Comments on: Considering a Hosting Company Move http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Antony Shen http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-23125 Antony Shen Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:00:57 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-23125 I used to be with ConnecTech.Net (later bought by Interland), ConnecTech.Net was great, but once it was purchased by Interland, the service become worse. Then, I left them. Now, I am with The Planet for one dedicated server and DreamHost for a cheap shared hosting. Both are good. I used to be with ConnecTech.Net (later bought by Interland), ConnecTech.Net was great, but once it was purchased by Interland, the service become worse.
Then, I left them.

Now, I am with The Planet for one dedicated server and DreamHost for a cheap shared hosting. Both are good.

]]> By: FT'e http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20286 FT'e Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:51:00 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20286 A word about Dreamhost... I use Dreamhost services since three years and I'm very happy with them. They are very communicative about the problems, that's pretty unusual. And very responsive too! Nobody's perfect, but at least with Dreamhost, you know what's going on. I had bad experiences before with four providers, in Switzerland, in France and in the US. Offline sites, no reason given, server migration and access rights completly messed out, resetted password without a word, and many more. A word about Dreamhost... I use Dreamhost services since three years and I'm very happy with them. They are very communicative about the problems, that's pretty unusual. And very responsive too! Nobody's perfect, but at least with Dreamhost, you know what's going on.

I had bad experiences before with four providers, in Switzerland, in France and in the US. Offline sites, no reason given, server migration and access rights completly messed out, resetted password without a word, and many more.

]]> By: Greg Smith http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20235 Greg Smith Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:38:29 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20235 How about any Mac based hosts? How about any Mac based hosts?

]]> By: Caius Durling http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20228 Caius Durling Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:56:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20228 I'm currently hosting with http://nearlyfreespeech.net/ quite cheaply (about $20 / 8 months so far, for 5 sites ($20 for the lot that is, not $20 each)) but I'm looking to move to http://computechhosting.com/ when my next payday comes through. I'm currently hosting with http://nearlyfreespeech.net/ quite cheaply (about $20 / 8 months so far, for 5 sites ($20 for the lot that is, not $20 each)) but I'm looking to move to http://computechhosting.com/ when my next payday comes through.

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20221 Erik J. Barzeski Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:45:29 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20221 I appreciate the advice, but I'm not looking for suggestions on who to use. I'm just documenting my thought process. Your advice may help others, so I'm leaving the comments here and you should feel free to continue posting comments. Just please know that I've chosen mediatemple and am going to give them a workout to see if I can do what I'd like to do with them. I appreciate the advice, but I'm not looking for suggestions on who to use. I'm just documenting my thought process.

Your advice may help others, so I'm leaving the comments here and you should feel free to continue posting comments. Just please know that I've chosen mediatemple and am going to give them a workout to see if I can do what I'd like to do with them.

]]> By: Mike http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20220 Mike Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:44:54 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20220 Been quite happy with Dreamhost, too. I've been with them for about a month or two now, and every time I've had an issue with them, I filed a support request through the panel. They've responded within 24 hours (most times within an hour or two). I see a lot of people whining about things being down on their blog, but they didn't file support requests, so nobody gets back to them (the DH blog is not a support forum). I think they get a bad rep because most of the people who host with them can't seem to follow directions. Heck, they even helped me setup something code-specific on the site. I could never ask another host for that kind of help. That's a big thing to me. Otherwise, I'm also using <a href="http://www.made2own.com/">Made2Own</a> and they're pretty good. Downtime is kept to a minimum, and the prices are excellent for what they offer. I only host my blog there, and am quite happy thus far. I may drop Made2Own at some point in the future and move it to my DH account, though, so save some money. Have heard pretty good things about Interland, a non-technie friend went with them and they seemed happy. I see a lot of the big bloggers using mediatemple, but I found them to be too pricey (although I bet it's worth the money). Been quite happy with Dreamhost, too. I've been with them for about a month or two now, and every time I've had an issue with them, I filed a support request through the panel. They've responded within 24 hours (most times within an hour or two).

