My Voxel friends, a2Hosting, have provided me with some of their hosting plans for me to install Voxel so you can see the performance! With a 30-day money-back guarantee!
I have set up each hosting plan, which runs on the LiteSpeed™ Web Server with LiteSpeed Cache. On top of that, I have set up the QUIC.cloud CDN, which was also created by LiteSpeed Technologies™
QUIC.cloud®
CDN
LiteSpeed™
Cache Plugin
LiteSpeed™
Web Server
My Web Hosting Stack
I set up a Voxel demo using this plan at:
RUN
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30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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1 Website (Unlimited Sub-domains)
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50GB NVMe SSD
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4GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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Imunify360® Security
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
I set up a Voxel demo using this plan at:
FLY
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30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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Unlimited Websites
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Unlimited NVMe SSD
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8GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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Imunify360® Security
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
Other available WordPress managed plans
JUMP
Managed WordPress Hosting-
30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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5 Websites
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250GB NVMe SSD
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4GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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Imunify360® Security
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
SELL
Managed WordPress Hosting-
30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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Unlimited Websites
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Unlimited NVMe SSD
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16GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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Imunify360® Security
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
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MACH 8
Managed VPS-
30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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AMD EPYC™ Server (40% Faster)
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Unlimited Websites
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150GB NVMe SSD
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8GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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2 Free Dedicated IPs
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
MACH 16
Managed VPS Hosting-
30-day money-back Guarantee
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LiteSpeed™ Web Server
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AMD EPYC™ Server (40% Faster)
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Unlimited Websites
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250GB NVMe SSD
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16GB Memory (RAM)
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Redis Object Cache
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2 Free Dedicated IPs
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Site Cloning & Staging
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24/7 Support (Phone/Chat/Ticket)
We are not affiliated with Voxel. Just REALLY big fans! Check them out
I have spent many hours testing website speeds with heavy dynamic data. I think I have found the best server type and cache settings for the best performance. The following is a description of my setup that I have specifically customized to work with Voxel.
Highlights
- AMD EPYC™ CPU
- NVMe SSD
- LiteSpeed™ Web Server
- Built-in brute-force protection
- Server-side Caching
- QUIC® CDN (Total 75 PoPs across 8 regions)
- Cutting-edge HTTP/3
- DNS Anycast
- Page Optimization
My Personal Setup
CPU – AMD EPYC™
3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ is the world’s highest-performing x86 server CPU
Hard Drives – NVMe SSD
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe®) is a specification defining how host software communicates with non-volatile memory across a PCI Express® bus. It is the industry standard for PCIe solid-state drives (SSDs) in all form factors. NVMe is considered the next evolution, and we have it now!
Web Server – LiteSpeed
LiteSpeed® Web Server which is an Apache-interchangeable, high-performance, secure, easy-to-use web server. It can handle thousands of concurrent connections with a small memory footprint. Its security features also make it much less vulnerable to various attacks.
- Server-Level Full-Page Cache
- Image Optimization
- CSS/JavaScript Combination
- Edge Side Includes (ESI)
- CSS/JavaScript/HTML Minification
- CDN Support
- Database Optimization
Double the maximum capacity of an Apache Server
With LiteSpeed Web Server’s streamlined event-driven architecture, capable of handling thousands of concurrent clients with minimal memory consumption and CPU usage.
Server Protection
With already familiar ModSecurity rules while also taking advantage of a host of built-in anti-DDoS features, such as bandwidth and connection throttling.
Powerful LSCache for Dynamic Content
PHP LSAPI is faster than PHP/FPM. Static files – 4X-6X faster than Apache. LSCache – 100X faster Game changer.
Handles Tons of Concurrent Users
Event-driven architecture same as Nginx. No rapid drop-off above 100-200 concurrent users.
Smarter and Faster WAF
Compatible with Apache mod_security rules. Uses many fewer server resources.
Advanced Anti-DDoS
Per-IP throttling at different levels: connection, request, and bandwidth.
WordPress Brute-Force Protection
Per-IP throttling at different levels: connection, request, and bandwidth. Built-in brute-force protection at the server level drops malicious connections once detected. It is much more efficient than any other plugin-level protection.
Server Specs
Server-side Caching
- OPcache
- Memcached
- Redis
- Brotli
LiteSpeed Cache
- Browser Cache
- Cache Logged-in Users
- Cache Commenters
- Cache REST API
- Cache PHP Resources
- Edge Side Includes
- Object Cache
- Persistent keep-alive connections
- WooCommerce purge settings
Guest Mode
Guest Mode provides an always cacheable landing page for an automated guest’s first-time visit, and then attempts to update cache varies via AJAX.
Image Optimization
Takes your original JPG and PNG images, condenses them for quicker transport, and optionally saves them in the efficient WebP format.
Images may be automatically optimized in batches in the background. This means as soon as you upload new images to the medial library, they are added to an Image Optimization Queue for processing.
Builds the smallest possible image while retaining the same quality as the original. Speed your site up, and improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and First Contentful Paint (FCP) scores along the way!
- Next-generation WebP image format – Background processing.
- Improved LCP and FCP scores.
- Automatic Media Library optimization.
CDN
QUIC Cloud®
Cutting-edge HTTP/3 support and important WordPress security features.
DNS Anycast
Global coverage with Anycast technology.
Anycast DNS duplicates your records around the world. This is both a time saver when resolving your site’s address and an improvement in reliability.
Total Protection
- Brute-force attack protection
- CDN-level reCAPTCHA
- Layer-7 DDoS protection
- Custom-targeted protections
- Web Application Firewall Rules
HTTP/3 and QUIC Library
Connections end to end, from client browser to backend server.
The newest version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, formerly referred to as “HTTP over QUIC,” and is the successor to HTTP/2.
Page Optimization
Critical CSS (CCSS) service to slash your site’s perceived load time, present fully styled above-the-fold content, and achieve faster First Contentful Paint (FCP).
CCSS is the minimum CSS code necessary to format content for the first paint. CCSS is inserted inline with the page’s HTML. Then, even if the full CSS files are loaded more slowly than the page HTML, your site avoids the dreaded Flash of Unstyled Content (FOUC).
