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What is the best price, best value, for Linux VPS hosting in British Columbia, Canada? looking for something that can handle Perl/PHP, and admin user control of library/module installation. BTW: Is it possible to get a dual setup...half windows mode server, half Linux mode server? Thanks in advance for all your responses. | |||||||||||
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Re: "best" VPS hosting, I don't have any firsthand experience with any of these companies, but in2net.com and vps.ca are both in Canada and both seem to be reasonably-priced. If you can consider US companies I know people who are very satisfied with SliceHost and that would be my personal recommendation. Re: "Dual setup", the answer is probably no. A VPS is a Virtual Server, so you can do anything you would do with physical hardware, which typically doesn't include running both Windows and *NIX at the same time (though you could run WINE or similar inside a Linux VPS). If you need such a setup you'll probably need to purchase two virtual servers (depending on cost & your needs you may want to purchase a physical system and virtualize it yourself). | |||
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You might be better of asking on a hosting specific forum like www.webhostingtalk.com and its ilk (there are a few out there). In terms of "something that can handle Perl/PHP" you will need to be a lot more specific in your question than that to get useful answers. What sort of code will you be running? Are databases needed? How much data are you expecting? How many concurrent users? ... ? For "admin user control of library/module installation", most VPSs (all cheap ones) are unmanaged which means not only that you can do everything yourself you have to do everything (beyond the initial OS installation) yourself. You need to provide in your question details of your level of relevant experience. For a dual setup you would need to find a host that offers both Widnows and Linux VMs and rent one of each. If it is important that the two VMs can talk to each other efficiently (if they need to, i.e. one stores a database accessed by the other) you need to confirm with the provider they they will both be in the same facility. Also, you would need to check if traffic between the two counts against any bandwidth quotas or not (usually such traffic will count against your quota unless explicitly stated otherwise). | |||
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I tried out a RackForce VPS for a little while last year when my website spiked in traffic, and was completely pleased with their service. http://www.rackforce.com/virtual_private_servers.html My favorite part? The 10Mbps unmetered line for $60/month. | |||
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I've been with the canadian VPS hosting company "star dot hosting" aka *.hosting , http://www.stardothosting.com They're control panel for their xen / linux based VPS' is pretty great; Remote power control and remote console are easy. Their support response time is on average 10-15 minutes as well, which is amazing. Their staff are all friendly, which is a way better experience as well. Been with them for over a year now , no complaints. | |||
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