HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 with cPanel First Impression

Thanks to poor DB server performance of HostMonster. JayceOoi.com was migrated to HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 with cPanel. HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 with cPanel is a fully managed hosting which means that HostGator will handle just about any issue or configuration request you may have with your server outside of custom software/script installations. That includes

  • Security audits.
  • Load problems or sluggishness.
  • Network related issues.
  • Failure of server to boot.
  • Hardware failures
  • Package installations via package manager (yum,rpm).
  • DNS Configuration
  • Troubleshooting script configurations and/or website errors.
  • Task automation.
  • Firewall setup & troubleshooting.
  • E-mail configuration.
  • Software upgrades & migrations. (php, mysql).
  • Custom apache configurations (mod_python, mod_ruby, mod_wsgi)
  • Perl/PECL module/extension installations.
  • Backup configurations.
  • Google Apps setups.

HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 Features

  • CPU – 1.13 GHz
  • RAM – 768 MB
  • Disk Space – 30 GB
  • Bandwidth – 500 GB

There are 9 packages for HostGator VPS Hosting. The first 2 levels are provided without cPanel and Plesk ~ Virtuozzo (VZ) Only. The control panel (cPanel and Plesk) is add-on able from level 3 onward. For those who are not familiar with Linux SSH, stay with cPanel or Plesk is the best option for you. Else you have setup everything by yourself on Virtuozzo (VZ) only package.


HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 with cPanel Resources

Yup, you will get around 600MB of RAM and 27GB of disk space left on HostGator VPS Hosting Level 3 with cPanel. This is without any website and database installed. cPanel VPS Optimized takes up some resources. Therefore, you will not get the exact full 768MB RAM and 30GB disk space. But that won’t be any issue because there are still lot of plenty of resources left. And it is very easy to upgrade to another level (which double the resources) if you are running out of resources.