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    3 slots available on my VPS Webhosting

    July 27, 2011 /

    If you’re navigating about my site and are thinking to yourself "Eeeee – this site’s reet nippy" – that’s because I have VPS hosting

    "VP What?" I imagine you to say in my slightly warped head 🙂

    VPS = Virtual Private Server.

    Most webhosting companies offer a shared hosting service where you have your websites on a machine alongside about 400-800 other people.
    That’s a lot of stress for any machine and disks and why your online site may be dragging its heels.

    2 other options hosting providers offer are:
    1) VPS Hosting
    2) Dedicated Hosting

    (1) Is what I have.
    They cut one of those powerful servers into 10-20 and sell/rent then to individuals. The VPS acts like a complete server install so it looks like I have the whole machine to myself. I has it’s own CPU and reserved memory, so when I need some power – it’s instantly there.

    The upside is I’m not sharing the main machine with many other people, so the site flies and delivers content much faster.
    The downside is that it costs a lot more than regular shared hosting

    (2) Dedicated hosting is where you hire a complete server.
    This costs thouuuusands every year and isn’t really a requirement until you head into the successful small-medium sized business with an online shopping cart or something like that.

    So what’s the point of this blog?
    I’ve helped out a couple of friends who were having problems with their shared hosting and they now have their sites running from my VPS server.

    Example websites hosted here:
    https://PMcGPhotography.com
    https://BelfastStudioRental.com
    https://IrishProductionServices.com
    https://www.Freedom2Breathe.co.uk

    I have more space available and so I decided to invite 3 more people to share my VPS server.
    I’ll be selective in who I choose as we’ll be all sharing my fast machine.

    The 3 spaces I’m offering will each have:

    1) 1Gb of fast diskspace
    2) 25Gb bandwidth (unlimited in theory, but not in practice)
    3) 20 addon/parked domains
    4) 50 databases
    5) Unlimited email, ftp, subdomains …. etc
    6) Email capped at 2,500 /hour (share hosting is capped at 350/hr – not so good for mailing lists)
    6) Your own private cPanel interface to manage your sites

    The cost …. £100 plus VAT per year.
    It’s not as cheap as shared hosting, but it has the huge speed and performance a VPS server delivers.

    Fast website = happy Google and visitors 🙂

    If you think you’d rather your own VPS server then here’s an idea of costs:
    https://www.hostdime.co.uk/web-hosting/vps

    So – if you’re interested in having access to publish from my super fast VPS then let me know by filling in the form below

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    CallumW.com has moved to the UK

    May 30, 2010 /

    I bought CallumW.com back in March 2000 – not realising then quite how integral it would become in my day-to-day and my identity (online).

    10 years ago the internet was still relatively unused by the masses, but nowadays business are beginning to push their IT to internet outsourcing specialist companies via cloud computing thanks to internet speeds and cheaper storage.

    Slightly unimaginable to the dial-up culture we had even just a few years ago.

    The price of WebHosting has always been exponentially higher in the UK than the USA and so CallumW.com moved to live in a Data Center in Florida for 10 years, soaking up the sun, partying, trying to avoid ‘tropical’ computer viruses and hiding under the desks when hurricanes blew through.

    But finally, the hosting company I’ve always used (and were always best value for money) have opened up a datacenter in the UK and have closed the gap in hosting fees. It’s still marginally less value than what you get in the USA, but it’s still more than I can use and as it’s so much faster being local in the UK, that’s good enough for me 🙂

    So on the 28th of May, CallumW.com packed it’s bags, bought some woolly jumpers and on the 29th (circa 16:00) it came home and is now living in a plush brand new box in a secret location somewhere in London.

    You may notice (if you’ve visited before) that the site is much more responsive now that it doesn’t have to travel 6,000 miles before splatting itself all over your screens …… [maybe I should rephrase that?]

    Welcome home my wee site … Take your sandals off, I’ll get the kettle on 🙂

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