Media Temple v2

I’m going to hold off from posting a review of Media Temple’s (dv) (VPS) plan for another date, probably after I’m completely happy with the setup and I have some more experience with how they handle support and uptime.

So far the support has been outstanding. Currently I’m on the base dedicated virtual plan that (mt) offers but without Plesk. This was a major requirement for me in moving to (mt). Thanks to their awesome support they provisioned my system fairly quickly, considering it’s out of the ordinary option for their plans.

Right now I’m learning from a mistake I made when I first setup the box. I should have not rushed off of Spry (even though they were breaking at the time) and instead took my time to upgrade to CentOS 5 because of some issues with the older release.

MediaTemple right now is shining, they’ve given me another (dv) to setup and upgrade “correctly” and then I’ll be able to cancel my current (dv) after I migrate over to the new one.

This time around I’ll hopefully documenting a lot more, so here come the CentOS how-tos for Media Temple dvs

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August 30

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  • It's working out great. Haven't had an issue since. They also provide a lot more dedicated RAM then they commit to in their pricing plans.
  • Greg
    Hi Dan, How is the dedicated virtual working out for you. I'm in the market and am considering Media Temple.
    thanks, Greg
  • Oh yeah, I remember you mentioning that now.
  • Dan
    I think they decreased my ram without telling me, which caused the whitescreens. At the time I had no idea what was going wrong but know that I look back I figured that's the most logical reason since I had mysql and php using a lot of ram with a bunch of caching, like memcache. I just didn't think it was the case since I told them to decrease my account to the lower plan two weeks from then when my cycle was up.

    Either way it had to be something on there end, since the server ran fine the night before and I didn't do but try to load my sites in the morning. And the basic troubleshooting didn't work, even restarts.
  • Did you ever post on what went wrong at Spry? I'm just curious since I'm still using them.
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