Spotting a good VPS deal

[DLow]

A friend of mine here in Dallas, asked me if he had found a good VPS offer knowing i am into the vast industry. This made me think if there are any indicators on which you can quickly decide to take or discard a VPS offer. Choosing a VPS is not as difficult as choosing a real (dedicated or collocated) server because a VPS is often cheaper per month and has a cheaper setup cost. This means that a bad VPS is not very expensive to replace. When I checked my own VPS servers and reviewed the offer of my friend I managed to compile the following VPS checklist. These VPS tips can help you decide on an offer:

• Amount of resources available. Of course, there is a correlation between the price of a VPS and the performance. The following guideline should be sufficient in deciding if a VPS offer is a good deal:
  
  • 15 dollar/euro VPS: at least 256 MB ram and 25GB disk space and 300GB bandwidth.
  • 30 dollar/euro VPS: at least 1GB RAM, 50GB harddisk and 500GB bandwidth.
  
  
• Price of a VPS. Most virtual private servers are available ranging from 5-150 dollars/euro. When you consider renting a 100+ dollar VPS it is often cheaper to lease a dedicated server. On a dedicated server you have no other people claiming your resources so you can get a better performance.
• Setup fees. A high setup fee can prevent you from switching to another VPS. A good VPS offer means the setup fee is between zero and 15 dollars usually when there is a setup fee it is because the host actually sets it up manually instead of automated provisioning.
• Available extras, Are there automatic and free backups? Is there a limit of VPS machines on a physical server (too many impact your own performance)? Can you easily reinstall or reset the VPS without extra costs?
• Company reputation or lifetime. I find this is not very important because I have found some start up companies with little reputation providing excellent service (Here on KWWHunction even). Other providers manage to improve their performance quickly by adding another physical server or by switching to another datacenter.

"In all you get what you pay for and it is as simple as that."

Regards,

Dylan

DLow Reviewed by DLow on 3rd Feb 2011. Spotting a good VPS deal A friend of mine here in Dallas, asked me if he had found a good VPS offer knowing i am into the vast industry. This made me think if there are any indicators on which you can quickly decide to take or discard a VPS offer. Choosing a VPS is not as difficult as choosing a real (dedicated or collocated) server because a VPS is often cheaper per month and has a cheaper setup cost. This means that a bad VPS is not very expensive to replace. When I checked my own VPS servers and reviewed the Rating: 5

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