Best Hosting Package 1000GB Space, 9000GB Transfer, (+ 1 Domain Free)

cool
just for clarity, if i use the 50% coupon, I can get the blowout package, including a domain name for 60 dollars?
i need to see a yes or no in print. thanks

Oversell much? Jeebus.

Just wanted to add a testimonial here in case people feel skeptical that this offer is too good to be true. We had the pleasure working with the DVH team in the last month or so to test out a few of our accounts. They indeed own their own servers with unbeatable speed/performance that I have ever seen with other hosting providers (with drupal sites), better than our own VPSes. Their support team is very responsive and accommodating on our requests.

I encourage people to give it a try and to help build a hosting community that caters to drupal's needs with affordable pricing. The community voice can also help to police the providers to keep their promises.

Jenny

how often does your company update the lastest app versions? would you consider doing so on request, if say i notice you didnt have the latest version of tikiwiki on moodle would you update within the month?

Hi Steve,

Been looking at new hosting, and came across this one which looks pretty promising. However, got a couple of questions and concerns that I hope you can address:

Technical stuff:
- ssh access?
- Do you allow PHP to open sockets to other sites?
- Do you run shared MySQL servers on a separate machine from the one I am hosted on?
- Do you limit resource usage (CPU percentage, CPU seconds per process, memory, ...etc.)? What are these limits?
- any performance / uptime guarantee?

Most importantly, about the company:
- What's the contact info for your host besides e-mail addr? Any phone #? addr?
- I understand that you guys are a new hosting, but are there any trackrecord / previous experiences that you can provide?
- Anyway to differentiate between your company vs a "fly-by-nite" one?

While your initial reviews looks great, some of us (well, at least I am) wondering how your host will perform as it get loaded with more users. Thanks in advance!

I know, I feel less intelligent for asking, but I must. Can I install other programs (as in, NOT Drupal) if I use drupalhosting as a host?
Oh yes, one more thing is this Win or Linux? I looked, and maybe I missed it, but I need to know. TIA

I'm almost ready to sign up with DrupalValueHosting.com. But I can't bet my business on an unknown company, so I looked for some solid "About Us" info on the website -- and didn't find anything.

In search of understanding I looked up ownership of domain DrupalValueHosting.com, and checked the IP address of its server, and found the info posted below. The domain was registered 6 October of this year for one year by Amit Gupta of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Kolkata used to be known as Calcutta.)

http://www.drupalvaluehosting.com/members/announcements.php
On this page is an announcement of the new service, dated 18 November of this year, signed "Amit", I assume domain owner Amit Gupta.

I read the site's legal agreements, which say the laws of Texas apply, but there's no company name or address, so no party or place for legal service as contracts usually specify; I wonder if such agreements are enforceable in the U.S.

The site offers domain registration in these TLDs: .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .in. Availability of .in makes sense if the company is in India, so I wonder what the Texas connection is.

Looking at the online signup form, the only payment mode is PayPal, no direct credit card support.

I hope Mr. Gupta or "Steve" will tell us more, because we can certainly use a quality, affordable Drupal hosting service that we can count on.

Registrant:
Amit Gupta
Vaishnawidham Apptts, Bl-B, FL-2A
Diamond Harbour Road, Joka
Kolkata, West Bengal 7000104
India
Gupta, Amit thesoftwareplanet@gmail.com
919934183503

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: DRUPALVALUEHOSTING.COM
Created on: 06-Oct-07
Expires on: 07-Oct-08
Last Updated on: 17-Nov-07

Using IPAddressGuide.com to look up the geo-location of the IP address of the server that hosts DrupalValueHosting.com's main site and sign-up form yielded this info:

IP Address 74.86.111.87
Country UNITED STATES
City NEW YORK
IP Name SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES INC

However, this might be owner of the IP block rather than server location, because Tracert DrupalValueHosting.com seems to find the IP in Dallas, Texas.

hello,
okay i am about to put 20 sites in the next 2 months on my account, all with their own domain names and a database assigned to them and using drupal for each one. is this too much? these are all new-no traffic sites
oh, i forgot to ask, what about this thingy called memcache which is suppose to help keep stuff from getting bottlenecked? will that help i am planning on learning how to use that.

i am asking here because my email is acting funny and you respond here quickly

DrupalValueHosting Looks like a great deal and a wonderful service how ever my site needs ffmpeg support.
Does DrupalValueHosting support FFMPEG?

