do you put anything on s3? i've found putting heavy content like images/css/js can help big time. Pretty cheap too.
m0nty
· 11 months ago
$750/month? Mate, managed servers are a ripoff. We pay much less than $200/month for our dedicated server that we manage ourselves. Of course you need to have the expertise.
Mike
· 11 months ago
Sounds expensive, but if you had to hire someone to manage it for you, it could be double this. If you are just getting DB timeouts, rather than having problems with bandwidth, perhaps your WP install needs tweaking.
Cheyne
· 11 months ago
I would recommend moving all of your static files - images, style sheets, etc over to a cdn (Amazon s3 would probably be the easiest and cheapest given your size).
scotty
· 11 months ago
Wow. USD$750/month does seem quite expensive. My Drupal site does around 60k-80k page views per day and it runs perfectly fine on a $30/month self-managed VPS :)
Then again I don't get links from other popular sites nor do I have 200k page view days. I know having the capacity to handle those "fark'ed moments" can be very expensive, but hopefully it would be a worthwhile investment to build your kingdom.
EricFriedman
· 11 months ago
MT is great - using the $20 option, but it has been very nice. Checkout the referral links to perhaps help offset some of the costs. People always want to know where big sites are hosted and you may get some easy links by just throwing up your referral links back to MT. I got 2 this past year.
Darren
· 10 months ago
Build it and they will come..... I hope.
Had to upgrade TwiTip a couple of weeks back too (although it started on dodgy hosting) and had similar 'its a gamble' thoughts - but I think it pays off. Extra page views from people who got frustrated before, perhaps a few extra subscribers, less headaches and distraction of having to manage a stressed out server etc.
Sounds like Inquisitr is getting some nice link love - hope it converts to a step up in baseline traffic!
TestSEO
· 10 months ago
have you use any new application for virtual Extreme
Takuma Sato Sunglasses
· 6 months ago
I agree with monty that it is simply a rip off to pay $700/month for a managed server
edlerartieda
· 3 months ago
MediaTemple’s Dedicated virtual Extreme is very interesting topic i really like it.....
Club Penguin Cheats
· 1 month ago
If you had to hire someone to manage it for you, it could be double this. If you are just getting DB timeouts, rather than having problems with bandwidth, perhaps your WP install needs tweaking.
edlerartieda
· 1 month ago
Sounds expensive, but if you had to hire someone to manage it for you, it could be double this. If you are just getting DB timeouts, rather than having problems with bandwidth, perhaps your WP install needs tweaking.
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Then again I don't get links from other popular sites nor do I have 200k page view days. I know having the capacity to handle those "fark'ed moments" can be very expensive, but hopefully it would be a worthwhile investment to build your kingdom.
Had to upgrade TwiTip a couple of weeks back too (although it started on dodgy hosting) and had similar 'its a gamble' thoughts - but I think it pays off. Extra page views from people who got frustrated before, perhaps a few extra subscribers, less headaches and distraction of having to manage a stressed out server etc.
Sounds like Inquisitr is getting some nice link love - hope it converts to a step up in baseline traffic!