
          I can agree about pivotalweb.com is a good place to start the hosting. The company is becoming 50% more reasonable and profitable with the discount codes.

          Also try looking up marblehost.com - this company would help you to save money on domain registration and transferring.

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          • #6
            Well, I have read nice feedbacks and reviews about microvps.com and I think that you will have nice hosting opportunities if you deal with this company. As it turned out, from the beginning they have been providing 24/7 support, and have an amazing reputation for providing secured VPS in very low price.

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            • #7
              Dedicated Servers would be useful if you are looking out for high bandwidth, large storage and need a server only for you.

              In a VPS server you would still be sharing space with other customers. But it is useful if you need SSH, guaranteed RAM and guaranteed processor speed.

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              • #8
                If you have enough budget to deal with such professionals as globaltap.com, I believe you might get a VPS from them, and reliability issues won't disturb you. I think Vps is better to start from and you can upgrade anytime. Starting is better from smaller and going upwards.

                Also the resourceful shared account like is offered by routhost.com could be good for you as this is a huge plat for fo start.

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                • #9
                  Better start from smaller - the VPS. its main disadvantage before dedicated server is trhe shared system resources like CPU and RAM. All other things are similar to the usual dedicated server.

                  There are many good suggestions came up, and I would like to point out the company called pivotalweb.com for their quality and lower cost expecially with the discount code 15life.

                  Also really great VPS deals are offered by such provider as hostingsource.com, which s currently discounting the VPS and dedicated servers by hal usingf the coupon 50%Discount

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                  • #10
                    Nice VPS providers are hostingincanada.com, eurovps.com and glowhost.com.
                    Their plans can be good for the web masters with various goals and their pricing policy is simple and straightforward.

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                    • #11
                      From what I know much depends on taking a services from a stable provider, that is why I recommedn webhostingbuzz.com - the compay has really stable VPS and really great prices for them, especially considering their discount code WHBROCKS. Cmpany is onlinje for five years already and I do not think they would be still alive proving bad services.

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                      • #12
                        I would start off with shared webhosting first, then build myself up. Profit is very important and since VPS and Dedicated are expensive you should count your estimations twice before making a decision.

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