I see a lot of people whining about things being down on their blog, but they didn't file support requests, so nobody gets back to them (the DH blog is not a support forum). I think they get a bad rep because most of the people who host with them can't seem to follow directions.

Heck, they even helped me setup something code-specific on the site. I could never ask another host for that kind of help. That's a big thing to me.

Otherwise, I'm also using Made2Own and they're pretty good. Downtime is kept to a minimum, and the prices are excellent for what they offer. I only host my blog there, and am quite happy thus far. I may drop Made2Own at some point in the future and move it to my DH account, though, so save some money.

Have heard pretty good things about Interland, a non-technie friend went with them and they seemed happy. I see a lot of the big bloggers using mediatemple, but I found them to be too pricey (although I bet it's worth the money).

]]> By: evariste http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20209 evariste Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:13:53 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20209 Check out Joyent's $125 Solaris Container. Also check out #unixshell. Check out Joyent's $125 Solaris Container. Also check out #unixshell.

]]> By: The Plaid Cow http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20207 The Plaid Cow Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:02:45 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20207 I have been very happy with DreamHost, but don't have enough traffic to really know what would make a bad host. I have been very happy with DreamHost, but don't have enough traffic to really know what would make a bad host.

]]> By: PatrickQG http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20199 PatrickQG Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:26:01 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20199 I host things across two boxes - one a real physical box at <a href="http://serverpronto.com/">ServerPronto</a>, cost $30/month, gives me a whole box all to myself. Service is great, they'll install plenty of operating systems. The box isn't the most powerful (Athlon XP 2000+ or something similar, 256MB of ram, 40GB hard drive), doesn't come with the most bandwidth ("only" 200GB/month), but it's cheap. They also have $69, $99 and even more if you're so inclined. My other stuff is in a xen partition on a rented box a few friends and I share, about a third of the price of SP box, but then I don't get anywhere near the raw CPU time there. I host things across two boxes - one a real physical box at ServerPronto, cost $30/month, gives me a whole box all to myself. Service is great, they'll install plenty of operating systems. The box isn't the most powerful (Athlon XP 2000+ or something similar, 256MB of ram, 40GB hard drive), doesn't come with the most bandwidth ("only" 200GB/month), but it's cheap. They also have $69, $99 and even more if you're so inclined.

My other stuff is in a xen partition on a rented box a few friends and I share, about a third of the price of SP box, but then I don't get anywhere near the raw CPU time there.

]]> By: Judi Sohn http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move#comment-20193 Judi Sohn Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:54:15 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/10/31/considering_a_hosting_company_move/#comment-20193 Mike, I'm glad that Dreamhost has gotten their issues under control. This time. How do you know that it won't happen again, and if/when it does, who will you speak to get a straight answer about what's going on and when you can expect your site(s) to be working again? It's easy to give oodles of disk space and more bandwidth than a hundred sites will ever need, much harder to change your service and support model so you confidently stand behind every KB you dish out. Posting witty "mea culpea" entries on a blog doesn't cut it for me. That's why I'm no longer a Dreamhost customer. That said, I've been happy with mediatemple. I was happy with Dreamhost in the beginning, too. However, I should point out that I know absolutely nothing about the dedicated virtual setups. I use their shared hosting (now grid-server) plan. Mike, I'm glad that Dreamhost has gotten their issues under control. This time. How do you know that it won't happen again, and if/when it does, who will you speak to get a straight answer about what's going on and when you can expect your site(s) to be working again? It's easy to give oodles of disk space and more bandwidth than a hundred sites will ever need, much harder to change your service and support model so you confidently stand behind every KB you dish out. Posting witty "mea culpea" entries on a blog doesn't cut it for me. That's why I'm no longer a Dreamhost customer.

That said, I've been happy with mediatemple. I was happy with Dreamhost in the beginning, too. However, I should point out that I know absolutely nothing about the dedicated virtual setups. I use their shared hosting (now grid-server) plan.

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