By timz@drupal.org on

I'm about to set up 4 or 5 Drupal sites that I will run (I'm reviving a few blogs, helping out a musician friend and another friend w/ a small business).

I can set up, say, 5 accounts at SiteGround all for $25 a month, which seems reasonable, but would it be better to run them all off 1 drupal install / 1 database?

My goals:

- spend as little as possible
- do as little technical setup as possible (SiteGround has 1-click install, I can add modules etc. etc.)

Any advice welcome!

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droople commented

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ahmaddani commented

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Anatsim commented

For 5 domains take business account under 1and1.com for $10 per month.
If you speak german then take www.costorama.com for 2.5 euro per month.

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brooklynwebguy commented

With a VPS you can usually host as many domains as you want with a single plan and you also get root access. Seems like this might be good for what you are planning. I really like my provider Hub.org where plans start at 11.99 (Canadian $) per month and the management is super-helpful. It's not fancy, though. You have total control but it comes without frills like Cpanel and the like. They're happy to install anything for you.

I have also heard good things about RIMU Hosting where plans start at 19.95, but I am not a customer.

A non-VPS provider that comes highly recommended is Media Temple's Grid Server plan for 20/month. Again, haven't tried them, but they have been recommended by a lot of trustworthy sources.

Full disclosure -- of the above the only host with which I have any experience is Hub.org. If you sign up I get a very small amount taken off my already very small monthly fee. I would recommend them regardless for developer types who are comfortable working largely from the command line which, presumably, is most of the folks here.

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pwolanin commented

Get a small reseller account- for ~$14/month and then you can host many separate accounts. If you are expecting these to be low traffic sites, VPS will be overkill.

Also, don't use 1-click install (e.g. Fantastico) unless you want pain and suffering later. see: http://drupal.org/forum/fantastico-de-luxe

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brooklynwebguy commented

It's about having the technical benefit of a private server (root access, independence) with the cost benefit of sharing.

On re-reading the original post, I don't think VPS is a good fit in this case, mainly because the original poster said they wanted to keep it really simple. But I recommend it for other folks, particularly if they have other interests and needs (like Plone and Java, for instance) that are not widely supported by shared hosting services.

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deathgod commented

Take Dreamhost, for $70per year you get:
unlimited domains
unlimited sub-domains, etc
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did I mention very nice support
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wwwoliondorcom commented

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I recommend it.

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micrilin commented

Recenly I quit a cooperation with a client. All of a sudden I had 12 domains to be hosted somewhere else. After looking around I stumbled upon Servage. I have had that hosting company in my favorites a very long time! And now as I visited them I saw all features I knew I needed.

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    dewy99 commented

    Servage now offers 250GB + 25GB with coupon code: "promo25gb" (i.e. 275GB total and increases every day ... something like gmail ;) ) and 2100GB Monthly Data transfer rate.
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    Also, unlike some other famous hosting companies, they do not expose you to unlimited bandwidth charges (i.e. there is overage protection).

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    chicomtl’s picture

    chicomtl commented

    i took your advice and gave you a month hosting but i am having problems with the new themes

    any theme that is not buddle with drupal does not show up.

    when i look in the theme section there is no thumbnails and when i set it to default as the downloaded theme the site goes completely text.

    is anyone having this problem with SERVAGE.net

    Beware of this if you are about to sign on.

    there is no live support / phone

    only email.

    andydev’s picture

    andydev commented

    I have been using servage for a while, and it works great.
    Their support is not live, but they respond very quickly.

    I've also installed plenty of themes to theme out, and they work great.

    Hope you fix your problems ;)

    gmasky’s picture

    gmasky commented

    Can anyone advise which is the Best Hosting company in terms of Server Resources (for Drupal)-Not necessarily Price for a Shared server.

    I am using Siteground (shared) and very often get the blue screen (I think Server 500 error) The site is temporarily not accessible, pl try later.

    Is this Grid Server v Shared Server just marketing or does it make any difference.

    cirtexhosting.com’s picture

    cirtexhosting.com commented

    Seems like a lot of spam going on here ;)
    I would recommend any hosts with budget shared hosting packages with "Multiple Domain Hosting" features
    cPanel would be my personal choice of course ;)

    http://www.cirtexhosting.com
    Affordable and Quality Web Hosting

    starwalker’s picture

    starwalker commented

    Hi,

    We have Fast and Secure EUROPEAN Web Hosting on UK servers, with cheapest prices.

    Please check it here - http://www.webservice.ge

    Thank You.

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    themegarden.org commented

    Some of you might find interesting a new article about Drupal Hosting on themegarden.org.
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    artha6 commented

    buyhttp.com is really good, take a reseller a/c
    well i hv been using tht and i am really happy wid ther services
    i think owner is very active on such open source community

    when request a support, turn around time is awsome within an hour to four