For the past year I've been monitoring via Pingdom one dedicated server, one shared server from DreamHost and a free DNS server I'm using for my hobby/pet projects. The results are not that scary (well, it depends how tough are you :-), still they shed some lights on your options when it comes to hosting.
First, lets look at service performance agains simple tests
DreamHost - shared hosting - one line echo() .php script
Pretty crappy for half a year, huh? :-)
The dedicated server - one line echo() .php script
The dedicated server (US) fared better (just watch the slowest average)
But the free DNS service is a complete nightmare (one name->ip query)
Then the network conectivity: answering ping requests.
DreamHost - shared hosting
Responses from the dedicated server (US) - slightly better
Responses from the free DNS server (EU) - about the same
Global uptime, free DNS (for this one is more like global downtime :-)
Global uptime, DreamHost - shared hosting
And the crown goes to: Global uptime, the dedicated server
PS. Yeps, I'm again late with this report. You should see my drafts / todo list :-)
1 comments:
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