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Topic: Will Product cart work with this server?

Posted By: Jask
Subject: Will Product cart work with this server?
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 4:23am

Hi there,

Will be starting in product cart soon but am looking for an appropriate server to run it on. Can somebody tell me if it will be ok on this windows server:

http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/ServerWindows;jsessionid=51EAEAEE678E9DFAE6D5CA891670C928.TC30b?__frame=_top&__lf=Static

Thanks everyone

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Posted By: Hamish
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 5:53am

Hi Jask,
Are you going to be running a very high volume site, or want a dedicated server for other reasons? For new sites usually a shared server is sufficient, switching to a dedicated server when traffic levels rise far enough to justify it.

I'd definitely recommend using an SQL database, which ideally would be on a separate server - which is how most shared hosting is set up anyway.

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Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 6:00am

Thanks Hamish,

The site will be a high volume site - so am going down the dedicated server route.

does the 1&1 server cover both your recommendations, it has SQL Express as the DBMS (unsure if this is a good enough sql database system to run product cart). Also unsure of whether it is on its own dedicated server

Posted By: ProductCart
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 6:07am

ProductCart should not be used with MS SQL Express. SQL Express was not designed for a "production" environment and there are reports of substantial performance issues, which is why many Web hosting companies do not offer it. MS SQL Express was designed to help developers create and test applications that use MS SQL without having to purchase a MS SQL license.

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Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 6:16am

thats great guys thanks,

any suggestions for a good hosting company that will run product cart on a dedicated server in the uk (not expensive)

thanks again

Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 8:51am

how about webfusion?..

http://www.webfusion.co.uk/dedicatedservers/dedicated-server-1-windows-asp-net/

Posted By: ProductCart
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 8:58am

That hosting plan does not come with space on a shared MS SQL database server. Ask them whether that is available and for how much. It should only be $10-$20 a month extra. You will need at least 50 MB of MS SQL database space (MS SQL 2000 or above).

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Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 9:05am

ok, sorry im fairly new at this and just trying to understand...

I need to pay for a dedicated windows server and then space on an sql database???

any recommendations on productcart friendly server options?

thanks

Posted By: ProductCart
Date Posted: 15-December-2008 at 9:56am

You definitely don't need a dedicated Windows server to run a ProductCart-powered store. There is a section of this forum dedicated to http://www.earlyimpact.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=13 - hosting ProductCart-powered ecommerce stores . There are some good ideas and discussions there.

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Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 16-December-2008 at 11:28am

thanks for the help, but seriously I am based in the UK but I cant seem to find any uk companies that can handle productcart.

Please anyone???!!!!

Posted By: Hamish
Date Posted: 16-December-2008 at 11:53am

Hi Jask,
I've used Tollon for a shared hosting site, not the cheapest, but works well and support is fairly good. www.tollon.net

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Posted By: Jask
Date Posted: 17-December-2008 at 9:58am

cheers hamish,

can i ask what site(s) you have used it for? your experience of this company would be welcome.

did you have a dedicated server, virtual server, semi shared server???

(I have no idea of these things!)

thanks again

Posted By: Hamish
Date Posted: 17-December-2008 at 10:45am

Hi Jask,
Just a single site there on shared hosting : www.chivesonline.co.uk

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Posted By: JoltDigital
Date Posted: 18-December-2008 at 8:45pm

You could also look at a VPS solution as a point between a shared site and dedicated. In addition you may want to look at mssql 2008 web edition. It is much cheaper than sql 2005 and can be run on windows 2008 web edition.

With previous version of windows and mssql on a dedicated server the cheapest license to run mssql were windows 2003 standard and mssql 2005 workgroup edition. With the new scheme your licensing is around $45/month instead of around $120/month.

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Posted By: bodyexposed
Date Posted: 22-December-2008 at 7:37am

I use a shared Windows server and SQL server combination for my Productcart store, hosted by First Web. They are a UK company and the speed of their servers is fantastic. You can test it by visiting my store below, and get their pricing information at http://www.first-web.net/internet/ - http://www.first-web.net/internet/ .

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