Navdeep Shergill (A Geek at heart)

VPS

You may ask.. what is VPS? Well; VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. In the web hosting world; you have three options.

1. Shared Hosting - cheapest option (like $5 - $20/month)
2. VPS - medium level option. Usually about $30 - $100/month
3. Dedicated Server - anywhere from $100 - several hundred dollars a month.

For many personal sites; Shared hosting option just works fine. Your site is put on 1 physical server and you share resources with anywhere from 30 to 50 sites. This works fine; unless your site is very db/cpu intensive; in that case you are fighting with everyone for resources. Now a VPS is basically a virtual server; just like you use virtualization to install another OS on your home computer. You are still sharing resouces with other; but you have your own OS Image. You also have root access to your machine; meaning you can install anything you want. You can also shutdown/restart your VPS all you want. Its basically the best thing to do without paying all the money for a dedicated server. You are basically guaranteed a ‘dedicated share of resources’ that you to work with. This blog; along with my other sites; are all sitting on a VPS. I got it from Knownhost.com. So far my experience with them has been amazing. You can check out webhostingtalk.com for hundreds of positive reviews of them. All I would say is that if you are ready to move up to a VPS; you can’t go wrong with these guys.

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WebHosting Choices

There are so many choices available out there when you are looking for webhosting. It can be very confusing to really know if you are getting the best deal for your money. You know me; I love to get the best deal there is. And on the net; there is always a better deal available. The problem is that when it comes to WebHosting; it is hard to find all these deals at one place. Thats where http://www.webhostingchoice.com comes into the picture. It is an easy to use interface to help you find the best webhosting deal. You specify what you are looking for; and webhostingchoice.com does all the work for you. It really is a one of a kind.

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Did I really

Did I really take 3 months off between blogging? Oh boy.. I have no excuse for that now do I? I guess I have been pretty busy using my free time to manage my Fantasy Football team. Speaking of that; I am in the championship game. That means that I am guaranteed a 2nd place (or higher) finish. The best I had done earlier was only 3rd place. Lets see how the games go this weekend!

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