Might check out digital ocean, $5/mo for 512mb single core with 20gb
ssd. Might be a cheap test, and about as cheap as a shared hosting
plan. I'm not using them, but thinking about getting a few to play with.

-mb

On 03/04/2013 05:53 PM, keith smith wrote:
>
> Interesting review. I'm not sure I am ready to spend $50 a month for
> hosting. I spend $25 for the HG reseller account..... what is a bad
> haircut worth?
>
> I'm toying with the idea of dusting off and old box and making it a lamp
> server for now, since I already have a cox business account that allows
> servers.
>
> I was hoping to spend more time blogging and less time teching.....
>
> Thank you for all your input!!
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Mon, 3/4/13, Eric Cope /<eric.cope@gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com>
>    Subject: Re: OT: WordPress Caching Plugin
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:43 PM
>
>    I have a base model, 1GB CentOS 6.x Linux version.
>    Eric
>
>
>    On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:24 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>    Which one are you using?
>
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>    --- On *Mon, 3/4/13, Eric Cope /<eric.cope@gmail.com
>    </mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com
>    </mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>
>    Subject: Re: OT: WordPress Caching Plugin
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
>    <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>    </mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>>
>    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 2:08 PM
>
>
>    yes, they aren't the cheapest... but I like that I can email
>    support and have a email back in under 10 minutes. I hate
>    when things are crashing, and I am waiting hours for support
>    to respond. I recently migrated from an old legacy machine
>    to their new VPSs, and it has noticeably faster load times,
>    fwiw. If you'd like a trial on my VPS, we can work something
>    out.
>
>    Eric
>
>
>    On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:59 PM, keith smith
>    <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>    Thanks Eric!! I assume it is an overloaded server also.
>    I looked at the VPS' at Liquidweb. Prices sure have
>    changed.
>
>
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>    --- On *Mon, 3/4/13, Eric Cope /<eric.cope@gmail.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>
>    Subject: Re: OT: WordPress Caching Plugin
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
>    <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>    <http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>>
>    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 10:05 AM
>
>
>    yes. While plugins can slow down the server, I'd bet
>    money on it being an overloaded server.
>    If you can move to a VPS, its probably for the
>    better. I personally use Liquidweb (top notch support).
>
>    Eric
>
>
>    On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:01 AM, keith smith
>    <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>    Thanks for your feedback Eric!
>
>    New site with very few visitors. On HostGator
>    reseller account. I have a number of sites,
>    mostly parked domains, so I utilize a reseller
>    account.
>
>    In researching I found others had the same
>    experience with WordPress websites - most said
>    HG would blame it on plugins. I have 6 plugins.
>    HG said it was the all-in-one-seo plugin that
>    was slowing my website.
>
>    The interesting thing is the same exact setup
>    runs just fine on my local LAMP dev server.
>
>    I think the problem is too many hosts per server
>    or and imbalance of sites taking up a lot of
>    resources.
>
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
>    --- On *Mon, 3/4/13, Eric Cope
>    /<eric.cope@gmail.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
>    From: Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=eric.cope@gmail.com>>
>    Subject: Re: OT: WordPress Caching Plugin
>    To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
>    <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
>    <http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>>
>    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 9:48 AM
>
>
>    WP Super Cache can help for static pages. It
>    is not solving your slowness problem though.
>    It just reduces the number of CPU cycles
>    your blog requires.
>
>    How many plugins do you have? How many
>    visitors do you receive? Are you on a shared
>    plan?
>
>    Eric
>
>
>
>    On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:07 AM, keith smith
>    <klsmith2020@yahoo.com
>    <http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>    Hi,
>
>    My blog is running really slow.
>    HostGator suggest WP Super Cache.
>
>    Any thoughts?
>
>    Thanks!!
>
>    ------------------------
>    Keith Smith
>
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