I'm looking for shared high bandwidth hosting( also called semi-dedicated or enterprise web hosting) as my sites have exceeded shared hosting on Hostgator Baby plan. Here is some list I've prepared for quick reference.
Instead of moving to VPS it is better to see if any semi-dedicated web hosting plan can manage your site/sites. If it is, then nothing like it!
Managing VPS is not recommended as it requires management of lot servers, anti-spam techniques, security features etc. Remember all need to be done from scratch. Another hassle is that you will not have secondary name server and you'll need to make arragements to get make one. And if your single server stops working you all name resolution of all sites will fail and even email will bounce.
I've selected these companies as they look convincing. If you know any else then please let me know by placing them in comments!
Ntchosting
(www.ntchosting.com)
- Cost: $35/$55
- 24x7 support : Chat is supported
- Backup: Daily
- Max CPU Usage (per CPU) : 20%
- Alexa : 19,000
Reseller Panel
(www.resellerspanel.com/semi-dedicated-servers/semi-dedicated-1.html)
- Cost: $25
- 24x7 support : Chat,Phone
- Backup: Daily
- Max CPU Usage (per CPU) : 30% CPU share and up to 90000 MySQL queries per hourAlexa : 19,000
- Plan Pricing: Monthly
- Control Panel: Hepsia
- Alexa: 13400
Hawk Hosting
(www.hawkhost.com/semi-dedicated-hosting)
- Cost: $20 and more
- No Chat support
- 50 mysql connections, 20 processes max(max 7 php)
- Real 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
- Cpanel
- Alexa: 8200
MDD Hosting
(www.mddhosting.com)
Coupons of 50% discount available online
- Cost: $25 and more
- No Chat support
- Cpanel
- Maximum of 10 processes allowed
- Alexa: 104000
Stable Host
(www.stablehost.com/enterprise-hosting.php)
Coupon of 50% discount available online
- Cost: $20 and more
- CPU/Ram X 4 times of normal
- maximum 50 concurrent mysql connections, 25 concurrent processes
- No Chat support
- Alexa: 18600
| Feature | Shared | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Support Methods | 24/7/365 Email Only | 24/7/365 Phone/Email |
| Priority Support [More Info] | No | Yes |
| Accounts per Server | 500+ | 100 |
| INODES/Files | 250k | 500k |
| CPU | 15% of 1 CPU Core | 100% of 2 CPU Cores |
| MySQL Connections | 10 | 50 |
| SLA | 99.9% (43.2 minutes of downtime per month) | 99.99 (4.32 minutes of downtime per month) |
| Script Troubleshooting | No | Yes |
| Hacked / Compromised Repair | No | Yes |
Site Ground
(www.siteground.com/semi_dedicated_hosting.htm)
Hardly any coupons available
- Cost: $30 and more
- Chat support
- Alexa: 2000
Glow Host
(http://glowhost.com/web-hosting-service/semi-dedicated-server-plans.html)
Hardly any coupons available
- Cost: $70
- No Chat support
- Cpanel
- Alexa: 79,000
I raised a ticket asking for the resource usage limits in Semi-dedicated server plan. This is what I got in the reply:
Here are no strict limits, all limits are depend on a server specification. Usually max mysql connections is set to 100, you can set memory limit on your own, but it shouldn't be more than RLimitMEM limit (usually this limit is 512 or more on Semi-Dedicated servers). You can read more about Semi-Dedicated plan here.
