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2007 Hosting evaluations and recommends
Seeing we are almost a full month into 2007 I though we would start a new topic on hosting reviews and recommends
we pick it up from 2006 thread HERE
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I am currently using a shared hosting from WebHostingBuzz, and it is quiet good for my needs. I am getting the folowing, the 1st figure being what I have used and the 2nd is what I am allowed to use. All that for £48 or US$90 per year, very cheap compared to UK hosting.
Subdomains 16 / unlimited
Parked Domains 5 / 999
Addon Domains 8 / unlimited
Mysql databases 18 / unlimited
Disk usage 5253.29MB / 20GB
MySQL Disk usage 27.88 MB
Disk space available 14746.71 MB
Bandwidth (this month) 9505.63MB / 200GB
Email accounts: 8 / unlimited
Email forwarders: 0 / unlimited
Autoresponders: 4 / unlimited
Email filters 0 / unlimited
Mailing lists: 0 / unlimited
FTP accounts 12 / unlimited
You can get them here LINK
Overally I rank them 8/10
1and1
How is there customer support? I am looking to switch from my hosting company to another. I currently use 1and1, but lately I have not been happy with there service or support. I will make a similar list to yours. This is what I get:
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Sub domains - 5 / 200
Host 1and1 domains - 5 / unlimited
Host external domains - 3 / 100
MySQL databases - 9 / 50
MySQL disk usage - 100MB each is the limit
Disk usage - 913.16 MB / 200,000.00 MB
File limit - 31,670 / 262,144 files
Email accounts - 9 of 2500
Mailbox size - 2GB each is the limit
Email forwarders - 0 / unlimited
Autoresponders - 3 / unlimited
FTP accounts - 3 / 25
Monthly Transfer Volume - 2500GB is the limit
Comes with 3 free domains
I also spend about $90 USD a year, its nice that they have so much bandwidth and disk space, but a file limit is dumb (they limit the number of files you can have). For the MySQL databases, 100MB can be small at times, but the disk space you use with the databases and the email accounts is separate (It does not take away from your original 200GB)
When I started with this company, their servers seemed to be fast and their support had much faster responses. Now when you send an email to their support, you immediately get an auto-response back saying that they expect to respond to my email within the next 12 to 24 hours. I have had them go much longer than that. And there servers seem to be over-crowded or just slow, I pay for one of the 'premium' accounts, I should be put on a server that has less websites or a faster server. I did a reverse IP lookup on my site, I have 261 other sites hosted on the same server, now I found some website hosted by other web hosts and did a reverse IP lookup and have seen servers with well over 500 websites on them, so I don't understand why 1and1 is so slow.
But thats my 2 cents about 1and1
Someone told me that Site5 would be a good place to switch too, what do you all think?
File limit is so not cool!
Why limit number of files?
As for mine, they are pretty fast at support, tops is 12hrs. Never gone beyond that. Don't know about weekends, I have never contacted them on a weekend.
They do good backups as well.
Anyway things differ per individual, I might come to 1and1 and enjoy my stay while you have had it bad recently, but I think you will like wehosting buzz
Visit their site and contact them from there
Why artificially limit anything?
It was one big thing that I looked for in selecting a host. If it doesn't cost them anything to make it unlimited, don't charge me for it. No nickel-and-diming. I looked at Site5 and ASmallOrange and chose DreamHost:
Disk space and Bandwidth increase weekly when you're a customer. Mine are currently: 231 GB Disk / 2685 GB Bandwidth
Plus some extras:
I'm still as happy hosting with DreamHost as I was in the 2006 thread. I host several Drupal sites there, some using streaming video and the video.module. Others use a Drupal multi-site setup, which is easier on DH than most hosts, because you can just mirror a domain instead of using symbolic links. I also have an email discussion list for one customer and a Jabber server.
Support has been excellent. Most replies have taken 1-6 hours. They went beyond the call of duty when they restored a backup for me when I deleted a snapshot instead of restoring it correctly. So they have additional backups beyond the customer-accessible ones, and will restore them upon request. They have a support ticket system, a wiki, discussion forums, and a server status blog for support.
I'd use a coupon to sign up, DRUPAL50, which will remove the $50 setup fee and make it $9.95 monthly for L1. Here is a comparison of the 4 DreamHost plans.
I've been using DreamHost for Drupal since August of 2005.
- Ben
Drupal on Dreamhost is slow
I started out with Dreamhost, but had to move elsewhere due to poor performance. In my experience, Drupal runs very slowly on their servers.
Part of the problem is that they now run PHP as CGI instead of using mod_php (which is much faster than CGI). You can force the server to use mod_php, but it's unsupported, and it didn't work properly when I tried.
A bigger problem I ran into was poor MySQL performance. The server I was on had MySQL hosted on a separate machine, so each query had to make a round trip through the network before Drupal could process it. Drupal tends to make a lot of queries per page, and the lag adds up quickly. I played around with the Devel module and found it was taking over 3000ms to get through all the queries! It's even worse if you're doing things like embedding Gallery2. I had them move me to another server, but there was no improvement.
Enable caching can help compensate for the MySQL lag, but, unfortunately it won't help for logged in users or administrators (that's what really killed it for me, having to waiting 7 seconds for admin pages to load).
I'm not the only one who's been dissatisfied with Dreamhost's performance, take a look at these threads:
"navigating to a node can take 5-10 seconds"
"page load time is about 10 to 20sec"
I've since switched to AN Hosting, and according to the Devel module, my pages are literally loading 20-30 times faster, clocking in at about 130ms to render the entire front page. It's amazing what a well configured server can do for performance. I wrote a brief review of Drupal hosting on AN Hosting, if anyone wants more info.
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John Forsythe
Blamcast - Proudly hosted by AN Hosting
Another vote for AN Hosting
I checked this thread when I needed a new host. There seem to be many good options, but Mr. Forsythe here provided some numbers to support his opinions. Along with a more in-depth review on his website. I've been on AN Hosting for 2 weeks now and my site is noticeably quicker! I didn't time things like John, but it's definitely quicker. They have a 30 day moneyback guarantee, so you can kick the tires a bit and see for yourself.
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drupalpunk
my Drupal tutorial site: www.drupalpunk.com
Odd
I use DreamHost, and am a little concerned about the MySQL situation so am keeping my eye out for a better provider. (Currently my site is in development mode, so the speed is OK, but I worry about when I get real users.)
So, based on this discussion I checked out AN Hosting. Looked promising, but...
Sure, there will always be unhappy customers sounding off (and potentially unscrupulous competitors!) but the radicalbehavior.com guy seemed both reasonable and legit. That, combined with the lack of more comprehensive reviews on webhostingjury.com, etc, makes me suspicious.
