vps or sdx?

[Rayvan]

My partnering company wants to purchase another account with Jaguar but they can't decide on VPS or SDX. SDX obviously has more resources, but it has to have its negatives.

Please help me help them

Thanks,
Ivan

[Vin DSL]

My partnering company wants to purchase another account with Jaguar but they can't decide on VPS or SDX. SDX obviously has more resources, but it has to have its negatives...

Sorry! I don't see ANY negatives to SDX...

If I can't kill it, nobody can!

Danny Boy did an EXCELLENT job of describing the difference between VPS/SDX recently...

Read and Heed!!!

[Y]ou thought a VPS would give you more power, not so, it gives you WAY more control instead... I believe if you need more power, you should check out a JPC SDX... There is only one way to get Power and Control and that is through a dedicated box, so you need to decide what you would rather have if you do not want a full dedicated box...

That says it ALL...

[Rayvan]

How come I don't see control panel options on the features list?

http://www.jaguarpc.com/semi-dedicated/

And the way they promote it, its as if it's performance level is right in between Shared and VPS

Are you saying this plan is pretty much like a regular reseller but with much more capacity resources?

[JPC-Masood]

Please see this:

http://www.jaguarpc.com/support/kbase/702.html

[Vin DSL]

[T]he way they promote it, its as if it's performance level is right in between Shared and VPS

Are you saying this plan is pretty much like a regular reseller but with much more capacity resources?

Exactly!

Let me give you a couple of practical examples...

First example: My primary site uses a highly modified version of PHP-Nuke. The main page itself requires 200+ queries to the MySQL db. I've had 800+ visitors on this site at one time, and SDX wasn't even breathing hard (no increase in server load)!

Second example: I run a flat file db on my ODP module. At any given time, there is 500K-1M files sitting in the cache folder (average size 9KB). This alone is amazing - but, when I go to prune it (to say the last 30 days) it used to bring regular servers at JagPC to their knees, for like 15 minutes. SDX will prune this cache in a couple of minutes, and once again, it isn't even breathing hard.

So, if you're looking for a brutal powerhouse server, albeit shared, SDX is the way to go!

[jason]

SDX is a shared server on steriods. Fewer users are on the server, which translates into more resources for the users that are there. It is essentially the same config as a standard shared server: you get a single cPanel account just like you'd get when you sign up for a GigaDeal, but you get access to all of the resources and memory available on that server at any given tim. If you need power, go SDX.

A VPS server probably has as many users as a SDX machine, but each user is sitting in a separate "sandbox." The server is partitioned into pieces, each piece gets a chuck of guaranteed memory (plus some burstable RAM), but resource allocation isn't as liberal. On the other hand, everyone gets root and the ability to custom tailor the environment to his own needs. If you need control, go VPS.

SDX is not a step up from VPS nor is VPS a step up from SDX. They are both different offerings for different needs.

Here's another way to look at it:

                    SDX VPS
==================== === ===
Accounts           20     20
Apache Installs     1     20
MySQL Installs      1     20
Mail Server Installs 1     20

--Jason

[Vin DSL]

It is essentially the same config as a standard shared server...

Sorry, my friend, but you don't get it either, evidently!

I'm resting my feet on a 'standard server' right now, as I type...

Sure, it isn't a 'standard shared JagPC server'... it's a ^%$& POS Slackware box - haven't rebooted it in years.

Personally, I could run ALL my sites out of the house on this server with no problem, but I don't have a connection to the backbone of the web like JagPC does.

Moreover, I probably got $500 in this personal web server - JaguarPC probably has $5000 in Kraken!

Truly, I don't know how they make ANY money on SDX servers @ $29.97/mo. but that's their business. Maybe it's a loss-leader or something, like selling Pepsi for $1.99 a case at Christmas time - hoping you'll be so happy that you'll buy a managed dedicated server.

Whatever the case may be, if you want power, SDX is the deal of deal-of-the-century!

VPS is for (virtual) control freaks, IMHO! Like...

Look at me! I control 256MB of RAM ($7.99 at Best Buys).

[jason]

The specs on an SDX and a shared server are essentially the same. They are both monster machines with cPanel. The SDX just has fewer accounts and therefore a higher resource to account ratio. What's not to get?

--Jason