Is there any user feedback? It would be nice to hear from somebody else is this new hosting any good.

themeartists.com

Hello,

I have some questions before ordering:

- Do you have 100% pay-back guarantee?

- "Addon Domains" means adding subdomains to the primary domain?

Thanks for your reply.

Ramon

I have once before had a host based in the U.S, but that turned out to be a big mistake as most of my readers, just like me, is from Europe. The site worked very well for the few readers I had in the U.S, but for the big majority in Europe the site was way too slow. No matter what I tried it never got to work. After 3 months I went back to a European host and I never had that problem again. This offer is good yes, but will I once again end up in the situation that it is slow for the readers in Europe?

I was wondering what is the download speed cap, the upload speed cap...

And also What is the largest file that the ftp can hold... I will be putting a 3GB+ file on it... thanks in advanced...

What/who will be registered as contact, owner, etc. on the ICANN register and which registrar do you use for the free domain offer associated withe the very generous other features? :)

I guess my concern is about domain ownership!

Thanks

Michel

Why doesn't your order page provide SSL encryption? I assume this also means that the account management pages don't offer SSL logins either. I don't want to send my address and password over the web in clear text.

Hi I was wondering if Drupla Value Hosting can accept transfers of .co.uk domain names and if so what are the onward cost of maintaing registration?

Thanks

Hi Steve,

You seem to be on the ball when it comes to nswer questions! :)

Altough this would not be a mandatory criteria for a host, I am wondering if/when you would offer a Postgres database. I do know drupalers tend to prefer Mysql, but to me Postgres is a a better database and I am more familiar with it.

Cheers

Michel

I have recently signed up for an account with drupalvaluehosting and was having an issue with access to the control panel.
I issued a ticket explaining my situation and awaited a response.
Can you say 5 minutes?? Fastest response I have ever received from a hosting company!
I was soon accessing my control panel (as it was a problem on my end, not the host) and the panel is one of the best layouts I have seen in a long time.
I have yet to install anything on the site, but will soon. I cant give a testimonial of the performance yet, but my first experience is two thumbs up!

I'm impressed with all the positive client feedback u got, and I saw in WHT
"http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4888264&highlight=drupalv..."
that the price quoted is:

'$5/month for life... or as long as you keep on renewing at the end of each year.'

and the free domain name is

'Free for life as long as you keep on renewing the hosting package.'

wowwww...really?!?

Most shared hosting providers have outbound email limits, cpu resource limits, memory limits, etc and if a site exceeds them they are shut down (often without warning). I understand that this is done to ensure that the other sites on the server continue to get acceptable performance.

What are the limits at DVH, and what happens if a site exceeds them? Are limits per-domain or per-account?

Thanks!

-JJ

Is mailing list (mailman) available?

Are there any restrictions (number of messages per hour/day) that can be sent by members?

What is the maximum number of members that can belong to a mailing list?

Is there any technical support today, one of my tickets has not been answered in 22 hours and so I had to open a new ticket over a half hour ago.

What happens if/when the bandwidth is (hopefully) exceeded, is there a surcharge, if so how much?
Is it possible to add unique IP to this plan?
Would I have to select a domain name now or could it wait (I own several and am trying to cut down :)

I signed up with these guys in the beginning of December, 2 months ago, and have nothing but good things to say about them.

In the 2 1/2 years that I've been working with Drupal, I've always had frustrations with my hosting companies. I've worked with about 5 other companies and played around with expensive VPS plans from reputable companies like MediaTemple. Apparently, spending as much as $60/mo, didn't mean I would get good service. I came to really hate hearing "It's a software issue", putting the blame on drupal in some way even though my local dev box worked perfectly.

If you're not a server admin and want people who you can trust to know how the servers should be set up to run drupal, these guys will save you a lot of potential headaches.