For now, still searching....
AN Hosting
Well, I'm into my 8th month now with AN Hosting, and I still love it. To date, I've referred 56 customers to AN Hosting, and 84% of them decided to keep the service. Those are pretty good numbers. Of course, no hosting company is right for everyone, so the other 16% got full refunds. :)
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John Forsythe
AN Hosting
I put a site up on ANhosting and have found them to be sloooooooow. Much slower than 1and1 in fact. I am currently looking around for another shared hosting provider. I had some questions for site5 but trying to reach an actual human being with questions has been impossible for me. Hostmonster looks okay, but I have also read some negative things. netnation was looking great (unmetered bandwidth) until I saw they wanted $9.95 a month for a mysql database, at least that's how I read it. SO I'm back to searching for a provide who doesn't overload their servers with sites, provides lots of bandwidth, gives ample diskspace and databases and doesn't want an arm and a reproductive organ for their service.
I'll stop daydreaming eventually and just "settle"
Thanks
I had wondered about them, so now I can take them off my list.
Right now, I think NearlyFreeSpeech.net is on the top of my list.
Nancy W.
Drupal Cookbook (for New Drupallers)
Adding Hidden Design or How To notes in your database
I chose hostmonster
After looking around I wound up settling on hostmonster. The setup was very quick, the drupal install was very easy. The databases there are installed on the local servers so there is no remote mysql server problems to worry about. Response time seems very quick. At the moment the server I am on has 148 other sites which is better than the usual 800-1200 I usually see. At this point I don't know if it's the norm or if it is a brand new box.
I'll keep you updated as time progresses if you're interested.
I also have ten sites on
I also have ten sites on Hostmonster and have no complaints
Not AN Hosting
if Possible, I don't want to recommend ANHosting, my experience with them is not good. I host my site on HostMonster, it works pretty very. Try www.hostingtag.com
I also setup a testing web site at Lunarpages, not bad as well.
it is not that exactly
just enable php 5.2.2 instead of 4.7 andit goes lightning
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Dreamhost...
Don't use Dreamhost, mail server goes down minimum once a month. Is very slow, (mysql is not in localhost), min 30 sec to upload a page!!!!
Bad Bad Bad!!!
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Top Small Businss Web Hosting
1and1 is a company providng the low cost web hosting solution. This might be good choice for beginner because of price. But when the traffic of your web site is increased, in most case, you will need to start loking for other one.
Below is a list of web hosting company will work for you
Small Business Web Hosting.
HostMonster performance (speed)??
I'm in the process of looking for a new host server due to lack of performance (speed) on 1and1 server. I've a small site but for some reason, it took a few seconds to load a page. Question is, how is HostMonster performance? Is there any hostmonster's drupal website that I can look at? Do you have any suggestion on host server? We are non-profit organization and we don't have a lot of money to spend on....
Thanks
Hostmonster load times
This is a fresh load of of a site and it has no content but you can try lspir.com. It's on hostmonster.
Hope this answers your question.
- NP -
www.mulpo.com
If anyone wants to see a Drupal site on hostmonster you can go to www.mulpo.com, it's an online community for Multimedia Developers.
also spend about $90 USD a
also spend about $90 USD a year, its nice that they have so much bandwidth and disk space, but a file limit is dumb (they limit the number of files you can have). For the MySQL databases, 100MB can be small at times, but the disk space you use with the databases and the email accounts is separate (It does not take away from your original 200GB)
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Media Temple
I'd like to give an update on Media Temple (about whom I complained in the 2006 thread). I've been with them since they introduced their GridServer service and complained like many others about downtime and slowdowns. However, things seem to have improved dramatically since then and although the service still isn't the fastest in the world if you're too far away from their servers it is reliable and offers more for $20 a month than I could imagine possible. I wouldn't recommend this for high profile critical path sites (supposedly their virtual and dedicated servers are pretty good for that - they run TechCrunch) but if you're like me and need to host a large number of low-medium traffic sites, particularly with US audiences, I cannot recommend them highly enough. I run Drupal, Wordpress, Gallery 2 and a homegrown CMS sites on them and they're as easy to administer as if I had my own server (full SSH, php.ini access).
I also like the way the company has addressed their problems (http://weblog.mediatemple.net/weblog/2007/01/19/anatomy-of-mysql-on-the-...). Their email support isn't as good as I've had elsewhere but eventually all problems are resolved (usually first response comes in 24 hrs). But most of my problems have been related to the general levels of service and I haven't had to contact them in almost a month.
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http://www.dominiklukes.net
http://www.hermeneuticheretic.net
http://www.czechupdate.com
http://www.techwillow.com
seconded. (mt) rocks.
seconded. (mt) rocks.
Not a Media Temple fan
I am working on a site that is hosted on a Media Temple GridServer (someone else picked). After months of various performance problems things looked to be settling down. Then last Thursday I was testing some stuff and started getting an "Internal Server Error" which they "fixed" by changing the PHP settting to PHP 5 (was PHP 4). Now they say the only way to run Drupal on the server is with PHP 5 and switching back to PHP 4 brings the error back. Since the site was developed with PHP 4 it is not PHP 5 ready and it is causing problems and Media Temple has been slow to respond (other than saying must now use PHP 5)
FWIW
I have a lot of respect for Mike Arrington's TechCrunch, and he's a big fan...
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/17/media-temple-crushes-shared-hosting...
So Media Temple looks like a strong contender for me.
The grid computing thing makes a huge amount of sense, especially for dealing with the slashdot problem. ...Which, as a friend would say, is a "champagne problem" :-)
That said, could anyone comment on the value of the MySQL Grid Container? (http://www.mediatemple.net/webhosting/gs/mysql-containers.htm) vs. MySQL Smart Pool (more or less regular shared MySQL as far as I can tell)
grid containers
I'm temporarily on a Grid Container for the sites below including http://bohemica.com and it seems to make no difference (about 2000 daily page views). Would be useful for a larger site that needs more control over the database.
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Dominik Lukes
http://www.dominiklukes.net
http://www.hermeneuticheretic.net
http://www.czechupdate.com
http://www.techwillow.com
1 vote for MT
I am using the grid container for our server. The difference wasn't obvious. Things are much more stable now and faster but the grid in general was having problems for the first month or two (lots of downtime and slowness) so I am not sure how much of our better performance was due to the mysql container and how much due to improvements in the grid in general. Although, if problems occur in the future I do feel like I have more right to complain because I am paying twice as much :).
I love Media Temple though. The control panel is so easy and if you call them, you get someone who actually knows what they are talking about.
