On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Kimball Larsen <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Matthew Walker wrote: > > > On Mon, January 24, 2011 11:43 am, Kimball Larsen wrote: > >> We have been hosting with BlueHost for years, but have run into problems > with their > >> plans: They apparently cap the upload bandwidth at only 8Mb/sec. We > have many european > >> customers with 20+Mb/sec internet connections, so a single customer > attempting to > >> download an installer from the BlueHost servers gets a dropped > connection as they > >> throttle the speed down to next to nothing for our account. > >> > >> Can anyone make a recommendation for a different host that provides > better throughput > >> plans? We are perfectly willing to pay for it - but BlueHost apparently > does not offer > >> anything faster at any price. > >> > >> I've seen folks hollering about Linode, but I can't find anything about > speed caps and > >> throttling on their site. > > > > Email their support and ask. They're extremely responsive, and would > probably have an > > answer for you in minutes. > > > > -- > > Looks like we'll be trying out Amazon's S3. We only really need to > warehouse and deliver data (training video files), so a full blown server is > overkill. For our purposes, S3 looks to be VERY inexpensive and will > handle exactly what we need. > > Anyone have experience integrating S3 data with an existing website? Care > to share success/horror stories? > > Rackspace has their CloudFiles which uses a top-tier Content Delivery Network to distribute files. It's extremely cheap to use, if you just need storage and delivery. > - Kimball > http://www.kimballlarsen.com > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Take care, William Attwood Idea Extraordinaire [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
