PHP / Xen hosting in NZ

[Mr Malarker]

We are looking for a Xen host for a site, anticipating a major spike
over an upcoming promo. A very rough estimate based on the last
release, we are anticipating in the region of 50-70GB/month traffic.

Can anyone make recommendations, for or against the following options
in NZ? Is anyone missing from this list?

* Free Parking VPS - http://www.freeparking.co.nz/hosting/vps/index.mv
* OpenHost - http://www.openhost.co.nz/vps/144/linuxvps.html
* Webfarm - http://www.webfarm.co.nz/products_vps/
* 2day - http://www.2day.com/products/groupList.aspx?grp=11
* Break - http://www.break.co.nz/hosting_server.html%23vps
* NetSmart - http://www.netsmart.co.nz/servers/index.cfm?page=vm
* SiteHost - http://www.sitehost.co.nz/products/virtual-private-server

Webfarm have reputation and offer free nationwide traffic (though I
haven't asked if this reaches as high as we anticipate.)

SiteHost seem cheapest of the lot.

We also looked at RimuHosting, but their plans don't seem to scale as
big as I expect we'll need.

Price is not the biggest issue - I want to know more about
dependability and support in event of bad things.

There's a post a while back from Jasper mentioning DigiWeb offer the
same, but no pricing info on their site.

[Berend de Boer]

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>>>>> "Malarker" == Malarker <mala...@gmail.com> writes:

Malarker> Price is not the biggest issue - I want to know more
Malarker> about dependability and support in event of bad things.

One more: digiweb.

Malarker> There's a post a while back from Jasper mentioning
Malarker> DigiWeb offer the same, but no pricing info on their
Malarker> site.

And then I read this. Just give them a call.

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All the best,

Berend de Boer

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[Jack Pivac]

A vote for sitehost. Use them myself and the service from the tech team
is utterly fantastic.

[Alexei]

> Can anyone make recommendations, for or against the following options
> in NZ? Is anyone missing from this list?
>
> * Free Parking VPS - http://www.freeparking.co.nz/hosting/vps/index.mv
> * OpenHost - http://www.openhost.co.nz/vps/144/linuxvps.html
> * Webfarm - http://www.webfarm.co.nz/products_vps/
> * 2day - http://www.2day.com/products/groupList.aspx?grp=11
> * Break - http://www.break.co.nz/hosting_server.html%23vps
> * NetSmart - http://www.netsmart.co.nz/servers/index.cfm?page=vm
> * SiteHost - http://www.sitehost.co.nz/products/virtual-private-server

also http://net24.co.nz/vps_overview.php

[Michael Brandon]

I am using the webfarm vps, but they are more 8am-10pm Mon-Fri sort of
support. And the vps ensim system is based on a 20 site licence. I have had
issues with the support levels and have not been able to get hold of them
when the server has gone down/server now on their autorestart system. I have
also changed from ensim to cpanel/whm. So webfarm is working for me, but it
has been an interesting journey.

Break hosting support and plans sound not a bad deal.

Regards
Michael