Media Temple
I switched to MT about 2 months ago..and am really very happy with them. I have had a good experience both with their support and site performance.
www.individualtrader.org
Update on MT ... not awful, but kinda slow
Well, I started using MediaTemple's GS (with MySQL container) a few months ago, as I posted above. It's definitely better than DreamHost, but it's not as quick as I'd like.
I think this has to do with my speed requirements, not my setup -- looking at dewolfe's site (which is cool, btw), I think it's about as fast as mine.
So, I'm ready to move again. This time I'm going for VPS, $90/month from Liquidweb. But it'll get me 768MB of RAM and apparently a pretty speedy processor. It's 3x what I'm paying MT, but I figure it'll be worth it for a snappy site.
I'll update in a few months... hopefully that I'm not moving yet again! =)
Servage.net
I tried servage.net. Great support, good performance, you can disable the safe_mode. It's very flexible.
Milez
Doteasy
Do not use doteasy. They have configured their system so that drupal does not work, and if you ask them any questions they will tell you to use joomla.
Actually, Drupal does run on
Actually, Drupal does run on Doteasy, but you have to make two URL aliases, one for /user and one for /admin, otherwise you end up on Doteasy's config panel. I don't like Doteasy myself, but my client had already bought his domain and hosting from them. A bit too expensive for what you get, IMHO.
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mybesinformatik.com - Drupal website development
ByetHost & Awardspace
I work for struggling non-profits, ie, no money. I liked ByetHost and Awardspace because they offered free hosting that can be upgraded.
Free ByetHost
* 5 mysql databases
* forced banners
* upgraded to $2.95/mo to remove forced banners
Free Awardspace
* 1 mysql database
* no forced banners
I installed 4.7 on ByetHost for one non-profit and 5.1 on Awardspace for a second non-profit.
I was happy as a clam. Then ByetHost reorganized their clusters unannounced changing DNS and usernames, passwords, etc. and my web site went down. I struggled for 5 days to get it working and could not even get a reinstallation to work. phpMyAdmin was crippled so I had to load up some utilities for database backup and restore. I am still struggling. My concern with BH is they don't mind changing things and disabling php functions on the fly. htaccess is a minefield. If your php code has errors involving permissions or access, BH throws up a generic screen that hides any details. Not a stable platform.
Awardspace seems to be more stable. I will see how it goes.
I am now looking for another free/cheap service to replace ByetHost. I don't want to put all my eggs in the Awardspace basket, but I may have to.
John
Byethost - paid services pretty good
I was on Byethost's free service for a few weeks and it was a bit ropey but fair enough for something that was free and reasonable support.
Then I signed up to their paid hosting and got a much better Control Panel, no problems with MySQL and when I had a nightmare with the HTMLtidy module (they ban execution files on their site) they installed the appropriate script (see http://drupal.org/node/181652).
Site seems to run OK at the moment so I would vote for these guys, though I've only be using Drupal for a few weeks so far. Will be interesting to see how it goes after a few months.
http://byethost.com/
HostMonster
I recommend HostMonster. HostMonster with unlimited domains, unlimited MySQL, PHP, live 24/7 free phone support.
Dreamhost is a close runner up. Dreamhost also has unlimited domains and unlimited MySQL. But it is slightly more expensive and does not have unlimited phone support. But Dreamhost does have a great referral program. For example, I can create a "promo code" (such as "educational") that I can give to people. If people enter that "promo code" when signing up for hosting with Dreamhost, then I get $97 dollars. I can even give that person a discount (say $25) if they use the promo code. But that $25 dollars comes out of my $97 dollars.
artcoder
I'll second that and
I'll second that and recommend HostMonster. I find their service is very good and the site is always up and fast. That's after trying a few "freebies" like Byethost and award where I had a lot of headaches. I just set up a Drupal site on HM without a hitch.
Left siteground for Hostmonster
I left siteground for hostmonster about a week ago. So far so good. The performance is much, much better that I had.
Hostmonster
Are you still liking their service?
Ron
Shop up to 3 lenders
phpinfo()
Would you run phpinfo() and list the disabled php functions?
<?php
// see <a href="http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php
//" title="http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php
//" rel="nofollow">http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php
//</a> save as phpinfo.php and access: <a href="http://yourdomain/path/phpinfo.php
//" title="http://yourdomain/path/phpinfo.php
//" rel="nofollow">http://yourdomain/path/phpinfo.php
//</a> search for directive: disable_functions
phpinfo();
//
?>
Thanks,
John
Do not
Do not go to US Web Design and Hosting. They allow their customer service guy to go ballistic over nothing and then express his personal prejudice by pulling the plug suddenly. Besides, they charge way too much for a domain name.
I am currently using 247-host.com and they
are pretty goodstink. I use the lowest level "reseller" plan (cheap) to host a bunch of sites. Myonlyfirst complaint is the same one I've gotten at every host I've used: If you ask a question about something related to Drupal, they say "Go back to the person who gave you the command." That's not very useful when it comes to things like setting up Cron, which is so host-dependent. Theother thingbiggest problem is that they do have [often extended] periods of slow-downs or just down; that's a risk when you use shared hosting, but this is incredibly bad and frequent. Yesterday, all my sites were down for over 5 hours because "we had a user abusing the system."Nancy W.
Sites for web host reviews and tests
http://www.webhostingjury.com/
- Extensive user reviews and ratings of hundreds of web hosts.
- 79 web hosts had the minimum number of reviews to receive rankings.
- Ratings by one or two users can skew rankings so read reviews to make sure the rankings are warranted.
http://www.webhostingunleashed.com/
- Provides Best and Worst lists with reviews.
http://just-ping.com/
- Measure web host for lost packets and delays. Packets are sent from several sites in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
http://www.hyperspin.com/
- Monitor web host at set intervals
http://www.hyperspin.com/ranking.php?type=1
- 159 Ranked web hosts.
John
Manyweb hosting rating
Manyweb hosting rating services are actually run by a webhost and are as unreliable or more so than this poll.... now who is it that has a nice write up on that? I'm not saying that's the case here, but I know it to be the case with many that I have seen.
Yosemite Explorer - hiking and climbing in Yosemite (drupal)
PolurNET.com
I have been researching web hosts for 2 weeks after having some bad experiences.
I wanted a shared web host with
* excellent user reviews
* low fees
* monthly billing cycle
* no setup fee
* no disabled PHP functions
* reliable track record
* responsive support
* Paypal payments
PolurNET appears to meet my criteria.
PolurNET:
http://www.polurnet.com/shared/compare.php
PoluNET reviews and reliability:
http://www.webhostingjury.com/
http://www.geekcertified.com/display-86.html
Uptime: http://www.hyperspin.com/geekcertified/www.polurnet.com
Packet delay for for server #8 BISMARK:
http://www.watchmouse.com/en/ping.php?vtt=1172887428&varghost=bismarck.n...
