AndyLL
Perch
I think I should be using a windows VPS account instead a Resellers account. Let me describe my business and ask a few questions and we?ll see.
While I have my clients sign up for hosting accounts in reality they are signing up for my website business. I have a Net ecommerce application for booksellers. They only use the hosting account for email.
After signing up I have to add their data to a central database, upload the Net application to their domain and from there they use the Net application to setup and manage their website.
These websites are not very high traffic volume sites? if any of them hit 100 uniques/day I?d be surprised. They also use very little disk space on each individual domain.
As I?ve passed 60 customers and soon will approach 100 I?m having problems managing them.
3 main problems
? Updating the Net application. It?s being enhanced weekly and it is challenging to update all my sites.
? Stability. On the current servers it is not unusual for my clients to run into Out Of Memory exceptions.
? It would be very useful to have some kind of access to the server that allows me (or a script) to access all domains.
So my questions are:
1. I don?t understand DNS possibilities very well. Is it possible to have one Application but multiple domains access it? That would really help the version problem. All domains would still need their own folders for settings storage.
2. If the above is not possible? with a VPS when I remote in do I have access to all domains? meaning I could upload a new version of the software to a central location then use a script to copy it to all domains.
3. On a VPS? how does the nameservers work? Do I still have my service domain and my own nameservers or are there general Jodo nameservers?
4. With Plesk is there a signup process for my customers or do I have to create their accounts myself?
5. If my customers are able to signup is there any type of billing for them?
6. My websites use little disk space but a lot of database (as a total). Anyway to adjust the shared allocation of disk space to the MSSql shared space.
7. I assume the VPS can still access my current DB on MSSQL6.
8. I assume the VPS MSSQL database can still be accessed remotely
I believe the VPS makes more sense for my customers but I don?t 100% sold yet.
While I have my clients sign up for hosting accounts in reality they are signing up for my website business. I have a Net ecommerce application for booksellers. They only use the hosting account for email.
After signing up I have to add their data to a central database, upload the Net application to their domain and from there they use the Net application to setup and manage their website.
These websites are not very high traffic volume sites? if any of them hit 100 uniques/day I?d be surprised. They also use very little disk space on each individual domain.
As I?ve passed 60 customers and soon will approach 100 I?m having problems managing them.
3 main problems
? Updating the Net application. It?s being enhanced weekly and it is challenging to update all my sites.
? Stability. On the current servers it is not unusual for my clients to run into Out Of Memory exceptions.
? It would be very useful to have some kind of access to the server that allows me (or a script) to access all domains.
So my questions are:
1. I don?t understand DNS possibilities very well. Is it possible to have one Application but multiple domains access it? That would really help the version problem. All domains would still need their own folders for settings storage.
2. If the above is not possible? with a VPS when I remote in do I have access to all domains? meaning I could upload a new version of the software to a central location then use a script to copy it to all domains.
3. On a VPS? how does the nameservers work? Do I still have my service domain and my own nameservers or are there general Jodo nameservers?
4. With Plesk is there a signup process for my customers or do I have to create their accounts myself?
5. If my customers are able to signup is there any type of billing for them?
6. My websites use little disk space but a lot of database (as a total). Anyway to adjust the shared allocation of disk space to the MSSql shared space.
7. I assume the VPS can still access my current DB on MSSQL6.
8. I assume the VPS MSSQL database can still be accessed remotely
I believe the VPS makes more sense for my customers but I don?t 100% sold yet.