• Drupalers - this is the first hosting company I've found where the people actually understand drupal instead of just having heard of it. This means their servers are setup from the start to work properly.
• Good Support - usually pretty quick with answers, though you may have to wait 24 hours for more complex issues ... but they have shown that they really care to get the issues resolved and keep their customers happy.
• Blazing Speed - my sites have never run so fast. They've got some great servers over there!
• Great Deals - as I said, I've spent a lot of money on different hosts and none of them were as good as DVH

I downloaded the 20MB file from 3 hosts... My current site (Dot5Hosting), DVH, and AN Hosting. DVH was BY FAR the fastest, taking probably less than 1.5 seconds to download. BTW, I have Verizon FiOS 15Mbps (and I love it!). Anyway, AN Hosting was probably a little bit faster than my current host, but still took about 10 seconds or so. Okay, so then I did a ping test:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ping cklester.com

Pinging cklester.com [72.22.92.48] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 72.22.92.48: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51
Reply from 72.22.92.48: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51
Reply from 72.22.92.48: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51
Reply from 72.22.92.48: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 72.22.92.48:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 45ms, Average = 45ms

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ping anhosting.com

Pinging anhosting.com [216.104.37.211] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.104.37.211: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=51
Reply from 216.104.37.211: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=51
Reply from 216.104.37.211: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=51
Reply from 216.104.37.211: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=51

Ping statistics for 216.104.37.211:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 53ms, Maximum = 55ms, Average = 54ms

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ping drupalvaluehosting.com

Pinging drupalvaluehosting.com [74.86.111.87] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 74.86.111.87: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=54
Reply from 74.86.111.87: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=54
Reply from 74.86.111.87: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=54
Reply from 74.86.111.87: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 74.86.111.87:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 6ms

HOLY COW!!! (drool) Do you see those speeds? Am I seeing things or are they really that fast?

I might have to switch. However, I have a question... or two... :)

1. Will these servers always be this fast, or are they this fast because you don't have a lot of clients yet?
2. Can I run CGI scripts? Do I have access to .htaccess file and/or http.conf?
3. Can I stream video/audio? (Although probably not really necessary with so many free video hosts out there, eh?)

WOW! I'm impressed. I've never seen this kind of speed from any host... but I've always done the shared hosting packages. Do the more expensive dedicated services get 6ms speeds?

Can you provide any links to web sites running Drupal installations on your servers? I'd like to see how they are performing.

I really like your plans. Only that I need ffmpeg. Please update us soon on the possibility of getting it.

Regards

I have been with DVH since late November/early December, hosting www.opentk.com (the homepage of a game programming library). Things have been running great so far: server response times are excellent (testing from Europe), the pages are generated and served fast (generally under 1s on this site), and support tickets are answered promptly (haven't needed many of those, thankfully ;) )

My users were genuinely surprised by the response times when I moved to DVH. Granted, the site was hosted on sourceforge.net before, and it doesn't take much to surpass those servers in speed, but DVH was much faster than, say, NearlyFreeSpeech (which I tested at the same time).

My only "gripe" with DVH so far (gripe in quotes, since I am content with the service) is that the site hangs while performing a backup through cPanel. This can be a problem because the cPanel area is being throttled, making the backups take a long time. I'll have to check whether you can do live backups through phpMyAdmin or SSH, but this is something you need to be aware of.

Uptime has also been excellent so far. The only downtime I've ever observed happened 12 Feb, for a few minutes (a faulty hard disk was replaced on a server, no data lost).

Edit: phpMyAdmin can perform live backups, so the backup is a non-issue.

My last observation is that DVH has been steadily growing since November, with functionality being added and refined continuously (a good sign!). I'd say the only thing left for DVH now is the test of time, and, judging from their performance so far, things are looking great!

BlowoutPackage2008 - 2000 GB Space, 9000 GB Bandwidth, is that not 2tb?

regards Nithy

I've been with DVH since December now on the ValuePrivateIP package, and I'd still recommend them. I presently have my hosting needs and domain registrars spread out between 1and1, mediatemple, and DVH. If DVH continues to perform well, i'd considering moving everything over, because the DVH servers are hands down faster than 1and1 or mediatemple, and i love the latest version of cpanel.

I'm not yet ready to stake my life on DVH server uptime, tech support, etc simply do to their short (but solid) track record.

With DVH being so new, It's hard for me to throw all my eggs in one basket. Similarly, at this point it's hard for me to recommend them to my clients.

IF DVH can grow their support team as their client base grows, and they don't get greedy with overselling, i believe they can be a viable player in the shared hosting world, and with another 6 months of the kind of performance and service I've seen, i'd recommend them to anyone without hesitation.

Steve / Amit.... I wish you the best, please keep up the good work.

danny pfeiffer
http://troutshout.com
http://topicblender.com/blog/technology

Hi Steve,

I have just read thru the whole long thread of postings about DVH services.

Have several sites running on Dreamhost at the moment, expiring in March. Contemplating on moving to either MediaTemple's GS or DVH (which I happen to just come across).