PolurNET Status reports:
http://status.polurnet.com/
--> forums for 8 servers (requires one forum account)
Server #1
BIONIC (bionic.nsglobalhost.net) (bionic.nsglobalhost.net)
Since: December 30, 2006
Outages: 1
Total Uptime: 99.995%
Monitor: Every 5 minutes
Last Check: March 2, 2007 at 6:10 PM PST+3.0
Year Outages / Checks Uptime
2007 1 / 17924 99.994%
2006 0 / 374 100.000%
Year Month Outages / Checks Uptime Downtime
2007 March 0 / 485 100.000% 0.000%
2007 February 0 / 8200 100.000% 0.000%
2007 January 1 / 9239 99.989% 0.011%
2006 December 0 / 374 100.000% 0.000%
Average response time: 0.079 seconds
Server #8
BISMARK is the server used for new customers
BISMARCK (bismarck.nsglobalhost.net)
Since: February 14, 2007
Outages: 1
Total Uptime: 99.936%
Monitor: Every 5 minutes
Last Check: March 2, 2007 at 6:01 PM PST+3.0
Year Outages / Checks Uptime
2007 1 / 4719 99.936%
Year Month Outages / Checks Uptime Downtime
2007 March 0 / 470 100.000% 0.000%
2007 February 1 / 4249 99.929% 0.071%
Average response time: 0.051 seconds
If anyone has experience with PolurNET as a Drupal host, please post.
I will update this post with my experiences.
John
2007 Hosting Review
I think you can try to visit www.webhostingclue.com, where is a place to find reliable web hosting solution for the web site with affordable price.
AngryHosting
AngryHosting rocks.
The servers are fast (both in adminstration and serving), the spam filters are top notch, the control panel is simple and clean, and their minimal plans are unmatched in value. $12/year for a GB of storage, what! They are security minded and they don't run php as cgi.
The trade off is support is by email only.
http://angryhosting.com
I've been hosting my sites
I've been hosting my sites on Servage for the past year. They work great with drupal!
For eu6.35 a month you will get:
250gb space (25gb more if you use the coupon)
2100gb transfer
Unlimited email accounts
1000 mysql databases.
Unlimited domains and subdomains.
and also, you get a domain name for one year (or an extension of a current one)
Every support call I've made, they've given quick and informative replies.
Use this link to get 25gb more space:
http://www.servage.net/?coupon=getfreespace25gb
Midphase
We've been using midphase for a while. Just recently they changed something and now when we try to enable mods we get a fatal error about memory. They tell us we are using too much CPU. So We'll be going elsewhere. If we can't even do a Drupal core install without errors then we're outa there!
My eyes're bleedin' !!!
Hey all,
I've been following the webhost reviews for some time now, as my 2-year contract with my current host is up in June of this year. My current host, iPower, recently started advertising 200GB of disc space, but don't tell you about the 50k file count limit. I've read so many reviews from different sites that my eyes need a vacation...
What I am currently hosting with ipower is this:
Personal / family website powered by drupal and gallery
At last count, over 5k photos, taking up just over 2GB of disc space
My Drupal install hosts a few meager (aka dead) forums ;), tons of RSS feeds, and a few blogs. It's mainly just a place for me to share my photos, and eventually the results of my genealogical research.
The site is currently hovering at just under the 50k file count limit, so I can't add more pictures easily until I relocate the site.
I was wondering if anyone else was using a webhost that offered something between 5-10GB of space without wanting a virtual arm and leg for it.
Thanks!! Ian
Ipower
How did you able to instal drupal on iPower ? How did you able to grant your db user LOCK TABLE previlege ? I am new to drupal.
I have an account with iPower and try to install drupal 5.1 on it. Apparently, I did not succeed.
Thanks.
thn99
Drupal on iPower
I downloaded the latest version of drupal, and extracted the archive to my computer. I created a folder on my website in which to test Drupal and used FTP to copy the files there.
After weeks of testing and tweaking, I moved it from the subfolder to the root of my website, thus making it the active content on my site. To grant additional permissions needed by Drupal, I emailed tech support and requested that the DB Admin user account I associated with Drupal be given the necessary permissions.
Regards // Ian
fastest response
I am running Drupal 5 on iPower. When I ran into the LOCKED TABLES issue, I just called up tech support, gave them the name of my dB and the username -- less than 30 seconds: fixed.
If you have an iPower prob anytime between roughly 7pm-5am PST -- you can usually get through to tech support via phone within a minute or two at most. The longest I have ever waited at night was about 5 minutes.
During PST daytime, if you aren't up for sitting on hold somewhere between 3-60 minutes, go with email. I live on night-shift so quickie bits like that don't seem to bother the techs too terribly.
OpenSourceHost
I'm on OpenSourceHost (https://www.opensourcehost.com/), which I found through their partner site, OpenSourceCMS (http://www.opensourcecms.com/). I think they're package is very competitive, but what attracted me to them was their focus on open source CMS and other software. They'll install and upgrade packages for no extra charge, and though I am trying to do all the installation and back-end stuff myself, they have excellent service, usually responding within a couple of hours, and have really helped me out on some stuff that I couldn't figure out myself. I'm really happy with them.
Regarding their support, I find they are willing to go a step beyond for customer support CMS questions. If they don't know the answer, they don't just tell you, "that's a CMS problem," but they actually try to figure it out by investigating the CMS documentation. Wow!
mixed service
I've had some good experiences with opensourcehost, but recently their support has been very quick to close a ticket without addressing the issue or reading the ticket fully.
Previous problems with their billing system not automatically accepting my credit card so that I had to put it in each month to get the transaction to go through have been a hassle. Also incomplete migration of acccounts to a new domain caused them to later terminate a fully paid account because it they had failed to transfer the billing and contact information to the new domain when the migration took place.
Some of their support team is really good, others are not, and the administration has proven troublesome to the point of causing outages.
I wish them the best of luck in restoring their image and my faith in them as they seemed to have alot of potential.
Quite Happy with OpensourceHost
I have been on opensourcehost for at least a year and I have been quite happy with the performance and support. Help desk tickets receive a response almost always within a couple of hours. Performance is good, and software support is broad and current. SSH access is a big plus.
HAJ
OpenSourceHost since being bought out
I was a fan of OpenSourceHosting until their recent buy out by a larger company. I had endless DNS problems when they migrated their servers AND there was no notification of the migration.
I hadn't looked at my Drupal install since before the migration and find that it just doesn't function anymore.
It's a real pity since their focus on open source tools was a real draw card. I have also had the experience of them closing trouble tickets without fixing the problem as well.
Anyone have any other experiences to share since they were bought out?
