Thought I was being filtered there russ. I think I am going to go with hostek but thanks for all the input everybody save for the few negatives.
On Jan 26, 2011 6:02 AM, "Russ Michaels" <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > When looking for a host here are a few tips. > > DO NOT use host review sites, nearly all are scams. > http://hosting-reviews-exposed.com > > > Here are a couple of sites with host reviews which are trustworthy and > contain real reviews. > http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/ > www.brownbook.net > > If a host has customer feedback on their own site, people often assume it is > made up. However if the feedback includes the clients name/website details, > then you can contact them directly and ask for a reference. > > Contact the hosts tech support and test their knowledge. > > There are also some important things you need to know if you are using > shared hosting that most poeple are not aware of. > > Imagine the shared hosting server is like a motorway with hundreds of cars, > at any time any one of those other cars could serve, break down, break hard > or do any number of actions that would cause a crash which would effect > everyone else on the motorway and could bring everything to a stand still. > You have no idea how bad any of those other drivers are or what condition > their car may be in, and there is nothing you can do about it if you want to > drive on that road and each time you do so you are taking a gamble. > > This is quite similar to how shared hosting works, as any other site(s) on > the server could do something to cause major problems for other sites, and > there is nothing you or anyone else can do about this as you have no idea > how other customers will behave and neither do the host, if they are using > the server for development or testing, how badly written their code may be > etc, so just like driving on the motorway, every day is a gamble. > > If your site is mission critical or is your companies primary source of > income then gambling with shared hosting is not really the best solution. A > dedicated solution will avoid the problems associated with shared hosting as > you are running your own server on which you are the only customer, so the > only site that cause problems is your own. This is rather like having your > own private motorway on which you are the only car, and so as a result you > are not taking that gamble every time you use it. > With the cost of a VPS being so cheap these days, if it really worth > gambling your business with shared hosting ? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341326 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
