Liquidweb Vps

[Augh!]

Hello. Liquidweb now offers a VPS for 60$/month. 20GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth. I am tempted but I am afraid they are overselling. What do you think?
Thank you.

 

[PVT-Jordan]

That pricing does not seem to indicate overselling. It is also a bit more difficult to oversell on a VPS because a certain amount of guaranteed resources is provided. I am not too familiar with VPS software, but I am aware that many do not support overselling of resources. Have you looked into any other companies?

 

[u2mike]

That may not be overselling, what you should do is look for reviews on them and see what people think. If they have a good service that everyone loves then it shouldn't matter wheather its oversold or not.

 

[Exon]

Mike is right about the overselling. Some companies are able to handle small amounts of overselling - but it does not look like it is overselling. Search for reviews/ask for reviews. Google is a good place to start, use the GoogleGroups feature. Check out a few other forums for more reviews, and as always, do month to month. Stay away from yearly contracts - no host should lock you in for a simple small package as such.

 

[ldcdc]

AFAIK Liquidweb has a good reputation, but I've never used them.

One thing to realise is that a VPS guarantees a minimum level of server resources (like CPU and memory), but the resources are ultimately limited. Like with a dedicated pushing 2000GB, depending on your type of site(s), there's no guarantee you'll be able to push 200GB from that VPS.

Liquidweb owns the datacenter, so I doubt they would skimp on bandwidth.

If you decide to go with them, come back and write a few for us! We'd sure appreciate such feedback! :agree:

 

[CServer Hosting]

they are a good company, with good service and uptime, but are extremely pricey. There are many companies i could get a dedicated 2000+ or celeron 2.0ghz with 1000gb of transfer for the same price. But, you pay for the service and support, which is priceless.

 

[mripguru]

No, they are not overselling at all - in fact, anyone offering a VPS can't really oversell all that much as you have to maintain a minimum guarantee of CPU and RAM. Diskspace, well, thats a different story. However, they truely are there 24x7 (I've called them at 4 in the morning before) and they're always ready to help. One thing that I'm not so happy about (and I guess I'm just used to instantaneous replies) is that it takes a few hours to get a response back from their team initially - but once you do get the initial reply, it's all smooth sailing from there. Of course, if it's an urgent issue - you can always call them up 🙂. Some techs even list their IM handles in their e-mail sigs so you can get a hold of them even without opening up a ticket or calling them up 🙂

-- Jonathan