Regards,
Rod
Poor uptime
We are running our new web design on OSH but lately are running only 95-96% uptime. We may leave if it doesn't improve soon. No users on it yet, just developers.
Dreamhost questions
I'm looking at Dreamhost as a potential host for my Drupal site (particularly because of their nonprofit program) and was wondering about their reliability. I've been reading reviews of their service on other sites and a few people are talking about downtime or slow performance at least once a week. Is anyone else having these issues, or are these just a couple customers who had a problem once (hey, nobody's perfect) and are really blowing things out of proportion?
I'm looking to host a site with CiviCRM and Organic Groups (and a few other smaller modules) and want to be sure I'm signing up with a reliable host. Thanks.
Where there's smoke, there's fire
They have problems with their SQL server
Nancy W.
Drupal Cookbook (for New Drupallers)
Adding Hidden Design or How To notes in your database
Dreamhost
After I read all these comments about hosting providers, my conclusion is no one is perfect and which one you choose is depending on your needs. If you are just try to set up a website with Drupal, I think the free hosting is the best choice-it is free but possibly, it is a little slow and not so good service. For other hostings, it depends on what kind of website you design and how good performance you wish. If you want something like big multimedia website, you should take more time to make decision. However, if your website is just about some news, simple forums etc. My suggestion is that for these hostings discussed by users, choose the best deal.
I use dreamhost because I get a good deal. currently it is working very well.
there are something i should mention,
first, when you create the first database, it will take 10 minutes. But from the second, it set up your database immediately.(how long is "immediately", it is possibly several seconds, I never calculate.)
second, until now i only sent one support request , I sent my email at 09:27:35 and got reply at 20:58:27 at the same day. the question is about the "memory exhausted", before they replied I figure it out according to http://drupal.org/node/76156.
third, it has one-click installation function but not including drupal.
Finally, I am a newbie, the first time to use Drupal and the first time to set up a website.
If you want to try, here is a 75 dollar coupon for one year service. just input code 75DOFF.
rima
www.meetcampus.com
Ditto on Dreamhost
Similar experience with Dreamhost. Sent in one support request (my error in an .htaccess file) and got a response and workaround in less than an hour.
Pretty inexpensive. Search for coupons and you can get a range of savings.
Tons of storage and bandwidth. Several "one-click" installs (though not Drupal) of goodies. You can even recompile php if you need to. I am planning to do that, as there is one unsupported function that I want.
I am sure that there are many useful shared hosts out there, but this one works for me.
Best WebHosting
There isn't a perfect webhoster, that is why I use five!
My favourite one is LunarPages. Because I can only have 10 addon domains there, I host most of my smaller sites (just html) with Dreamhost.
If you are looking into any webhosting service, and need a coupon, check http://www.coupons.fm
I try to get the best ones out of the companies. And the more referrals I get, the better coupons they give me.
how is ixwebhosting for Drupal 5.1
i am looking at a good host..
opinions here are tht Dreamhost is bad...
i tried siteground..they are ok..but lack speed.
hostdepartment..gives lots of space..and domans...but their servers are always down..
so someone pls give some solid advice..i can spend..100-150 dollars a year.
ixwebhosting runs php4.1
ixwebhosting runs php4.1 possibly upgrading to 4.2 . Thats what their support said. 4.2 ???? , jeez . When I suggested that they will lose customers by the droves soon if they are not on a minimum of 4.3 they , well, pfft. They run all the apps needed for drupal , but there is no way I'm loading drupal 5 or above on them . 4.76 runs , but is slow - especially when americans wake up. Lets face it . If a host will not run php 5 then whats the point. Yet I cant get them past 4.2.
Time to move on.....
you will need to..
I use IX and they have servers that are running php5. All you need to tell them is you want your account on that server. That is what I am doing now. I am backing up all my files and let them know when I am done. I stil need to know about downtime though.
Horrible reviews about Webhostingbuzz
I was about to move my domains to webhostingbuzz (excellent 3$ per month for 30GB disk and 1000GB bandwith and unlimited domains hosted) but then I read on the net a lot of very bad reviews about webhostingbuzz, mainly pertaining to servers frequently going down, slowdowns, disconnected service and poor customer.service.
See sample reviews in the following links:
http://www.hostchart.com/host_reviews.asp?ID=1523
http://www.webhostingjury.com/reviews/WebHostingBuzz
http://www.webhostingstuff.com/review/WebHostingBuzzcom.html
mmm I guess I will keep on searching...
I run mostly non-profit sites
Maybe that's why I don't really notice the negative side of things,
though I have had the odd, site down, just once
Thanks for the links
Perhaps I won't renew this June
I used Webhostingbuzz for a
I used Webhostingbuzz for a year and dropped them, moving to WestHost. WebHostingBuzz started off great for me, but then their mail servers targeted Yahoo's mail servers as spam sources, and they largely ignored my issues or claimed there was no issue. Also, I could never determine if the numerous outages were just server lag, network congestion, or something else.
I've been with WestHost for over a year with my personal site ($7/mo). It's VPS, 5GB storage, 100GB transfer, numerous DBs (MySQL), SSH access, and numerous software packages easily installed through their manager interface. They include Joomla but not Drupal in their installable package list, but with SSH access getting Drupal installed was easy. They are very good about sending out maintenance downtimes emails, and while the VPS tech in general can be laggy, after initial contact latency the site is very responsive.
Since then I chose Dreamhost and I'm very satisfied
Just to share with you: soon after my above post about Webhostingbuzz, we moved our domains to Dreamhost and I must say that up to now we are very satisfied. Great upscale hosting to our experience and for a ridiculous price for the 1st year (I used a coupon posted by someone here in drupal.org).
Avoid SiteGround
I tried SiteGround and was not happy at all with their services. In the month I used them the site was super slow, or completely down a number of times.
Their installation of PHPMyAdmin didn't work 90% of the time.
The customer service response was quick, but not very good or thorough. I had several tickets closed with reasons like, file under a different subtopic. WTF is that? In this day and age the support team should be able to shuffle tickets around to respond to problems, not put the onus back on the customer. They also tended to blame my ISP for problems even though I've never had the problem at any other hosting companies I have used, and the problems occured from multiple locations using competely different ISPs.
Finally I got fed up and tried to cancel 31 days in. Even though there is a 30 day money back deal, at day 31 they won't even return part of your money.
So, just avoid SiteGround. There are better offers out there anyway. They don't give you any add on domains for free for example.
Stay away. Far away.
Siteground is useless
I concur totally. I had siteground for three horrible months. All I ever got were blank pages. The worst page load times you could imagine. Like you, support was no help. They said everything was on my end and I needed to upgrade my service. Their tech support people are just low level sales people trying to get you to upgrade service. I switched hosts and suddenly page load problem disappeared. Stay away from Siteground!!!!
