What do we need for reliable VPS?

Typical VPS/Web hosting scenarios

• Blog / Web Business Card - Wordpress on classic web hosting (2 USD month)
• Small e-shop - Simple VPS (10 USD month)
• Medium e-shop / reliable site - Cloud VPS (Amazon AWS - 10 USD month + 5-10 USD for backup, monitoring, etc...)

Comparasion of current market solutions

Feature	Web Hosting	VPS Hosting	Cloud
Backup	same datacenter / daily or weekly	same datacenter / immediately using mysql binlog	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	different datacenter + tapes (e.g. Amazon Glacier) / immediately using mysql binlog	[[|different datacenter + tapes (e.g. Amazon Glacier) / immediately using mysql binlog]] }}	different datacenter + tapes (e.g. Amazon Glacier) / immediately using mysql binlog }} }}
Custom PHP	usually not, sometimes php logs available for fee	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc...	[[|php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc...]] }}	php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc... }} }}	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	same as VPS	[[|same as VPS]] }}	same as VPS }} }}
Testing / deployment	not possible	limited to home copy	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data	[[|possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data]] }}	possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data }} }}
Monitoring	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	limited but 24x7 in price of hosting	[[|limited but 24x7 in price of hosting]] }}	limited but 24x7 in price of hosting }} }}	must by external services or another VPS	for small fee even in different datacenter (eg. CloudWatch, Route 53)
Load balancing / High Availability	not supported	not supported	green|relatively cheap in small scenarios compare to traditional hardware
DDos Protection	sometimes included	almost never (CloudFlare recommended)	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	very basic (CloudFlare recommended)	[[|very basic (CloudFlare recommended)]] }}	very basic (CloudFlare recommended) }} }}
Price	{{ safesubst:#if:	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	[[|]]	[[|]] }}	}}	{{ safesubst:#if:	yes	from 2 USD per month	[[|from 2 USD per month]] }}	from 2 USD per month }} }}	10 USD per month + support + monitoring + services (dns, backups...)	may vary, 10 USD simple VPS + bandwidth + services (on Amazon usually backups, monitoring is very cheap, in cents for smaller company) + support
Usage	WordPress / 1 product e-shop / Company presentation	Small e-shop, small projects	Larger e-shop, projects where outage can cause large income drop