Hey hey people
We've just started working with a company who is having major issues with their online Magento shop. They supposedly have a dedicated server with a company based in Germany and right now their shop is delayed/errors opening pages and various other issues. The developer has been saying it is a server based issue whereas the hosting company is saying it's to do with error in the scripting.
They shop has around 100,000 products and is based in Switzerland with a Swiss customer base.
According to the developer the shop size is 30-40gb although the server guy has stated it's around 95gb.
Our boss has decided he's more than likely going to move his site over to Switzerland based server company as he would like to have a higher ranking in google searches and has been looking at various companies and their offers. He also has reasons to believe another 10 shops are being hosted on the same server he's paying for.
He's recently had this through and wants to know if it's of any good to his business:
1. Hardware:
Rackspace: Chassis and Power
CPU: 1 x Xeon E3-1230
8M Cache, 3.30 Ghz
RAM:2 x 8GB DDR3 (16GB)
2. Storage:
HDD: 1 x Intel SSD DC S3500 Series - 120 GB
RAID Controller: No RAID Controller
3. Software:
OS: CentOS Linux 64bit
4. SLA
SLA: Basic
99.8% (max downtime 17.5 hours p.a.)
acceptable Response Time: 6 Hours
Maintenance Window: Mon - Sun 21:00 and 07:00
Pre-announcement of impending maintenance: Yes
5. Network:
VLAN: 1 IP address
IPMI: no Remote Management
Traffic: 500GB Traffic - bunstable up to 100 Mbps
6. Backup
Disk Space: 100GB Hosted Server Backup
This is all being offered for around £2000.00 a year.
I have *no* idea what any of it means or if it would work. Can you guys suggest what he should be looking for / if the above is a good deal and would work for his site / whether he should be on a dedicated Server or VDS / whether there's any company you can think of that may be able to provide something suitable?
(Spoke to the guys at Vidahost (hello Dom!) and they helped out with some general advice! Thanks so much!)
We've just started working with a company who is having major issues with their online Magento shop. They supposedly have a dedicated server with a company based in Germany and right now their shop is delayed/errors opening pages and various other issues. The developer has been saying it is a server based issue whereas the hosting company is saying it's to do with error in the scripting.
They shop has around 100,000 products and is based in Switzerland with a Swiss customer base.
According to the developer the shop size is 30-40gb although the server guy has stated it's around 95gb.
Our boss has decided he's more than likely going to move his site over to Switzerland based server company as he would like to have a higher ranking in google searches and has been looking at various companies and their offers. He also has reasons to believe another 10 shops are being hosted on the same server he's paying for.
He's recently had this through and wants to know if it's of any good to his business:
1. Hardware:
Rackspace: Chassis and Power
CPU: 1 x Xeon E3-1230
8M Cache, 3.30 Ghz
RAM:2 x 8GB DDR3 (16GB)
2. Storage:
HDD: 1 x Intel SSD DC S3500 Series - 120 GB
RAID Controller: No RAID Controller
3. Software:
OS: CentOS Linux 64bit
4. SLA
SLA: Basic
99.8% (max downtime 17.5 hours p.a.)
acceptable Response Time: 6 Hours
Maintenance Window: Mon - Sun 21:00 and 07:00
Pre-announcement of impending maintenance: Yes
5. Network:
VLAN: 1 IP address
IPMI: no Remote Management
Traffic: 500GB Traffic - bunstable up to 100 Mbps
6. Backup
Disk Space: 100GB Hosted Server Backup
This is all being offered for around £2000.00 a year.
I have *no* idea what any of it means or if it would work. Can you guys suggest what he should be looking for / if the above is a good deal and would work for his site / whether he should be on a dedicated Server or VDS / whether there's any company you can think of that may be able to provide something suitable?
(Spoke to the guys at Vidahost (hello Dom!) and they helped out with some general advice! Thanks so much!)