Siteground -1 Site5 +1
I also had problems with Siteground: terrible technical support via email, very slow page loads. I switched to Site5 and have been very happy with them. Prompt and accurate technical support and good user forums to get answers to questions. SSH access, multisite domains, dedicated IP address, PHP 4 or 5.
What version of MySQL does
What version of MySQL does Site 5 carry these days?
-Bryan
4.1.22
My server is showing mysql 4.1.22. According to a forum post, they have no plans to go to mysql 5. However, they should have PHP5 set as the default php on all their servers in the next few (6?) months or so.
~silverwing
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misguidedthoughts.com
Not supported
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/
Nancy W.
Drupal Cookbook (for New Drupallers)
Adding Hidden Design or How To notes in your database
I read a post wrong, Site5
I read a post wrong, Site5 will announce their mysql5 plans later this week or so. Why I thought they had no plans of upgrading, I don't know. I really thought I read that on their forums.
~silverwing
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misguidedthoughts
Im using Servage....
$8.10 per month (canadian).
- 310Gigs. storage.
- 3000 gigs monthly transfer.
Mail Features
- Unlimited POP3 Mailboxes [?] - Unlimited IMAP Mailboxes [?]
- Unlimited E-Mail Forwarders - SMTP Server
- Online Mail Access (Webmail) - Catch-All Mailbox [?]
- Spam Filtering [?] - Unlimited Mailing Lists
Web features
- 310 GB Web Space (310000 MB) [?] - 3000 GB Transfer [?]
- Unlimited FTP Accounts [?] - FTP Access [?]
- 1000 MySQL Databases (v4 & v5) [?] - FTPS (Encrypted FTP)
- PHP v4.4.4 & PHP v5.2.1 [?] - GD Support [?]
- Shockwave & Flash [?] - Microsoft Frontpage Support
- Custom Error Pages - WAP Enabled [?]
- XML Support [?] - Mod_Rewrite Enabled
- EXIF Support [?] - CGI/Perl [?]
- SSI Support [?] - Python Support
- Private CGI-BIN [?] - ionCube Loader
- Zend Optimizer - Run Zend Encoded Scripts
- Optional Hotlink Protection - CURL Enabled
- PHPMyAdmin - Webbuilder Software Included
- ImageMagick Support - Netpbm Support
- Ruby on Rails - Wildcard Domains
- Password Protected Directories - Full .htaccess & .htpasswd Support
Additional Features (included)
- Web Based Administration Panel - Full DNS Management
- 1 New Domain Included (or transfer) - Multiple Domain Hosting
- Unlimited Subdomains - Own Cronjobs
- Online Web Statistics - Online Filemanager
- Automatic Script Installer [?]
Content Management Systems:
Drupal v4 (4.7.5)
Drupal V5 (5.0.0)
E107 (0.7.8)
Joomla (1.0.12)
PHPFusion (6.01.6)
Postnuke (0.764)
Typo3 v4 (4.1.1)
Blogs:
BBlog
WordPress (2.1)
Discussion Boards:
phpBB v2 (2.0.22)
punBB v1 (1.2.14)
SMF (1.1.2)
E-Commerce:
OSCommerce
ZenCart (1.3.7)
Groupware scripts:
WebCalendar (1.0.5)
Guestbooks:
OpenBook (1.2.2)
Image Galleries:
Coppermine (1.4.10)
Gallery V2 (2.2.1)
MG2 (0.5.1)
Polls:
VzPoll
ki's:
DokuWiki (2006-11-06)
PmWiki (2.1.27)
And another interesting feature:
Servage Webdrive
As addition to common uploading methods such as FTP and HTTP we also offer the Servage Webdrive. This feature enables you to mount your hosting account as a drive (e.g. S:) on your local PC.
Virtual Hard Disk
Use your Servage account for personal documents and files. You can access your data from any Internet connected PC. No more need for USB keys, CDs and Disks.
In many cases it is inconvenient to use a normal FTP client when creating scripts or websites as each change must be manually uploaded.
Easier Web Programming
Creating and updating scripts is easy when your hosting account is mounted as drive. Webdrive allows you to use your favorite editor and simply save your changes and the changes are applied to your hosting environment – instantly!
With Webdrive you can take full advantage of the high amount disk space included in your account. You are no longer limited to hosting only your website and email but can also use your account as external storage!
http://www.servage.net/
Interesting, but ...
It would be nice if they actually had the CURRENT releases of Drupal...
Nancy W.
Drupal Cookbook (for New Drupallers)
Adding Hidden Design or How To notes in your database
Actually....
It dosnt install drupal.... it just copies it to your directory... you still have to run install.php.
besides why knock them for at least giving you that option.
well anyway comments like yours are why ive been staying away from drupal mfor the last year.
You misunderstood
I am a proponent of Fantastico. I argue with the opponents frequently. But if they particular host is not up to date, then I find fault with them, not Fantastico.
Nancy W.
Drupal Cookbook (for New Drupallers)
Adding Hidden Design or How To notes in your database
i guess i'll go find another
i guess i'll go find another project with a more friendlier community.
ok
good luck ;)
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John Forsythe
Textdrive has gone in the toilet
I don't write this lightly as I have been a huge fan of TextDrive. A buddy and I got together and bought in early with them for the $500 lifetime hosting account. Initially they were hands down the best host I have ever used for this level of hosting.
Now the servers go down over and over several times a day and I get lame tech support replies 5 to 6 days later, if at all, saying the server has been known to have issues but none can be found. This is seriously lame hosting now... my guess is this is their way of dumping those foolish early clients that bought in.
It is a shame with all the amazing open source software out there these hosting companies provide such crappy hosting for the community. I decide to post this to save some other folks the hassle of believing the hype of TextDrive.
Fsh Hosting
this is a plug for my own hosting company
We have just launched our own hosting company (reseller), Fsh Hosting and as part of the Drupal community, I hope you will consider using us to host with. We offer three levels of hosting package;
Please see the Fsh Hosting website where you can compare our hosting packages
If you have any questions, then send us a message (Contact Fsh Hosting)
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Byethost
I've been using ByetHost for over 6 months, and although I had a 2 day patch of downtime when they upgraded their servers, they've been completely good otherwise.
The hosting comes with a free domain, and is only £20/yr. Includes 5GB space and 250GB b/w.
It comes with a Drupal auto installer, and it fully installs it, everything - The database, copying, etc.
Also all the installers (about 40) are the latest versions, when a new version comes out it is normally update within 15-90 minutes.
Their support is excellent, and very quick to respond.
I'd definitely recommend them as a budget host.
Hostgator.com
Hostgator.com
I've been his client for over 1 year.
