Why move?

Currently I am hosting Spaniards.es on two dedicated servers at Ace-Host.net. So far, so good, but the site has started to get slow (more the web server than the db server, which is running great so far). Some days I found the site running at 30 times the processor capacity (according to ‘top’), which is a lot. The biggest problem I have right now is the caching on the web server. I have installed both XCache and Memcached, but can get them to work since that server was my first ever dedicated server an has a CPanel installation that drives me nuts.

Sooner or later I had to move that webserver into a new clean installation, but I have decided that if I have to move, I’ll do it to a cloud. No more dependencies on a physical hardware, no more worries.

Why not EC2

Well, I’ve ried EC2 and it is not that I don’t like it. It is just that it is so much work. After seeing how CloudServers work on RackSpace, I have no doubt.

When is Spaniards.es going to be moved?

There is no date yet. First I have to set up the servers, make sure everything works fine, set up the domains, dns, mail, etc. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, if I can find enough time to do so.

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