I’ve been with GoDaddy for years before they hit it big. With their Linux deluxe package I can host infinite domains on my webspace which is really nice.
I just want to know who you host with, why, and what kinds of lessons, horror stories, or “need to knows” you have come across…
I’m looking to switch!
The following are suggestions from other users in this thread; this is simply a compilation of those suggestions.
See, which is why I asked, I never would have even noticed a place like that, now what about price (Is mentioning that allowed here?) I am a total cheapo, and don’t do enough development to make it worth while to put a lot of money into something like this. Consider my Web Authoring a side job for fun, that pays for itself.
Sidenote: What is VPS, I know I can google it, but I’m sure with your experience with it you can cram it into super lamenz terms…
Instead of mentioning the price here I’ll suggest that you go to their site to check it out.
VPS = Virtual Private Server… Instead of your site(s) being crammed onto the same server / disk as everybody else’s, you have your own virtual server that contains all of your stuff… which in turn gives you complete and full access over the entire operating system without affecting anybody else. You are guaranteed certain hardware resources on the server that contains your virtual server and they claim to keep the number of virtual servers per actual server below the max capability so performance is / should always be awesome.
I’ve not had any problems with them, but I also didn’t really have any problems with Godaddy although many other people have, so take it for what it’s worth
I use United Hosting - they’re expensive, but are very very reliable and have great support (They also do backups 4x a day!)
If I’ve opened up a support ticket, it’s always been replied to / solved within 1 to 2 hours at any time of day.
Well I used to be a huge fan of SliceHost…. Now we are Engine Hosting fans.
You see, with slicehost we had huge amounts of freedom, however we had HUGE amounts of responsibilities. We run a web development firm, not a IT department and I often found myself spending an hour here and 15mins there to keep things up to date and secure. That all ads up, plus that is not billable time I am spending.
With Engine Hosting I blast off an email with what I want done and they send me a confirmation when it is done.
No server configs.
No apache issues.
No time spent setting up mail accounts…. nothing but a quick email.
So though we are spending 4 times as much per month as we were before, we are engaging with professionals in their field for pennies on the dollar.
It made business sense to keep doing what we do best and allow others to do the same.
mediatemple.com is eye-catchingly often used by Mac or Web Service developers.
Anybody have a clue why (mt) is so especially attractive to all those creative (mostly Mac) guys??
I for one am using 1&1;.
I have neither had any seriously bad, nor especially good experiences with them.
Considering our partnership, some might hesitate to take me at my word, but even before I began employment with EllisLab (then pMachine), I was an EngineHosting (then pMachine Hosting) diehard. Why? Same reason I chose SmugMug over all other photo hosting services. They care about my data as much as, and possibly more than, I do. Their staff coddles their hardware, and takes their work passionately and personally. Coupled with their knowledge and specialization of hosting dynamically driven sites, and offering real load-balanced solutions on uncrowded servers for even their lowest priced plan, it’s a combination that can’t be beat in my book.
Check out MediaLayer. They use an Apache replacement called LiteSpeed which is supposed to run PHP several times faster than Apache. My CI site is there, and they have great support too.
This one is deep: You get what you pay for. I presume it must be hard for people in the reality-based hosting industry to beat the quadruplezillionmega plans out there. By the sounds of it, you should go for a shared host with enough freedom to play with some settings. Second thing to consider then is reliability. If you host sites for other people and they pay you, however much, for it, you do want reliable. Otherwise they will phone you. All the time. The site to search and read for reviews and such is http://webhostingtalk.com.
I for myself use www.hosteurope.de. A german hoster though. Very good prices and the support is good aswell. We have a Linux VPS there with 256MB RAM for 9€/month! And we really get this RAM at a 100%.
Like Lee, and others, I was a huge fan of Slicehost - all my sites are still currently hosted with them.
But, like Lee said, it’s just to damn much. Sure - I can drop into the shell and make a new mailbox, or setup a new domain, but it’s just to much work. I want to click a link and be done with it. I want to manage my hosting no matter what ports are blocked on my firewall. I want to be able to tell my wife over the phone how to setup a new domain on my hosting.
I just landed a great deal, through Eleven2 who caught my request for host recommendations on my Twitter feed.
I won’t quite tell you to go out and send them your CC# but I’ll be able to advise a bit more in a week or so when I get everything going over there. So far, their customer service has been absolutely amazing.
