| Posted by Jatinder, 02-28-2007, 11:25 AM | | Hello,
I have come across a number of threads on WHT with people mentioning that they are moving their reseller accounts to a VPS. I fail to see the advantage of this.
For example, HostGator's Aluminum Reseller plan sells for $25/month. I will get full support, professionally managed servers and all the space and bandwidth I will need.
On the other hand $25 won't buy me much in VPS solutions. I will at most get around 256 MB of RAM and there will be no support. I will have to manage the server myself. I doubt I will be able to host a lot of sites on 256 MB RAM.
Am I missing something? Why shift from reseller account to VPS?
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| Posted by littlened, 02-28-2007, 12:06 PM | | There are loads of reasons why a VPS may be better than shared hosting. I don't know them all, but;
1) Most shared host providers impose MYSQL restrictions, with a VPS you can change this limits, which is handy if you have a large forum.
2) You can install your own software, maybe something which monitors services and drops you an e-mail or a mobile text message when I service goes down.
3) A VPS gives you a little experience before you move right into the dedicated scene.
4) You get guaranteed resources, which is handy if you've had problems on shared hosting where other accounts are hammering the server.
I've got a VPS at the minute, 30Gb of storage and 300gb of bandwidth. Its managed so if theres any problems I just raise a ticket, however the ability is there for me to try and resolve the problem myself, which is exactly what I would be doing if I had a dedicated server. If the problem gets too much for me I'd just raise a ticket.
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| Posted by rv_irl, 02-28-2007, 12:12 PM | | A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a step up from a reseller account. It is suited as a bridge between moving from a reseller account to a dedicated server..
With a VPS, you will have control over the software you install and configurations of the VPS. Unless you need the flexibility of a VPS and/or your existing usage is no longer suitable for a shared environment, then you do not need a VPS.
The justification for the price is that you receive resources dedicated to you, like RAM and CPU. Both scarce resources on the server that are not as cheap as webspace/bandwidth. Therefore naturally, the costs are going to be higher..
This is in contrast to a reseller, where it is on a shared environment and resources used are the server resources which anybody can use for varying amount of times. Nothing is dedicated except from webspace/bandwidth...
Moving from a reseller is a fairly large step, especially if you are unable to manage the VPS. You need to consider security, backups, software licenses, fixing bugs and problems as well as a host of other things which you need to think about.
With a VPS, you are "typically" able to host more customers than a reseller. The return on investment therefore can be possibly be higher depending on your business structure..
They are the main points I can think of, I'm sure others here will have more things to add. Hope that helps
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| Posted by ldcdc, 03-01-2007, 01:02 AM | | Could be just me, but if I were a reseller I would most likely stick to reseller hosting up to the point where a decent dedicated server would be a feasible option. You can always get more reseller accounts if you need them.
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| Posted by Mxhub, 03-01-2007, 01:10 AM | | Get your own root access with VPS. Of course, your host will help you with problem if you are using a reseller plan. You are on your own if your VPS is unmanaged.
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| Posted by atechstl, 03-01-2007, 11:20 PM | | Purchasing a VPS over reseller hosting allows you to sell reseller hosting as well as shared hosting. This exands your business more to hopefully gain more profits.
I am actually thinking about purchasing a VPS server for this reason. I know how bad peoples experiences are with reseller accounts. I have had my share of experiences with them. Having these experiences I would like to see if I can offer better support then the other guys.
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| Posted by ServerSean, 03-02-2007, 03:58 AM | | A VPS can also be a cheaper option in terms of redundancy to say, a dedicated server.
What I mean by this is, the machines that will run the VPS guest machines are usually not only really high specification, but tend to have Raid1 (disk mirroring) or even Raid5 arrays, several NICs, and maybe even clustered over several physical servers such as that on http://www.thegridlayer.com/
I have no experience with Clustered VPS though so I cannot say how good these are, but clustered VPS do seem to be a cheap way of having high availability and resources.
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| Posted by VPSBite, 03-02-2007, 04:43 AM | | Depends what you want if you want to sell reseller and shared you need a vps but with some new reseller now you can acutally make reseller accounts on a reseller it self
Its avliable on some sites
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| Posted by lorem ipsum, 03-02-2007, 06:03 AM | | So literally VPS takes up much more money, server management skills and time, does it bring you more money? What's better a few resellers accounts or VPS in terms of revenue?
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| Posted by ServerSean, 03-02-2007, 06:31 AM | | I would say it completely depends on a number of factors.
Once you set up a VPS it doesn't require _that_ much more maintenance than a reseller account.
If the VPS is secured well enough initially you can be safe with just monthly updates (for ubuntu-server: apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade) ! It's that simple. You could also crontab a daily update.
As for bringing more revenue - as a VPS owner you will be able to sell Reseller accounts themselves - something that'll bring in more money.
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| Posted by cartika-andrew, 03-02-2007, 12:50 PM | | Agreed Dan,
A VPS is not a god replacement for a reseller hosting account. I think alot of people are dealing with oversold/overloaded situations and a VPS becomes much more attractive. However, the concept of selling hosting for multiple clients from a VPS or even selling reseller accounts from a VPS is flawed.
A client would be much better off in a quality shared/reseller environment and staying there until they can justify a dedicated server/cluster
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| Posted by Jatinder, 03-04-2007, 12:28 AM | | Thats exactly what I was thinking.
I can understand resellers on shared hosting and I can understand resellers on dedicated servers. But I can't seem to understand the concept of VPS reseller accounts.
High end VPS plans (which will what a reseller will need) are almost as costly as dedicated server. So why not go for a dedicated server itself?
I think VPS are more suitable for hosting 1-3 websites and that too only if these websites need software which are not available on shared hosting.
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