Before that, I have few questions:

1. How is the refund done if I used Paypal (say I'm not satisfied with the service)? Is it a 30 days money back guarantee or do you impose a certain period of time beyond 30 days? Ok, I have to admit that I never actually use Paypal in the first place, so if refund is done, how do I get my money back? Do you have some trial period that runs for 30 days for uncertain customers like myself?

2. I don't see much info of technical specifications stated on DVH site. What exactly is (79 Available)? All I can see is this below:

BlowoutPackage2008 (79 Available) -
2000 GB Space, 9000 GB Bandwidth, One Free Domain! , Unlimited FTP;
Unlimited Subdomains, Unlimited Email Accounts, Unlimited Mysql DB, Unlimited Domains;
SSH/Shell Access, Cpanel with Fantastico (over 50 latest web applications autoinstalled)
Free Account migration from your existing webhost!
Yearly Package: $10/Month

3. Can DVH handle DNS from .com.my , .com.sg , com.au , co.vn , co.id , .com.th

4. Is the .htaccess allow to run in directories?

5. Am able to run crontab on the GS hosting?

6. What is the uptime and support response time, say if I encounter any difficulty when using your service?

*****
ATTN: All Drupalers in this forum,

Can you guys list your sites for those who runs on DVH?

I hope you could provide answers to my question as I am looking to move to a new hosting provider comes March.

Cheers,
- yeeloon

I have a multi-site drupal setup and was wondering if the BlowoutPackage2008 Package has addon domains ability? If not does it cost to add it on and how much?

Thanks,
Mangaman

"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." --Albert Einstein
The Mangaman Chronicles
Ryoko the Demon Caller

It's getting rather tiresome seeing this thread all the time, especially when a lot of the questions are the type that should be answerable on your website, if you had a forum set up for such things. The rest of the comments are either support issues which should be on your site or complaints about this thread!

When are you going to add a forum to your site. You do not run Drupal on it but I'm sure phpBB or some other forum would work for you if you can't figure out Drupal.

It's getting to the point that your threads seems like SPAM and maybe it should be locked down.

Buying advertising on this site is always an option.

Would I be able to fully utilize all the profered services?

Say I have another website with extremely large file hosting needs. Would I be able to remotely link to all the files hosted on your server?

Well, maybe there's a lot of congestion tonight, but I get around 200K/sec from DrupalValueHosting tonight, 300K from AN, and 800K from Microsoft.com (to a dedicated server at HMS).

With all respect, the main problem with DVH seems to be the rather sketchy nature of its presentation. I understand no phone support for a small organization not in the US; but you need to substantiate who you are, where you are, how you operate, and what the real terms of service are. 9TB? C'mon!

Hello Steve, I need a reseller account like the DVH's ValuePrivateIP but I have a little questions:

1- how many CPannel account can I re-sell ? with my WHM
2- can I have parked domains in each CPannel account?
3- do you sell additional domains? at $9/year?
4- there is not a discount time extension for your first client from Bolivia? ;)

thankyou

Does DVH support and allow rsync? I'd like rsync both to backup my host site but also to backup my personal files TO my host. With 2000GB of space I could backup my personal files to an account at DVH using rsync. I used to do this at Dreamhost but they no longer allow it :(.

-- Cronin

I bought a hosting package recently, and I've been very happy with it so far :)
Drupal runs fast, cPanel has a nice software package.
Their customer service is fast, kind and responsive: they did respond to my questions within a few minutes (well, it is different from the 1and1 automated emails I've been getting in the past ^^)

Igor

Any news on FFMPEG support? I tried switching from my current priovider SCHostpro.com to ImHosted.com. Neither support FFMPEG, so if you can get this, I will drop the other 2 and come to you!

I'm planning on using Drupal, but also want to setup a photoalbum that uses ImageMagick.

Is ImageMagick available?

I've been with DVH for a few weeks on their Super Duper oh my god its great shared plan, and it appears to be aptly named. The only problem so far it that I'm learning how slow my broadband connection is. I had some trouble shifting from my old hosts, but the support email turnaround from DVH was within hours, directly with Amit, and was very helpful.

I have been very pleased with the service, and certainly the price.

I understand why users are hesitant due to the nature of the business. For me it was worth the punt. DVH have responded to most of these issues by creating a forum site for discussion (which will also offer tutorials), and it contains this page that explains the DVH business. http://www.drupalvaluehosting.info/content/about-drupalvaluehosting