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ASP.NET and SQL Server 2008 Host Needed
Good day experts,
I am looking for some recommendations on a reliable, reasonably economical Windows-based hosting service. My primary platform requirements are ASP.NET 3.5, AJAX and SQL Server 2008, with a fairly large database storage need - on the order of 20GB.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
I am looking for some recommendations on a reliable, reasonably economical Windows-based hosting service. My primary platform requirements are ASP.NET 3.5, AJAX and SQL Server 2008, with a fairly large database storage need - on the order of 20GB.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Thanks Scubago, but I need a minimum of 20gb of SQL Server database storage, and have multiple databases. Leaseweb's packages don't appear to support that much data.
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Thanks rkworlds, but neither of the hosts you mention supports the large database size that I need. I appreciate the response however!
shared hosting services will not provide the database storage that you need, so I would recommend going with either a VPS, or a dedicated server.
I have been using a VPS over at Internet Services Inc, for years now, and have not had any problems. http://www.isicloudhosting.com
I have been using a VPS over at Internet Services Inc, for years now, and have not had any problems. http://www.isicloudhosting.com
You can also look at http://www.activehost.com. They are a Microsoft shop with shared, dedicated, and VPS hosting (Virtuozzo and Hyper-V). All of their plans can support a 20GB database, but stick with kevp75's advice - a dedicated or VPS solution will be much better for with that much data in the mix. Shared hosting is normally not built to support that kind of size.
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Thanks all. Regarding a dedicated/VPS solution, a couple of questions (I've never looked into them before):
-- The VPS plans that I'm seeing don't appear to list MS SQL Server as being included. Does this mean that I'd be responsible for securing, installing and configuring my own licensed copy (which I don't currently have and couldn't afford on an enterprise level - I'm using 2008 Developer locally). Are there VPS solutions out there that include SQL Server licensure and administrative support?
-- Similar to item #1 above, I also need Visual Studio support, AJAX and a manageable control panel-type of UI.. I'm not a Sys Admin and do need assistance getting the configs on each of these properly set up. Do VPS solutions include that kind of support, or am I just paying for the server space and the software and system administration to configure it is all on me?
None of this is clear looking at the VPS documentation. Thanks again.
Rick
-- The VPS plans that I'm seeing don't appear to list MS SQL Server as being included. Does this mean that I'd be responsible for securing, installing and configuring my own licensed copy (which I don't currently have and couldn't afford on an enterprise level - I'm using 2008 Developer locally). Are there VPS solutions out there that include SQL Server licensure and administrative support?
-- Similar to item #1 above, I also need Visual Studio support, AJAX and a manageable control panel-type of UI.. I'm not a Sys Admin and do need assistance getting the configs on each of these properly set up. Do VPS solutions include that kind of support, or am I just paying for the server space and the software and system administration to configure it is all on me?
None of this is clear looking at the VPS documentation. Thanks again.
Rick
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One hosted solution that I've run across is Arvixe.. http://www.arvixe.com/asp_net_web_hosting. Extremely affordable but with an important restriction - their SQL Server is 2008 R2 Express, which limits my databases to 10GB (which I could probably make work), along with the 1CPU and 1GB RAM limitations that come with the Express version. My site is a start-up so I'm not expecting substantial traffic out of the gate but my gut is still telling me to be wary of deploying a new business on a hosted SQL Server Express platform. Would you all agree that this a valid concern? Are there other substantial concerns which I should be focusing on as well when choosing a SQL Server/ASP.NET host?
I'd very much value the opinion of the E-E community on this. Thanks all.
I'd very much value the opinion of the E-E community on this. Thanks all.
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Thanks all.
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I'm not certain that what I'm after exists. This was a very informative answer regarding one plausible route - much appreciated.
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