What do we need for reliable VPS?
 | This article is under construction |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Backup | same datacenter / daily or weekly | same datacenter / immediately using mysql binlog | {{ safesubst:#if: | {{ safesubst:#if: | yes | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ 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]]
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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 | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc... | [[|php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc...]]
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php plug-ins, increased memory limits, php logs, etc...
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{{ safesubst:#if: | {{ safesubst:#if: | yes | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | same as VPS | [[|same as VPS]]
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same as VPS
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| Testing / deployment | not possible | limited to home copy | {{ safesubst:#if: | {{ safesubst:#if: | yes | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data | [[|possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data]]
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possibility to duplicate machine and test on live data
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| Monitoring | {{ safesubst:#if: | {{ safesubst:#if: | yes | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | limited but 24x7 in price of hosting | [[|limited but 24x7 in price of hosting]]
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limited but 24x7 in price of hosting
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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 | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | very basic (CloudFlare recommended) | [[|very basic (CloudFlare recommended)]]
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very basic (CloudFlare recommended)
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| Price | {{ safesubst:#if: | {{ safesubst:#if: | yes | [[|]] | [[|]]
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{{ safesubst:#if: | yes | from 2 USD per month | [[|from 2 USD per month]]
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from 2 USD per month
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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 |