How can you increase the speed of a shared hosting server?

FerdieQO · Dec 1, 2016

I am using a shared plan for 2 websites but they are pretty slow if compared to my VPS packages. I could not configure more on a shared like on a VPS to speed up it. Is there a way to increase the speed of a shared hosting server?

24x7CSM · Dec 1, 2016

You can not make any changes in a shared hosting environment since you do not have any root access , however you can optimize your website in order to make it fast and if its a cpanel shared hosting then make sure that your hosting server have mod_deflate, gzip modules enabled. You can check it with your hosting service provider.

So hosting the websites on VPS is actually recommended if speed and administration really matters for you.

MilesWeb · Dec 1, 2016

You need to check out allocated resources to your account. If they are limited, ask your web host to increase the limit. Check whether there are any unused files present on account.

LJSHost · Dec 1, 2016

Only thing you can do is complain to your hosting provider about the slowness of your shared plan and get them to find out why.
It is normal for a VPS to out perform shared unless the VPS is a low spec.

ForwardWeb · Dec 9, 2016

FerdieQO said:
I am using a shared plan for 2 websites but they are pretty slow if compared to my VPS packages. I could not configure more on a shared like on a VPS to speed up it. Is there a way to increase the speed of a shared hosting server?

What type of websites are these and how busy are they? With shared web hosting, there is not much you can do with optimizing the server (much like you couldnt remodel a kitchen inside of an apartment). However what you can do is optimize your websites (ex: if you are using Wordpress, there is a great deal that can be done to speed up performance).

jwn · Dec 11, 2016

What your vps spec ?

Luxin Host · Dec 12, 2016

With shared hosting, you do not have any control on server's resources so best you could do is to contact your hosting provider. Explain your situation and ask them if they can allocate more resources to their shared hosting as other people on same server may be facing the same issue.

You could also move to a VPS package with the same or different provider so that you can increase power and resources on demand.

UH-Peter · Dec 12, 2016

Why not host your website on your VPS server? Do you like spending the extra money?

bluehat:

FerdieQO · Dec 12, 2016

24x7CSM said:
however you can optimize your website in order to make it fast and if its a cpanel shared hosting then make sure that your hosting server have mod_deflate, gzip modules enabled

if I use cPanel, it is the same as Optimize website module in cPanel?

UH-Peter said:
Why not host your website on your VPS server? Do you like spending the extra money? bluehat:

Yes I have VPS but using it for websites with high traffic and requiring more resources to run.
With a shared hosting, I use for small websites and it's more cheaper than a VPS.

FerdieQO · Dec 12, 2016

UH-Peter said:
Talk to your hosting provider and see if they can setup a plan that gives you a little bit of a discount since you already have a VPS plan with them.

Unfortunately I use shared and VPS on different hosting companies.

UH-Peter said:
If you provider doesn't already have, ask them to get LiteSpeed and Varnish installed on the server. These both can help boost and optimize performance.

Who's your provider?

I am sure they will not support to install caching solutions as LiteSpeed and Varnish on the server for me to support my shared hosting account. I used dreamhost, hostgator, bluehost, m3server and some other shared hosting companies.

manoaratefy · Dec 12, 2016

Good morning,

Make sure that your website is running fine. Try to optimize your scripts. Also, you can setup caching systems on your script (take plugins for your CMS or check if your PHP framework can do it) and a CDN (CloudFlare may help you).

But if these solutions doesn't help you, I think that you should contact your provider and ask them to increase performance. Sometimes, you should take and upper hosting plan.

GswHosting · Dec 13, 2016

If you need varnish or other caching try to move to other web hosting or move your sites under one VPS.
There some providers that gives you memcached and varnish as additional service or one of them included in some bigger plans.

Colombiawebs · Dec 14, 2016

good day

I recommend you

1. Shared hosting or vps with ssd disks

2. Servers litespeed or Ngnix

3. Use a CMS with wordpress, with cache plugin, image loading, cdn and dns premium

Excellent combination to accelerate your websites

Blessings

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