Previously I’d been using a Virtual Server from CFX Hosting to bring you this site - CFMX7 etc but for $230 a month it was always going to be a little hard on the wallet….but now and for the past few weeks I’ve been hosting the site with GoDaddy.com. In fact the package I’m on still seems too good to be true, a Windows 2003 Virtual Server for sub $40 a month…so good in fact I got two, one for IIS and the other for SQL 2005. The package comes with all the usual stuff, RDP access - Plesk Unloaded for a few extra bucks, 500Gb bandwidth, 10Gb of space and so far it’s been well worth the change.
As well as changing hosts I changed the ‘Powered By’ icon in the right bar as I’ve now changed over to running on BlueDragon.NET thanks to guys over at New Atlana. There’s a number of reasons behind the decision to go over to BD.NET primarily I’ve been doing more ASP.NET development - my work is an MS shop at the end of the day! So look out for more reports on my exploits with BlueDragon.NET - I’m really looking forward to playing more this year!
January 8th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Hi John,
I am currently using a CFX VPS Server as well, and probably need a cheaper server solution. Did your plan with GoDaddy include CFMX7, and allow root access, etc. comparable to CFX?
January 8th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Yes, you get root access into the box - Linux solutions work out slightly cheaper than Windows2003 as you’d expect. No ColdFusion - but if you save the money you’d have been paying CFX Hosting you could buy your own CFMX license in a few months!
January 9th, 2006 at 10:25 am
John, that is extremely compelling. I am looking at the packages now. Does the 10GB (or whatever one chooses) of space include the operating system itself? I am guessing that is an obvious ‘yes’, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks!
January 9th, 2006 at 11:05 am
yes, 10gb total space - with SQL Express 2005 I’m currently running at 9.32Gb free. They only do 10gb servers under Win2k3 - not sure why…the Linux servers give you more space.
January 13th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Hi John,
I’ve read lot of bad reviews about Godaddy’s customer service and reliability on hosting. How has it been for you so far? Is the Name Server easy to setup?
January 13th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
well i don’t expect them to be the same as HostmySite, Intermedia, CFX Hosting etc in terms of service etc - but so far they’ve been no problem at all. Support stuff is answered within a few hours. Reliability - well the box has disappeared once or twice - I have external monitors (www.siteuptime.com) so after i’ve been with them a few months i’ll check out my uptime, January uptime is 99.972%. At the end of the day, sub $50 per month VPS hosting ain’t going to be bullet proof!
As for DNS - if you go with a Plesk option it’s easy to admin through that interface…or use zoneedit.com perhaps?