archondigital.Before this article was written, Archon Digital took eons to fully load which I find to be really frustrating a lot of times. It has been on a Mediatemple Grid Server ever since the domain was bought in January 2007 and moving away from their lovely control panel was like moving away from home for the first time.
Evolution by Choice.
As far as I can tell, I’ve already outgrown the Grid. I’ve outgrown not the capability and limitations of the system, but more on what else I can do and learn from it. I craved for root access and the freedom of being able to fully configure my own server.
The next step was definitely going to be a VPS for me and back then I was choosing between Mediatemple’s DV hosting and Slicehost VPS. The decision was made early last week, where I concluded that learning how to setup my own box from scratch would be more beneficial to me in the long run.
I enjoyed using Mediatemple’s Grid Server (gs) hosting and have had good experience with their tech support and all their friendly staff as well. While there were indeed numerous outages, I still consider Mediatemple a great hosting company and their upcoming Cluster Server (cs) will most probably a better successor to the Grid.
Other problems I encountered with the Grid were related to certain TXT DNS entries which I badly need for domainkeys and others to work. Those who regularly visit my site can probably tell the difference on how much the loading time has improved. From a previous 1.0 to 8.0 seconds to a speedy 0.56 seconds
Why Not Shared?
You really can’t make me go back to shared hosting. I have nothing against it as it works real well for a lot of people, but I really feel more like I’ve outgrown it long ago. Even tried reseller hosting for a few sites last year but to me it’s still just shared hosting with a few added perks.
I also run a few other sites that require more resources and you would probably hate to be my neighbor in a shared hosting box.
What Next?
So that’s about it. I just need to transfer a few sites off to another hosting account and will then officially close my grid server account. I have documented how I set up my NGINX setup and compiled most of the information on a new article which will be posted here soon.
May 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Someday, when my online ventures turns BIG, I’m gonna get a dedicated hosting plan. Hehhe
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May 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Dedicated hosting is too rich for my blood for the time being, plus my blog / site is not generating that much income to cover the expenses for a dedicated hosting plan. -_-
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May 5th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
It’s a VPS account not really a dedicated box, the setup is similar but on a smaller scale. $20 just like my previous Mediatemple host.
Getting a dedicated box is very expensive for me at the moment and would have no need for it right now.
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May 7th, 2008 at 5:31 am
I just got a VPS and I really like it. I outgrew my shared hosting. It’s the 2nd (well, 3rd or 4th if you count crashes) time I’ve set up a *nix server so was fun!
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I remember trying more than eight times before finally getting it. Particularly the FastCGI thing.
and yes, it was a lot of fun setting up NGINX
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May 11th, 2008 at 3:51 am
I had never even heard of dedicated hosting. I am such a noob.
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It’s never too late to learn
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May 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I’ve had my service go down a couple of times (I’m still on shared hosting), so it is good to get info on the alternatives. Thanks!
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Running your own setup involves a lot more work but it’s worth it.
So far, I’m still having fun and learning at the same time.
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May 14th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I’m in the same predicament right now, actually. I have Mediatemple’s Grid Service, and to be honest, I’m not very happy with the excessive outages. I’m paying more for *good* shared hosting, and the down time is more than my $8/month Hostgator account? Give me a break.
Anyway, I’m thinking about going to VPS, but I’m not sure with whom yet. I was considering WiredTree and LiquidWeb; I heard good things for both. Any recommendations?
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I am now with Slicehost. My site now loads much faster and haven’t had any downtime since moving.
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May 17th, 2008 at 2:34 am
So you’ve decided and moved to VPS. Good for you! All the best and hope it works out for you.
If MT doesn’t work for me, then I know who to ask. Hehe
Btw, its my first time to visit this blog and I’m impressed. Great job with the custom theme. I’m adding you to my blogroll and will be visiting often.
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May 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
You should check out Hostgator for dedicated servers, but if you want VPS there are a lot better ones, but I just brain farted and can’t remember the name. I only recall it was about $40/month, which is a steal for a VPS server
I don’t have the money to pay for servers either, but if you talk to hosting companies about getting sponsored, you may just get it
-Mike
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I went ahead and signed up for Slicehost $20 per month.
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