Packages increased storage size and transfer ammount some months ago.
The service is really great and I think is cheap and worth.
For 6.95 a month you get 50 Gb of disk space and 200 Gb of bandwith.
Cpanel with fantastico included.
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My site
Hostgator.com
I started with them when I started my site, about two years ago, and have been happy with them ever since. Steady, reliable, straightforward, courteous.
O Govinda
www.jswami.info
Maybe a chart would be best?
I just had to laugh on the "my eyes are bleeding" post, mostly because I was thinking the very same thing!
I need to switch hosts, but I'm not sure the grass is greener on the other side of the fence because I switched to the host I am at because my previous host was not delivering.
I think a chart listing the features most important to "our" community should be put up. It could be handled like any Drupal project (I would even volunteer to author and moderate.)
This chart would have two huge benefits in my opinion:
A) A drupal user could quickly find a host that really meets their needs. (Let's face it, some of us need lightening speed and some don't)
B) A host that's not cutting the mustard, but wants the business of our ever so quickly growing community could see at a glance where they are going wrong and address it.
What do you think?
eUKhost
eUKhost
offers quite cheap and affordable hosting service on UK based servers.Subdomains - unlimited
Parked Domains - unlimited
Addon Domains - unlimited
Mysql databases - unlimited
Disk usage 200MB / 25GB
MySQL Disk usage - combined with package disk quota
Bandwidth (this month) 2GB / 250GB
Email accounts - unlimited
Email forwarders - unlimited
Autoresponders - unlimited
Email filters - unlimited
Mailing lists - unlimited
FTP accounts - unlimited
Most important aspects of eUKhost Hosting plans are are high security of servers, quick software updates, Uptime, Server Hardware Quality, browsing speed and support response.
Site 5
I know some people have had trouble, but I've had very few problems with their hosting. I've been hosting Drupal sites there for more than 2 years now. On my reseller account I have more than 20 Drupal sites running, and I maintain several on old multi-site accounts as well as the $5 Deal accounts.
Ever since they moved their accounts around to have even fewer accounts per server, I've had almost zero problems. The few things I've run into are minor and taken care of quickly.
Setting up multi-sites has been extremely easy ever since I learned how to do symlinks. Now I'm running several multi-site setups.
My favorite thing about the reseller account is my "skeleton" directory. In there I keep the newest version of Drupal along with the modules I use most often. When I create a new account, the files are automatically copied into the account. My next step is going to be making a site with the most common used settings for all the modules. Then I can load that using PHPMyAdmin and I won't even have to go through and do all the module settings every time.
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Jenni S.
http://www.nu-look.net
Portland, OR metro area
Contact Me
Some help needed to determine appropriate host
I am considering hosting several sites on one account and so looking for a relatively cheap host, but with lots to offer. I am using dreamhost, bluehost & co for orientation, however to get something a little bit cheaper.
I intend to host at least 2 drupal sites, one likely to be a relatively busy community site, with lots of modules activated [high resources use?] and a regional web directory & search engine - but beginning with a small budget.
The candidates are http://www.hostingplex.com/hosting/shared , http://vexxhost.com/hosting.htm [Business plan] and https://secure.startlogic.com/products_prologic.html please take a look at them.
Hostingplex, based in Toronto is the favorite, at $3.95/month, if prepaid for 2 years, free domain, 300GB, unlimited add-on domains, etc...
Lots of similarities regarding other specifics with the other 2, except that vexxhost demands for 200GB, $4.95, Startlogic for 300GB $5.95.
Does anyone have any experience with any of them, or have any comparable hosts below $6 to recommend?
Thanks
Like I said above, I like
Like I said above, I like using Site 5. I use their $5 deal for a few sites -- 110 GB of space and 5 TB of bandwidth.
It's $5 if you prepay for 2 years, more if you prepay less.
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Jenni S.
http://www.nu-look.net
Portland, OR metro area
Contact Me
Globat is giving a free year
Globat is giving a free year of hosting at the moment:
http://www.hostingdiary.com/2006/08/discover_globat.html
Andrew
I've read somewhere in this
I've read somewhere in this forum that Drupal can't run on Globat. I remember there was a post by a guy who signed up to Globat's generous package and later found out that Global does not support the basic things which are need for running Drupal.
Does anyone know if this is still true?
Globat is the worse ever!
I started out with Globat. I had problems right when my year ended. Then I went to IPower. There tech support was bad in the very beginning. They did not want to negotiate. So I drop them in two weeks. At the end, they asked why I was leaving. I told them, they were too stuck on themselves! Then I went to websitesource.com. Websitesource.com was the first hosting company that allowed me to host multiple websites. There tech support is a lot better. But there servers are slow. And just recently, I found they update their php.ini too often. This affects my CMS that uses Server Side Includes (SSI). I did not know this until recently. $1,000 later (3 developers).
I want to turn my CMS over to Drupal, but I know it is going to be very expensive! I just paid a developer $300 dollars for nothing, because after 2 weeks with the site working, the SSI stop showing up. So what I need to do is negotiate a payment plan, so I'm not plucking down the entire amount. If only life was so simple.
Anyway, I anxious to switch to Drupal for a new hosting company that treats SSI friendly. I've designed my page similar to "the onion." Actually, The Onion uses the drupal cms and it functions very well. I'm sure their site is built on the server side includes that my site is built on. All I need to know is if I change the hosting company, it won't interfere with the functionality of my website.
Chris
Not likely they are using server side includes
If a web site is using Drupal the content normally comes from the database and server side includes are not the norm.
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I'm using
I'm using www.resellerzoom.com happily. They give 4GB storage with 60GB bandwidth per month with their budget plan.
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www.apsivam.in
I am using their cheap
I am using their cheap reseller package,
The service used to be slow but its getting a lot better.
Its probably the best value for the money (I still pay $4.95/month)
Webhost manager included in all packages.
I would definetelly upgrade to site5, any more comments on site5 ? (how about the reseller packages ?)
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Web design/development - play funny games online
I changed from site5 to resellerzoom.
I used site5 since 2005 through a middle of 2006. After that, I changed my reseller hosting provider from site5 to resellerzoom (just one year ago) because my own perl script on cron had sometimes abused a site5's server and I was given alerts from them. I had to look for a budget reseller hosting provider, and I found resellerzoom.
What I think of Site5's good point is their e-mail based support. Their responses were very fast. Very Quick response. Their support was really professional. And also I was able to check my server uptime with the following URL (still currently available):
http://www.site5.com/support/uptime.php
In terms of donwtime, I think resellerzoom is much better. However maybe currently site5 is improved --- I am not sure.
The network speed, are the same based on my own cgi measurement script.
