2Here is one classic piece: Lunarpages: 60 reasons why web hosts suck! Some are just out right hilarious, classified as “funny, but unrealistic” (but I could be wrong :) Some are just simple fact of life, and there is really nothing the web host can do about it. However, there are also those that give [...]
RAID 0 on a Shared Server? Bad Idea
If you are a user on a shared server, be that shared hosting or VPS hosting, have you ever wondered, what is my host’s strategy in storage and backup? Is it as robust as it claims? The disk array error fiasco at VPSLink, has revealed some dark side of shared servers — or when the [...]
Which market is VPS for?
Robert Cichon of CrystalTech wrote on theWHIR blog about getting ready to start up a VPS solution for his hosting company. He asked “Are we making the best choice for what the customers will want?”, and tried to explain what VPS is for. I mean it’s pretty obvious why some would want to buy VPS; [...]