Comments on: Overselling: Web Hosts’ Little “Secret”

By: Dim

Dim — Sun, 08 May 2011 10:01:42 +0000

We as a company are completely against overselling. We have over 100 servers, and we do not oversell a single one. We have enough trusting clients to be able to make a healthy profit, without needing to engage in such activity.

check out http://www.MingledHost.com if you are interested

By: Kevin Delaney

Kevin Delaney — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:06:06 +0000

I am a big fan of shared resources as shared resources are energy and resource efficient. The idea that a web site must have all the resources that they sold on hand is a waste of resources.

IMHO, the purpose of limits on bandwidth and storage is to give clients guidance on when they should buy more resources.

A host should have the capacity to handle current usage, plus big spikes.

In other words, the ideal host would be building the a shared network to cover peak usage. Clients should have a scalable bill that grows as they consume more resources, and there should be guidance so people will know when they need to move to a more industrial hosting solution.

I really dislike the Bluehost Model where they promise impossibly large amounts of bandwidth and storage, but limit the accounts with a mysterious “CPU Throttling” limit. A mysterious CPU throttling limit is likely to kick in at the most critical moment for a business.

It becomes impossible to plan the scaling of a web site when the company provides zero guidance on scaling.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:14:46 +0000

VPS.net, Linode, and Slicehost are good options too.

As for this being an old post, don’t worry. A lot of people land on old posts from search engines or links from other posts. Thanks for adding your comment.

By: Mir

Mir — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:49:37 +0000

This is an old post, but you forgot to mention the terms of service of shared hosts. Most have strict limits, such as the number of files you’re allowed to host and resource usage. So how many websites or blogs can you run before you get suspended? 5, 10, maybe 20. (Don’t count on them having any traffic, because that will get you suspended right away) Make sure to look at there TOS before you sign up.

I think it’s better off to go with a vps or dedicated if you are running an important website. By the way, I use http://vpsblaze.com/ for vps hosting, RapidVPS is good, but VpsBlaze is way cheaper.

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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

"While it may seem you are getting a better deal with some hosts that advertize a gazillion gb of space and bw for $10/mo, I dare you to use that space and see what happens."

Well said.

And by the way, Blue Gravity looks good. The plans, at a glance, have the look of an honest host. I may have to look closer sometime.

By: Blue Gravity

Blue Gravity — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:09:31 +0000

We at BlueGravity.com have never oversold bandwidth or hard drive space. While it may seem you are getting a better deal with some hosts that advertize a gazillion gb of space and bw for $10/mo, I dare you to use that space and see what happens.
We never over sell. Never have, never will. This keeps our servers running smoothly all the time with almost no downtime. Most of our virtual hosting servers have been up for years without any (unscheduled) downtime, and when down for scheduled things like upgrades repairs etc, its no more then 5 minutes.
If you are looking for one of the few honest hosts left check out http://www.bluegravity.com, or give us a call at 1-877-8-HOSTING. You can even ask for me, Tim, and I’d be glad to talk to you.
Timothy J. Biggs
Blue Gravity Communications Inc.

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