I feel resellerzoom is the same as site5. Their e-mail response is fast. Site5 is maybe a litte more faster than resellerzoom, however, the differential would be negligible so I have nerver minded so far. Virtually both the e-mail based support service level is the same.
I agree with GiorgosK that the resellerzoom's server is recently getting better than before (a half year ago).
I think resellerzoom is a little more tolerant in comparison to site5 when I run my own heavy script. (Site5 was sever and stop my hosting service without notifying)
I bet site5's technical skills because they had encouraged RoR before it is broadly recognized. I liked site5, if I have any chance, I will use site5. But currently I have no complaint about resellerzoom, either. It's more than worthwhile paying to them. I also stillpay $4.95/mo.
--- yas
Drupal Hosting
Some of you might find interesting a new article about Drupal Hosting on themegarden.org.
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Drupal Themes Live Preview - themegarden.org
Article about Drupal Hosting on themegarden.org
Readers may want to take the Web Hosting Providers section of the article about Drupal Hosting on themegarden.org with a grain of salt. The links in this section are affiliate links and at least one of them is for a terrible hosting provider: Micfo.com (I speak from personal experience).
My 2 cents.
JaguarPC.com
I've been using Jag for several years. I was with Aletia, which was mediocre, until they got bought out by JaguarPC, and now they've been top notch (perhaps 6 years with Jag so far).
* 17,000 MB web space
* 210,000 MB transfer
* Unlimited domains & email
* MySQL PHP4/5, Ruby on Rails
* $8/month (I think it's actually something like $7.97*12 billed annually
*Drupal Support.
They have fantastico push-button Drupal install, though frankly, I don't care for fantastico. If you just want plug and play, though, it's an easy way to get Drupal up and going without having to use FTP or what have you.
*Tech Support.
I rate it as absolutely excellent, but be aware that they have added phone support and live chat in the last year. Before that it was ticket system only. I have not used support since they added phone support and that may have degraded or improved the overall service. I have no idea. Every interaction I've had with tech support has been great though.
Yosemite Explorer - hiking and climbing in Yosemite (drupal)
Friendlier Web Hosting
Note from drupal.org admins:This user is suspected to be a shill of friendlier.com. See also http://drupal.org/node/155797.
Hi,
I have found a very good Web Hosting Company - www.friendlier.com.
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On sign-up, you receive a free domain, but you can host as many as you wish.
Besides their support team is really good!!!
I sincerely recommend them!
Officially PO'd at DreamHost. Trying MT
Well, for the second time in a month I had random server outage / extreme slowness.
My sites are extremely low traffic: one is a family-only site, the other is currently in development.
One of the reasons I decided to try DreamHost was that I appreciated their apparent honesty in posting issues on "System Status." They showed some issues, even some serious ones, but they appeared to be resolved promptly and intelligently.
What I now know is that my accounts are affected by issues that do NOT appear on "System Status", and that occur much more frequently.
So, I've signed up for MediaTemple, and am running a test site there for the moment. So far Drupal seems to run much faster than on DH. On the down-side, their Knowledge Base is pretty poor -- DH's wiki always seemed to have documentation of my issues. So if you're just starting out (like I was a few months ago) and you need color-by-numbers, DH is OK training wheels, but MT seems to be the 10-speed.
I have a feeling I'll be doing the same....
I have a feeling I'll be making a move from DreamHost also. This morning I found that I can no longer Copy/Move my drupal directory between my staging site and my live site. I get a (by design) Script Termination Error telling me the process has taken more than the allocated 30 seconds.
This is a huge land mine. I don't even know how I will move away now? I guess FTP each sub directory one at a time?
I don't believe this issue existed in the past because I've moved and backed-up entire drupal sites numerous times without issue.
Similar issue here's the solution
I noticed something similar and was instructed that if I use an FTP client (I've choosen WinSCP) or Shell (either putty or command line mode in WinSCP) the timeout is not an issue. Additionally, I'm told that using Shell or FTP also taxes the server far less than their web UI file manager - so you are also being good to your neighbors.
I must admit that page loads are slow.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt, their support is quite good so I am going to have a crack at asking them today if they would consider addressing the speed issue for us.
I will be sure to post an update here should Dreamhost address or correct the speed issue.
Constantly PO'd at Dreamhost... but...
I have had horrible luck with Dreamhost's performance in general, but their configuration is better than the others I've tried. I chalk it up to being physically located on the other side of the world, but either way it's intollerable for me. It takes forever to upload or download via ftp to my site, email goes down temporarily at least once a week (it's been 7 months now) and sometimes my mail client silently fails to download mail from them. I call about it and they say it must be my mail client, but then it mysteriously starts working again after they look into it. That said, I'm also using MyCreatingOnline, which uses PHP as CGI, and I can't seem to use .htaccess files without turning up an internal server 500 error. This is keeping me on Drupal 4.6 (yuck!). I just installed the latest version on Dreamhost and it's working like a charm. I'm thinking about going dedicated on 1and1...
I should say though, for what it's worth, the support at MyCreatingOnline is absolutely incredibly fantastically awesome -when they can help. The longest I've waited for a response is 34 minutes, shortest was 18 minutes. And many of those requests involved their people looking at files on my site, understanding them, and providing feedback. I've never heard of that anywhere else.
Just cancel dreamhost account
I have similar issue with dreamhost last month and canceled subscription now, apart from their not so friendly web interface -cpanel..not really. However I have large space after one year with them, well I just hate it when I have to twist php in drupal. Now I am with slhost, smaller space and much less bandwidth.. but super support within minutes.
Eric.Y
Melbourne Australia
My Weight Training Blog
Try Hostmonster
You guys should try Hostmonster. I switched over about 6 weeks ago and have been very pleased with everything including their tech support. I now have much faster page loads, very little down time and excellent support when I have needed it.
Recent 1and1 experience
I've been with them for a couple years without any real problems. Uptime was always decent, performance was fair (definitely not quick, but ok).
This week, though, uptime has been awful, and customer service dismal:
http://www.appdev.info/?q=node/106
I'm still stewing, but definitely considering a switch.
Honestly, mostly useless information
Bottom line isn't what the hosting provider gives you, but what your site requires. Unlimited bandwidth doesn't mean anything if your Drupal site is using 30% CPU resources. Shared hosting is for low traffic, low query, sites.
One of my 5.2 Drupal sites is serving 800-1,000 truly unique visitors per day. Even with the v5.0 performance setting and throttling, my site is taking a big nick out of the CPU. It would be more useful if folks posted traffic statistics with their recommendations. Then a person could get a better comparison of what a host can provide them.
A hosting provider these days can promise you just about anything, but the minute your site actually becomes useful to more than a handful of users, they will shut you down in a heartbeat. There is no such things as