Web-Hosters hosting clients with VPS's [Allow / Dis-Allow?]

[Dom]

Hello People of KWWHunction,

I just wanted to bring up some issues that I have found within the Hosting section , One of them is "Web-Hosters" hosting their clients on OTHER hosts VPS's.

Personally I don't think it should be allowed these are just fly-by-night hosters that cant afford a dedicated server / collocation. Now , I'm not going to name ; names but I don't think that the clients are paying for what they deserve for example I'm going to use KnownSRV , one of their VPS's costs $20 minimum. If someone buys that and sells it as "Webhosting" on KWWHunction they could make 100 - 200 dollar pure profit depending on how good the VPS is secured and optimized.

So my question to you all should this be allowed or should we ban hosting companies that use VPS's from KWWHunction ?

This would require Mods working hard but hey it would benefit the community.

Dom Reviewed by Dom on 27th Sep 2011. Web-Hosters hosting clients with VPS's [Allow / Dis-Allow?] Hello People of KWWHunction, I just wanted to bring up some issues that I have found within the Hosting section , One of them is "Web-Hosters" hosting their clients on OTHER hosts VPS's. Personally I don't think it should be allowed these are just fly-by-night hosters that cant afford a dedicated server / collocation. Now , I'm not going to name ; names but I don't think that the clients are paying for what they deserve for example I'm going to use KnownSRV , one of their VPS's costs $20 Rating: 5

[Jesse]

Not our job to do the research. This would take way too much effort. Potential clients should do their own research before buying hosting.

[Dom]

Jesse , I understand it would require mods to work a little harder but its not that hard to find out if the "Host" is using a VPS. :WHOIS:

[0ccul7]

It will, but dont you think it will work out well for all of us?

[Jesse]

Nothing wrong with starting out with a VPS or reseller hosting if you can pull off the transition when you grow. Same can be said for a dedicated server. Can get those pretty cheap. Most here that start with a dedicated server wont be around 3 months from now.

[Dom]

Don't you think the clients should have at least their own server ( shared with other clients ) to rely on ?

With a VPS your Kernel is shared ( same with Reseller ) which security issues could arise.

[vgnheart]

hey Dom why ur so much worried abt this ?

If peoples buy shared hosting, they get shared hosting only. It does not matter whether it is hosted on vps or dedi.

All shared users must take regular backups themself, if they want to continue in long term.

[Jesse]

Well if we want to get into what I think, I feel we should give the boot to all but one or two web hosts here. I don't think any of them know what the hell they are doing. But KWWH has this everyone gets a chance view on things.

But, a small web host could be run just fine on a VPS if that's what your asking me.

[rk-boxslots]

To be quit honest, i personally feel Dom is correct in what he says, But there again if you look for cheap cheap is what you find, hosts hosting shared services on a VPS.

[Dom]

Wait , Let me put you in a Situation :

Say if you bought hosting from a member here , You found out that he was running a VPS for shared hosting. You ignored it , then the server got hacked. BUT it could of been avoided if the hoster used a dedicated server with patches ( which he knew about ) but was too cheap to do so ?

Would you be pissed or just say " why ur so much worried abt this ? "