Over Selling

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[al3xand3r]

I've heard stories about how some hosts will sell shared hosting accounts and provide 1 tb of space and then only have like two 500gb harddrives in raid1 on the server and to top it off stuff like 700 or more clients on a single machine.

What do you think of this pratice?

Do you think these super large hosts that do this are going to last when their current clients realize that they are being lied too?

Do you think most clients even care about these sort of lies?

[kronicllyill]

Well, I don't think the storage provided with hosting accounts is even an issue.  Assuming one of the ppl on the server wanted to use more storage, more harddrives can always be added.  I doubt the hosting company would deny their client their additional storage, even if it required purchasing an additional drive.  Would be bad business.  The user would still get what they are paying for, if they required it.  In most cases, though, users only need minimal space to operate their website, but for some reason, it gives people comfort knowing they have a TB at their disposal (I'm not sure why).

As far as overselling, I don't think the storage is as important as how many users are being loaded onto a server.  The goal, financially (for the host anyways), would be to have as many people as possible on one server.  As long as the server's load is kept at a decent level, I don't think most users even care.

So all in all, my opinion is that most people wouldn't care that they are being sold storage that doesn't even exist, because they can be almost certain that additional storage would be provided to them should they need it.  Being placed on an overcrowded server, where 700 or more clients could impact how quickly their website loads may be another story.  Just my 2 cents.

[Lil]

In my personal opinion, I wouldn't see how a person can fit so many people on one thing.  I mean, not with that high of a number.  Though... honestly I know -nothing- really of web hosting, or of anything like that, but could it really be trusted?

[davidpeter]

Even me too i dont have enough experience in this....


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[admin]

I've been working with, and dealing with, hosting companies for a very long time. I personally avoid web hosts that offer unlimited things. Unlimited isn't very realistic to datacenters. There are always limits.

[davidpeter]

I think so some times it happens like that.....



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[The-Pixel]

Greetings Fellow Readers!

I don't agree with overselling.  I don't think larger web hosting providers lie to there clients (I like to think they don't).  But, I do think that there clients are uneducated about what servers and there limits.  Have you actually seen on a web hosts site "NO OVERSELLING" but you know for a fact that they do overselling on there servers?  I do not like the fact you are throwing the word "lies" around.  Maybe how I define the word lies is different then you do.  Very good topic.

[admin]

Yes, I have seen hosts that say no overselling and then slam on 900 clients with unlimited space on a raid 1 array with 250gb drives and a single quad core processor

[The-Pixel]

And this hosting company that you see preform there overselling acts are?  It will be beneficial so other people reading and posting on the forum can be aware of bad hosting providers.

[admin]

Unfortunately, as admin, I am morally unable to name specific hosting companies. In my lengthy experience with the web hosting industry and doing contract work here and there inside of datacenters I have run across such companies before. A good place to start in looking for a good webhost, or looking for a webhost like that has been mentioned in this thread, would be a place like hostjury.com

[Wilsonsway]

I'd think that the vast majority of them do this. It's relevant for them to at least attempt it anyway from a financial standpoint. The thing is, that they should keep on top of things and not let a server get out of hand to the point that it's accounts are in jeopardy.

By staying on top of things and moving really active accounts from a normally dormant server to one that has less accounts is wise. Like it's been suggested already, most folks barely use more than a minute fraction of resources and space. These folks usually only have static sites so adding as many as possible and keeping server integrity is a viable option and accepted in the industry.

How do I know this? Experience. 

[dveiga]

Yea I agree with everyone that hosting companies who offer unlimited features are always hiding something.  There's nothing for free in this world, we all know that.  I Just don't see how they're making a living off everyone (unless they rank in millions of users) offering unlimited space/bandwidth/db's for $4 bux a month

[manishaghimire]

Over selling means risking !!So better be careful with the hosting companies!!

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