"Now, that’s why you can’t believe benchmarks. Sure, this server was able to serve 100,000 page views in 282 seconds but:

• Requests were made from a VPS in the same
  datacenter. No need to worry about slow clients, or maintaining network
  connections to many remote clients.
• I used Litespeed Web Server instead of Apache."

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A few months ago I mentioned that I was hosting my site using a "budget shared hosting plan through my reseller site which is comparable to the hosting plans offered by GoDaddy".  In that same article, I also mentioned that although I prefer to run my sites on a Virtual Private/Dedicated Server (VPS/VDS), I wanted to try experimenting with the cheap shared hosting plans despite the plans not offering full MySQL functions such as CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE.  For the most part, my sites have been running fine on the shared hosting plans but I wanted better control (oh how I miss Linux command line via secure shell).  So, I began searching for a better reseller hosting plan.  Unfortunately, my search for the perfect reseller host plan still continues.

I thought my hosting requirements were pretty simple.  I wanted a reseller hosting plan that provided CPanel, PHP5, MySQL5, secure shell, and a license to a client billing system such as ClientExec.  Oh and I wanted to be sure the hosting plans provided were Drupal friendly.  While I host more than just Drupal sites I've found that if the server is configured properly to run Drupal then it can run almost any other PHP-based CMS out there.  All in all I wanted a shared hosting plan where I spent less time managing the server, yet had the controls I needed via a Linux shell.  Simple enough right?  In fact I thought I found a great reseller plan through ResellerZoom (RZ).  However, after spending most of my weekend hours trying to work it all out, I've come to the conclusion I'm still looking for something that works better.

First, let me say thank you for everyone that stops by to reads my blog as well as seeing the latest articles I bookmark on content management systems.  You people are the greatest and this has been a very fun year for me!  Secondly, let me say you may not be able to read this post through the weekend.

I'm moving CMSReport.com off of the server it has been running on for over for the past year.  The server currently runs on Fedora Core 4 and really need to be upgraded to a more current and better supported operating system.  I'm also trying something new so the up/down time for CMS Report will be more sporadic than with a typical server move.   I expect most of the changes to take place on Friday but I'm not sure how site performance will be next week.  What I can say is that I'm excited about the gamble I'm about to take and if it works...I may have a new recommendation for how best to host Drupal.

When I'm done...I should have plenty to talk about server administration, site support, and web hosting.  I also have  quite a few new ideas for future discussions.  Hint?  Perhaps the "C" in CMS Report is for more than just content?  Stay tune...

When I originally started hosting my own sites on a server (VPS/VDS), I opted for the easy way to manage those sites by using an online control panel. I originally started with Plesk but eventually moved to cPanel. cPanel at the time seemed to be the control panel everyone was talking about. However, I quickly found that although I liked cPanel it seemed to be dated by the fact that its primary web server support was for Apache 1.x. Support for Apache 2.x was promised in the next version of the control panel, cPanel 11, so I waited patiently for its arrival.

After waiting for months, I found myself waiting even more for a stable version of cPanel 11 to arrive. I began to wonder if it was not time to take another look at Plesk. So just when I've almost given up on cPanel, the company has finally started to publicly announced that cPanel is coming soon.

cPanel 11 promises to bring a lot of improvements for users. The following are some of the highlights I am most excited to see in cPanel 11:

• Enhanced XSS Protection: Substantial backend changes have been made to further protect cPanel and WHM users from cross-site scripting. Many behind the scenes functions have been added to render such nuisances harmless.
• Support for Apache 2 and Apache 2.2
• Improvements in cPanel Interface Speed: Shorter load times of cPanel pages
• Getting Started Wizard: The new getting started wizard walks a new account owner through setting up the aspects of a web hosting account. New users of older versions of cPanel often found themselves scratching their heads on where they should begin.