I have a virtual managed server with BlueGenesis ... and well ... 2 words:
go elsewhere. If you want horror stories, about these folks I'd be glad to share if anyone's interested. To be fair, almost every hosting partner I've had has provided very poor service and support, regardless of price and package. I have heard many good things about CrystalTech ... they may be worth a shot. But if you CAN go dedicated, then you should. Bill Sourour (Senior Partner) Novitas Online ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward J. Bebee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 6:10 PM Subject: [CFTALKTor] Re: CFHosts (WAS: CFQUERY - is it buggy?) > Mike wrote: > > If this is a shared hosting environment you can expect that. CF has > > problems on shared hosting environments any website on the server can > > execute a sloppy query and bring down the server, and you with it. > > Who is the ISP? > > Blue Genesis. > > We have a "Virtual Managed Server" package with them which, on the surface, > is a very attractive deal as it allows us to host clients projects and > eliminate a number of headaches like having to deal with different ISPs for > different projects (don't get me started on Telus :) . > > Although the problems have always been there to some extent, the past month > they've increased from "once in awhile" to "two-three times a day". Their > support is usually quite responsive. For "easy" things, there's usually a > response within an hour. > > On the database connection errors, there's been some lack of support issues > and we've had to lean on them a bit to do things like check server logs, > etc. > > To be fair, they probably think we're annoying and allegedly no one else has > been complaining. > > > > > I had this problem with Intermedia, they said that > > one of my pages were too blame. I moved to another ISP and found the > > page was working fine and I even called support and asked him to > > monitor the CPU while I and a few other people used the same page and > > there was no increase in the CPU activity. So obiviously I was on a > > machine that was not properly configured at Intermedia. > > > > I asked a similiar question to Ben Forta during the question period > > at the CFNorth Conference and his answer was simply don't use shared > > hosting at this time with coldfusion if the site is mission critical. > > But if dedicated hosting is out of your budget, I found that > > crystaltech is reliable and affordable. > > Normally, I'd say dedicated is outside our budget but right now it's on > table and we're considering it. The two big issues for us are reliability > and ease of use/maintenance. If we have to shell-out more dollars to get > that, we'll probably bite the bullet and do it. > > --ed > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Edward J. Bebee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:47 PM > > Subject: [CFTALKTor] CFQUERY - is it buggy? > > > > > >> Hi All; > >> > >> We're having an issue with our ISP over CFQUERY & Databases > >> and I was hoping some of the people here can bring some light to > >> this problem or confirm if we're nuts or what. > >> > >> Here's the problem: > >> > >> We run several sites with this ISP. And they seem to run fine most > >> of the time but lately, at least twice a day and often more, we hit > >> this error: - - - - - > >> ODBC Error Code = 08004 (Data source rejected establishment of > >> connection) [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Too many > >> client tasks. > >> - - - - - > >> > >> When the error occurs, it's often not limited to one site/domain. > >> For example, when "Client_A.com" hits the error, often *ALL* the > >> domains we > > host > >> at this ISP encounter the error. When the problem clears up a few > >> minutes later, it clears up for all the domains as well. This > >> sounds like server behaviour to me. Possibly a bad ODBC driver. Who > >> knows? > >> > >> The ISP thinks we've been smoking a lot crack lately, denies this > >> happens across more than one domain and blames it on CFQUERY. > >> > >> CFQUERY, I'm told, doesn't properly open and close database > >> connections. Those open connections build up and --- whammo! --- > >> "Too many client > > tasks" > >> error happens when using CFQUERY. To close the connection, we > >> should be sending a fake query (below) to generate an error which > >> will trigger a closure of the database. > >> > >> The fake query: > >> <cfquery datasource="YourODBCDataSource"> > >> Select BadData FROM UnknownTable > >> </cfquery> > >> > >> I've never heard of any problems with CFQUERY before. I've never > > encountered > >> this problem with other CF ISPs. One of the people at our end is a > >> top flight CF programmer who's been doing CF forever and he's never > >> heard of this. > >> > >> Has anyone here ever run across this or similar before? Does anyone > >> have any insights or suggestions on the problem? > >> > >> Thanks; > >> > >> --- ed > >> > >> > >> - > >> You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > >> This message has been posted by: "Edward J. 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