Shared Hosting

[Shawn Gossman]

How long were you able to keep your forum on shared hosting?

 

[Calamity]

Still on Shared hosting via namecheap. No issues really there. Will probably keep on for awhile longer.

 

[Nomad]

I have two forums and they are on shared hosting. I have been running these forums for over two years and they have not grown big so shared hosting is still good.

 

[Jason]

Mine are on a reseller package which I assume is like shared; maybe it's like a VPS; I'm not sure. Anyway, I see no need to go beyond shared unless I was getting huge traffic and that's impossible unless I shelled out a lot of cash.

I did use a VPS for a long time, but it was probably a waste of money because it was overkill considering the traffic.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I've been using a VPS for quite a while. However, I have some blogs that get huge traffic amounts each day. They wouldn't be able to sustain shared hosting. I have a VPS and a MySQL-VPS as well.

 

[Cpvr]

Mine are on a reseller package which I assume is like shared; maybe it's like a VPS; I'm not sure. Anyway, I see no need to go beyond shared unless I was getting huge traffic and that's impossible unless I shelled out a lot of cash.

I did use a VPS for a long time, but it was probably a waste of money because it was overkill considering the traffic.

It’s basically shared hosting, but you’re in control of setting the bandwidth and limits for every website under your reseller account.

I’m also on a reseller hosting package as well with MDDhosting.

I haven’t used a shared hosting provider in a long time.

 

[Jason]

It’s basically shared hosting, but you’re in control of setting the bandwidth and limits for every website under your reseller account.

I’m also on a reseller hosting package as well with MDDhosting.

I haven’t used a shared hosting provider in a long time.

Well, it's good enough for me, considering the traffic.

I've been using a VPS for quite a while. However, I have some blogs that get huge traffic amounts each day. They wouldn't be able to sustain shared hosting. I have a VPS and a MySQL-VPS as well.

Some developers might be getting VPS and dedicated to look cool, but not really needing it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Some developers might be getting VPS and dedicated to look cool, but not really needing it.

The thing is about VPS and especially dedicated is that you can access the server. If you know what you're doing, that can be very helpful in fine-tuning the server to react better to forum instances.

Right now, I can install things to my server without asking the host to do it. Most share hosting won't allow you to get things installed.

If you don't need to install custom things to the server and you don't need the space, then you don't need anything beyond shared.

 

[Cpvr]

Well, it's good enough for me, considering the traffic.


Some developers might be getting VPS and dedicated to look cool, but not really needing it.

Having a VPS or dedicated server ensures you’ll always have enough resources available, which can save you from the frustration of running out of space. It’s better to have a server that’s overpowered than one that constantly struggles to keep up.



That’s probably why some developers opt for a VPS or dedicated server even if they don’t technically need it—it offers peace of mind and room to grow.

 

[Tracy]

How long were you able to keep your forum on shared hosting?

Probably could still be on a quality one.
On a low end one.. nope, no way in hell l'd be happy with the performance. It's why I moved from those budget shared hosting providers. I got tired of being told I had to may mySQL connections and similar.
And right now, for a whole $13 USD a month (thank you OVH BF sale) I get a dedicated server with Intel Xeon E3-1245v2, 32GB RAM/480GB SSD raid storage/300MBps bandwidth (unlimited). Yes, it's a 12 year old processor, but it still is faster than the Hetzner VPS I was on with more for less. Not a lot more than some people are paying for shared hosting itself.
Of course, I don't use email from my server as I use SES, so eventually that will add to my cost.