Im handing 50k+ hits through prosper a day. I'm wondering what governs the speed of the redirects. I compare other peoples redirect times to mine and some are so quick, you cant even see their prosper domain without looking at logs. Can anyone point in in the right direction to a VPS/Server or any information i can use to obtain these lightning fast redirects?
Server with fast redirects
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Well making sure you're using MySQL 5.1 helps (which even our shared hosting do but for 50k I'd get a VPS or better yet a dedicated server). But its more of your implementation and uplink speed, if you're only on a 10mbit uplink, then most of your clicks are simply waiting til there's free room in the upstream before hitting the server. (or you just got shit host lol)
Personally, if you didn't need to use a control panel (I'd ditch those if you're trying to get the server or VPS lean and tight), I'd set up a VPS/Server, with nothing running other than the webserver (nginx would be my preference especially if you do any kind of pure static sites like PPV etc), php, and mysql 5.1+. And you'd want to make sure you had no less than a 100mbit uplink.
Personally, if you didn't need to use a control panel (I'd ditch those if you're trying to get the server or VPS lean and tight), I'd set up a VPS/Server, with nothing running other than the webserver (nginx would be my preference especially if you do any kind of pure static sites like PPV etc), php, and mysql 5.1+. And you'd want to make sure you had no less than a 100mbit uplink.
+rep i appreciate your input... As you can see i'm not very server-sided tech savvy so i'd like to keep cpanel/whm.
right now im running the 768 VPS @ wiredtree..
Intel Dual Xeon (8 CPUs)
768MB Guaranteed SLM RAM
60GB RAID-10 Disk Space
1000GB Bandwidth
4 Dedicated IPs
cPanel / WHM (VPS Optimized)
Virtuozzo 4 with Power Panel
Fantastico, RVSkin, WHMCS Available
Base Price: $69/month
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a friend of mine recommended me move to the hybrid1 which features..
Intel Dual Xeon (8 CPUs)
1 Xeon CPU Core
1024MB Guaranteed Memory
80GB RAID-10 Disk Space
2000GB Premium Transfer
Fully Managed
ServerShield Server Hardening
24x7 Proactive Monitoring
24x7 Phone and Help Desk Support
Proactive Security Updates
R1Soft Nightly Backups
8 Dedicated IP Addresses
cPanel/WHM
Fantastico and RVSkin Available
Virtuozzo v4 Power Panel
Free Migration Assistance
Starting at $99/month
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looks like it doesnt mention any upstream speeds nor do I like wiredtree to begin with (horrendous overall)... do you have any other recommendations as far as companies or packages?
right now im running the 768 VPS @ wiredtree..
Intel Dual Xeon (8 CPUs)
768MB Guaranteed SLM RAM
60GB RAID-10 Disk Space
1000GB Bandwidth
4 Dedicated IPs
cPanel / WHM (VPS Optimized)
Virtuozzo 4 with Power Panel
Fantastico, RVSkin, WHMCS Available
Base Price: $69/month
....
a friend of mine recommended me move to the hybrid1 which features..
Intel Dual Xeon (8 CPUs)
1 Xeon CPU Core
1024MB Guaranteed Memory
80GB RAID-10 Disk Space
2000GB Premium Transfer
Fully Managed
ServerShield Server Hardening
24x7 Proactive Monitoring
24x7 Phone and Help Desk Support
Proactive Security Updates
R1Soft Nightly Backups
8 Dedicated IP Addresses
cPanel/WHM
Fantastico and RVSkin Available
Virtuozzo v4 Power Panel
Free Migration Assistance
Starting at $99/month
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looks like it doesnt mention any upstream speeds nor do I like wiredtree to begin with (horrendous overall)... do you have any other recommendations as far as companies or packages?
I'd go with DirectAdmin then, a lot less of a resource hog than cpanel/whm.
Course the problem is, you don't get that whole server if you're doing a VPS. Also while they do show you having 10TB of bandwidth, they don't say what your uplink is (I'm sure its on there somewhere).
Just noticed you caught that on uplink speed. A Hybrid is still a VPS , its just setup in such a way that there are fewer clients on a dedicated server (or they simply put you on a server where the resources are not oversold).
How much bandwidth are you actually consuming thus far (should say on the left side of cpanel)?
3.21 Gig for this month so far... so i dont feel bandwidth is an issue. Speed looks more the culprit.
Most cloud offerings are hype on the term. Though a good one (cost bout the same as a VPS if not more) can scale quite well with increased traffic, ideally you'd need a provider that has the servers spaced out nicely geographically.
The VPS packages we have at ionvz (ionvz.com - Unmanaged VPS Plans) has the option of either 1,500GB @ 100mbit or unmetered 10mbit, but you can double the 100mbit bandwidth to 3TB @ 100mbit for 10$ more. So if you don't even use a terabyte that may be ideal.
Based on what you are describing, I would go with a dedicated and a faster pipe. There really is no reason to keep screwing around with VPS IMHO. Either go dedicated, or cloud. If you keep growing, you will keep bumping up against these issues long term.
With prices like these for 100MB, for a few bucks more than you are paying you can get a decent box and better speeds.
I would also clean up your code, and how you handle DB management as the others had described. That will also increase both site speed, and handling.
With prices like these for 100MB, for a few bucks more than you are paying you can get a decent box and better speeds.
I would also clean up your code, and how you handle DB management as the others had described. That will also increase both site speed, and handling.
Faster CPU, faster hard drive, optimize services, done. You don't need to worry about bandwidth at all if you've only done 3GB by the 14th of the month.
This right here is easily one of the single biggest problems most people have when they are scaling up. Poor code, resource management, or infrastructure. The bigger your site gets, the more these issues will effect over all performance and come to light.
If you have a good person in place who can do this for you. You can get the maximum out of your existing site, scripts, and back end.