By Stu on November 3rd, 2009
In the post earlier today, I said 1and1.com has their servers heavily loaded. At the same time, I was curious to what the performance level of my new VPS was when virtually idle. Here are some screen shots of the server load at 1and1 and my VPS as KnownHost.com using PHPSysInfo.
KnownHost.com VPS – with little to no load
1and1.com – Shared Account
Sure this is not apples to apples comparison and the boxes are very different in capacity. The VPS has dedicated ram and processing time. So I am not suggestion, that it is a fair comparison. It is interesting to see that 1and1.com does max out a server, which is reasonably typical in shared account hosting.
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VPS vs. Share Account Performance (Apples vs. Oranges)
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By Stu on November 3rd, 2009
Well, I finally got moved over to the new server (VPS at KnownHost.com). I would have been done Sunday, but I toasted the data base and had to rebuild it. I have also moved the site from Wordpress to Wordpress MU. I still have to migrate the other sites over to this server, but I have until February to do so.
My plans had been to migrate to a Windows VPS or host this year, but I know Linux and since I am not learning ASP.NET it was just an extra level of effort I don’t have time for. Beyond that, I have a Windows Home Server and can run sites off it if I want to program on Windows (ASP.NET or PHP).
