innocuous Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Hi, Which would be good for PS1.5.2? Rackspace cloud server or AWS? My shop will be low in traffic initially but should attract good traffic. I don't think hosting on shared servers is good because most of them have allocated memory very low (around 32mb) for php. This makes even browsing products throw up errors! Lost cost / reliable hosting for PS 1.5.2? with option to scale Would a 128mb total dedicated system memory VPS be enough? Remember it has to host apache/php also! Edited October 26, 2012 by innocuous (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vynx Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 i think for VPS better 1-2 GB memory ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin utterback Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Hello innocuous, thank you for this message. If you are going to use a VPS or Dedicated Server then I definitely recommend A2 Hosting They are PrestaShop's Preferred Hosting Provider for Dedicated and VPS Servers. They are easy to use and set up, and have a great support team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Go with webhostingbuzz.com they are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted October 30, 2012 Author Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Hi Benjamin, I am in India, would there be latency or issues? What about downtime and server loads? If you are recommending I'll definitely consider them on top 3. I am looking at starting with their Basic configuration with 512mb ram and 10 gb space. Would it be enough for PS 1.5 live store with say 5000 products? Finally ,any discount for forum members/PS users with A2hosting? Edited October 30, 2012 by innocuous (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2hosting-andy Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Hi Innocuous, I represent A2 Hosting and can answer your questions. There shouldn't be any latency issue from India, you can check the speediness of our website from your location - the speed on your PrestaShop site should be similar. Our servers are located in Southfield, MI - we run at 99.9% uptime and post our 30-day uptime ratings on our website at all times. We have a special package for PrestaShop users: http://www.a2hosting...hosting-options In terms of the amount/size of hosting you may need, it would depend more on your traffic and less on the number of products you have. If you think you'll have a decent amount of traffic, I would recommend going with a VPS. You can start with the smallest VPS we offer and scale it up as you need. http://www.a2hosting.com/vps-hosting/ Either way, use coupon code 'PRESTASHOP' when you check out and it will save you some money off your first payment. Let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks, Andy Edited October 31, 2012 by a2hosting-andy (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vynx Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Hi Innocuous, I represent A2 Hosting and can answer your questions. There shouldn't be any latency issue from India, you can check the speediness of our website from your location - the speed on your PrestaShop site should be similar. Our servers are located in Ann Arbor, MI - we run at 99.9% uptime and post our 30-day uptime ratings on our website at all times. We have a special package for PrestaShop users: http://www.a2hosting...stashop-hosting In terms of the amount/size of hosting you may need, it would depend more on your traffic and less on the number of products you have. If you think you'll have a decent amount of traffic, I would recommend going with a VPS. You can start with the smallest VPS we offer and scale it up as you need. https://affiliates.a2hosting.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=3682&url=311 Either way, use coupon code 'PRESTASHOP' when you check out and it will save you some money off your first payment. Let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks, Andy do you have server in singapore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2hosting-andy Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Vynx, We do not have a server in Singapore. We do, however, offer CloudFlare CDN for free with our hosting packages. Cloudflare will cache portions of your site throughout the world. You can read more about that service here: http://www.cloudflare.com/features-cdn -Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Custom Designs Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 We have found HostGator to be an excellent host for PrestaShop. VPS and DS are very good. Marty Shue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 I heard bad stories of HostGator India. Is there VPS reliable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I would be leery of host gator, I have found them and godaddy host the sql instance on another machine, so when the site is server is underload, the database will not load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Custom Designs Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We and many of our clients have had great success with HostGator. I don't recommend running PS on a shared plan but VPS and DS have performed very well. But asking about web hosts is akin to asking if you prefer Chevy, Ford or Dodge Marty Shue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) It really is, when people find one they like, they normally stick with it, as I have with Fords. Edit: Not to thread jack, but I am thinking of upgrading a clients server, I am having a problem with the updating the orders on the order page taking too long. The ajax requests are taking about 4-6 seconds, just on that page. Any idea's of a way to speed things up? Edited November 1, 2012 by DesignHaus42 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolina Custom Designs Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It really is, when people find one they like, they normally stick with it, as I have with Fords. I'm a Chevy man myself Marty Shue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a2hosting-andy Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It really is, when people find one they like, they normally stick with it, as I have with Fords. Edit: Not to thread jack, but I am thinking of upgrading a clients server, I am having a problem with the updating the orders on the order page taking too long. The ajax requests are taking about 4-6 seconds, just on that page. Any idea's of a way to speed things up? I would start a new thread for that problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I don't think anything can actually be done about it, it seems to be waiting on the usps api to return a call back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocuous Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 Agreed that we each have our own experiences and tend to stick with them. A2Hosting it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZentecSolutions Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 When it come to Cloud providers, Amazon AWS is the only true cloud service. Rackspace use effectively split/shared servers, these are effectively dedicated servers with a cloud looking frontend on them. With AWS once you hit the server limit you can downgrade and upsize to incredibly powerful instances in a few seconds. Technically you can do this with Rackspace but what if the server is full. AWS also provide MySQL pre-installed with backup and maintenance via RDS along with Memcache, CDN, DNS, etc. this is why companies such as Hootsuite and Reddit use AWS. Their free tier is also very useful for small stores starting out as they can host for free for the first year. The second point is what does your hosting provider use as an infrastructure, NFS is incredibly slow, do they have PHP caching, Nginx or Litespeed web server, burstable CPU, how much allocated memory. These points all affect your stores performance, there are many statistics that show how a 1second page load increase can reduce sales substantially. Using a VPS or dedicated server normally means you are running the database on the web server and maintaining the software yourself distracting from the task of marketing and making sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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