Can we get a new VPS Plan

Posts: 308 · Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:11 pm

I have a client that is about to out grow their 1 GB Windows VPS. The next step up is the Windows VPS Pro but this runs over $230 / month. Any chance HMS might create a VPS plan that is half way between the 1GB Windows VPS and the 2GB Window VPS Pro? Maybe something with 50 GB on one drive, and 1 GB - 2GB ram. I just hate to make my client commit to $230 / month. Especially when all they really need is more disk space. 1GB of ram is plenty for their purposes.

Posts: 570 · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:12 am

Whitesites, maybe you should think about going dedicated or colocated and merging all your VPS clients onto your one dedicated box. At least that way you can always have room to grow.

Posts: 308 · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:29 am

That wouldn't work,
I have my clients all setup on individual hosting accounts. Some of them have very aggresive bulk email campaigns they run, which results in temporary blacklisting by yahoo / aol. For this reason I prefer to keep my clients on seperate accounts and IP addresses Dedicated is way too much, and Client doesn't want to buy a server and colocate yet. I was hoping that there would be a middle solution before you get to VPS Pro. They need the 100 GB of disk space, but 1 GB ram is plenty for their sites. As it is, I am using Virtual folders on the 1GB VPS to store website content on the C and E drives. ( never been a fan of three seperate drives )

Posts: 858 · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:42 pm

There won't be any change to the current VPS plans, however we are going to start offering a new sort of VPS plan by the end of the month which may suit your needs. Email me directly and I'll give you what info I can when it becomes available.

Also, did you know that in Smartermail you can have separate domains send mail via their own IP addresses? That way if one of your domains gets blocked it won't necessarily affect the others (unless the block is for your entire range of IPs which is fairly uncommon).

Posts: 192 · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:12 pm

In regards to Jamie's Post:

Setting Outbound IP address:
http://help.smartertools.com/SmarterMail/v5/Topics/SystemAdmin/Manage/EditDomain.aspx

Setting IP Hostname:
http://help.smartertools.com/SmarterMail/v5/Topics/SystemAdmin/Config/Hostnames.aspx

Read this before proceeding, http://www.smartertools.com/forums/t/9068.aspx?PageIndex=1

Posts: 308 · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:33 pm

Thanks for the smarter stats info. I didn't realize that was possible.