HostGator for sure if you are fine with a little bit high price, and if you really care about the cost, then, Bluehost would be a good one.
The major issue related to Fatcow is that, their hosting is not fast enough to support Drupal, an application with higher requirement on CPU and MySQL. I have WordPress on Fatcow, it still looks fine, but go to Joomla or Drupal, it works a little bit slow.
If you want to install the modules listed in above, you need to go for their VPS hosting. Shared hosting is not a good fit considering the memory limitation.
Well I my focus will be beta testing, so low traffic is expected. Beta will likely be closed too, which would restrict access to anonymous users.
Also, I ran the Devel query/memory logging module while have caching off and theme registry rebuild on, using my localhost and was seeing consistent <70mb per query, so I am assuming once I turn caching on and registry rebuild off, PHP memory should hover at around 50mb.
I am looking at the Hostgator Business plan with dedicated IP and shared SSL, for about $12/month.
The module you want is more relevant to memory (traffic is another topic). I see you are going to install ImageCache, which might need high memory depending on your image size. You can try their shared hosting first and see how it could fit into your solution, your can save with coupon "Clue994Off" to save $9.94 in your first month or "Clue25PercentOff" to get 25% off.
If it doesn't fit your need, you could consider their VPS hosting (1 unit), which only cost you $19.95/month.
I may consider VPS, is HostGator's 19.95/month VPS hosting fully managed?
Is it common to run into a memory error on shared hosting when running only one Drupal website, many of the reviews I've read have dealt with users who had multiple websites one shared hosting account.
No. I love HostGator and use them myself, but the level 1 VPS is not fully managed. You can't even install cPanel unless you get the level 3 VPS. They basically told me I was on my own if I wanted a level 1 VPS. Their own words were "unless you have experience managing servers, do not us the level 1 plan". You have to pay $50/month to get a fully managed VPS from Host Gator.
With that said, I don't think you'll find anyone offering a true fully-managed VPS for $20/month.
Linode is a good choice for the $20/month range. It's not fully-managed, but offers tutorials and a solid community to help you out. And, the VPS platform, from what I've heard, is a lot better than Host Gator's.
I am considering JaguarPC's 512 VPS plan, its fully managed, more RAM, more burst RAM, more storage, and bandwidth than HostGator's level one. It is currently 19/mo VPS plus 3/mo for Plesk (other control panels available) so about $22/month.
JaguarPC doesn't have 24/7 live chat for tech support. Live chat is not 24/7 and only used for sales and pre sales. Business hours only. Tech support only uses ticket system.
One nice thing about Fatcow is that you can install multiple Drupal sites under one account and you've got unlimited bandwidth and traffic.
I'm running six sites under one account, and at times they take a little bit to load, but I haven't noticed any other slowness. One of the sites is running ubercart and it performs just fine.
I am a graphic designer by profession and my employer switched to Drupal for our main site. I'm not too involved in using Drupal at work my role is more in creating Flash application and stuff like that but I decided it would be nice to try to set up a Drupal site for a foundation I am starting. However the whole reason I mentioned my work is that I do know a little about setting up to traditional web sites and ftp files up and placing cgi scripts up to the hosting server stuff like that. However, I am having trouble with getting Drupal working on Fatcow. I am a recent customer. My first problem was turning of the global variables option. I got that handled by creating an php.ini file and placing it in the cgi directory which removed the first error code then I now have an error code that you can see at http://www.pammap.com/
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HostGator for sure if you are
HostGator for sure if you are fine with a little bit high price, and if you really care about the cost, then, Bluehost would be a good one.
The major issue related to Fatcow is that, their hosting is not fast enough to support Drupal, an application with higher requirement on CPU and MySQL. I have WordPress on Fatcow, it still looks fine, but go to Joomla or Drupal, it works a little bit slow.
How is HostGator with
How is HostGator with supporting a Drupal site running many modules including UberCart, Views, ImageCache, Panels etc.?
If you want to install the
If you want to install the modules listed in above, you need to go for their VPS hosting. Shared hosting is not a good fit considering the memory limitation.
Well I my focus will be beta
Well I my focus will be beta testing, so low traffic is expected. Beta will likely be closed too, which would restrict access to anonymous users.
Also, I ran the Devel query/memory logging module while have caching off and theme registry rebuild on, using my localhost and was seeing consistent <70mb per query, so I am assuming once I turn caching on and registry rebuild off, PHP memory should hover at around 50mb.
I am looking at the Hostgator Business plan with dedicated IP and shared SSL, for about $12/month.
The module you want is more
The module you want is more relevant to memory (traffic is another topic). I see you are going to install ImageCache, which might need high memory depending on your image size. You can try their shared hosting first and see how it could fit into your solution, your can save with coupon "Clue994Off" to save $9.94 in your first month or "Clue25PercentOff" to get 25% off.
If it doesn't fit your need, you could consider their VPS hosting (1 unit), which only cost you $19.95/month.
I may consider VPS, is
I may consider VPS, is HostGator's 19.95/month VPS hosting fully managed?
Is it common to run into a memory error on shared hosting when running only one Drupal website, many of the reviews I've read have dealt with users who had multiple websites one shared hosting account.
ImageCache needs 96mb to run best I think.
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No. I love HostGator and use them myself, but the level 1 VPS is not fully managed. You can't even install cPanel unless you get the level 3 VPS. They basically told me I was on my own if I wanted a level 1 VPS. Their own words were "unless you have experience managing servers, do not us the level 1 plan". You have to pay $50/month to get a fully managed VPS from Host Gator.
With that said, I don't think you'll find anyone offering a true fully-managed VPS for $20/month.
Linode is a good choice for the $20/month range. It's not fully-managed, but offers tutorials and a solid community to help you out. And, the VPS platform, from what I've heard, is a lot better than Host Gator's.
Thanks for the feedback I am
Thanks for the feedback
I am considering JaguarPC's 512 VPS plan, its fully managed, more RAM, more burst RAM, more storage, and bandwidth than HostGator's level one. It is currently 19/mo VPS plus 3/mo for Plesk (other control panels available) so about $22/month.
JaguarPC doesn't have 24/7 live chat for tech support. Live chat is not 24/7 and only used for sales and pre sales. Business hours only. Tech support only uses ticket system.
Multisites install is a nice on Fatcow
One nice thing about Fatcow is that you can install multiple Drupal sites under one account and you've got unlimited bandwidth and traffic.
I'm running six sites under one account, and at times they take a little bit to load, but I haven't noticed any other slowness. One of the sites is running ubercart and it performs just fine.
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I am a graphic designer by profession and my employer switched to Drupal for our main site. I'm not too involved in using Drupal at work my role is more in creating Flash application and stuff like that but I decided it would be nice to try to set up a Drupal site for a foundation I am starting. However the whole reason I mentioned my work is that I do know a little about setting up to traditional web sites and ftp files up and placing cgi scripts up to the hosting server stuff like that. However, I am having trouble with getting Drupal working on Fatcow. I am a recent customer. My first problem was turning of the global variables option. I got that handled by creating an php.ini file and placing it in the cgi directory which removed the first error code then I now have an error code that you can see at http://www.pammap.com/