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Better alternative to shared ovh?
I am looking for cheap shared hosting, are there any better alternatives to ovh to offer more than: 75 concurrent connections and 30 mysql simultaneous connections in the 2 euro price range? I'd go with ovh, but the mysql 200mb size limit is a bit low for my needs.
Also, why providers dont specify those values? I have to mail support to ask if there are such limitations for iops/process entry/etc.
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WebSound has a very decent deals. The database size limit is 23.83GB on the "Medium" package.
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/135379/uk-ssd-web-reseller-hosting-from-6-year#latest
Because most users don't care for this and too much information could stop them from buying fast.
netcup has reduced shared hosting
In regards to DB size - because most providers either don't have a hard limit, or because it's the limit from the account itself.
Regarding concurrent processes for PHP and MySQL .. well - it tells you absolutely nothing about the provider and if they can handle the traffic or not - I know providers that give 2000 entry processes, but the CPU allocations are so low, that getting more than 10 processes will basically halt your site.
From the perspective of a hosting provider, if people are consuming 10-20 entry processes constantly, they should really look into their application, it means that there can be done plenty of optimizations.
Almost all high traffic websites we have use on average 3-5 entry processes when they're at peak, because the applications are optimized properly.
Those customers with 20+ entry processes, I usually tell them to fix it, give them pointers where to change stuff, and it's pretty often that they suddenly can do 10x traffic on the same account.
So, I think why most providers doesn't really mention it, is because it gives a false picture of what a hosting plan can do - and in reality most providers allocate entry processes, only as a safety measure for a single customer not being able to absolutely abuse a server to it's death.
Now - I know that shared hosting customers often tend to know a lot better than the hosting provider, and that their websites are 100% optimized - guaranteed™ but sometimes actually looking into just a slight optimization might help a lot, so you don't really have to care much about if you have 20 or 2000 entry processes - there's a lot more to it, than two numbers (IMO).