Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
That's an awful looking website, but thanks for reply. I am looking for rather a US hosting company. Andrew Williams napsal(a): go to www.willandy.co.uk http://www.willandy.co.uk best value for money On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com mailto:mzva...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you guys recommend me something good? Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's a LIE. What happened to me? - database connection were exceeded, I read many people had problems with their phorums not working etc., the solution: I put a message to the visitor that he has to wait (it was not frequent so I didn't care much) - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! - the suport is HORRIBLE - they don't give you email, but they have this ONLINE support, meaning: you wait 10-20 minutes on queue, and then they talk to you like a robots and usually tell you something you already know. - now they automatically changed all my passwords so they can keep me secure! what's cool is that I cannot change it back to what I have! Hey, the chance of getting me hit by bus is higher than someone cracking my 15 letter password with numbers! Thank you powweb for keeping me secure. Thanks for reading my story, now, does someone know a better hosting alternative? Martin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
I liked http://www.slicehost.com/ very much, but might not be what you want. 2009/1/24 Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com Hi, I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you guys recommend me something good? Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's a LIE. What happened to me? - database connection were exceeded, I read many people had problems with their phorums not working etc., the solution: I put a message to the visitor that he has to wait (it was not frequent so I didn't care much) - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! - the suport is HORRIBLE - they don't give you email, but they have this ONLINE support, meaning: you wait 10-20 minutes on queue, and then they talk to you like a robots and usually tell you something you already know. - now they automatically changed all my passwords so they can keep me secure! what's cool is that I cannot change it back to what I have! Hey, the chance of getting me hit by bus is higher than someone cracking my 15 letter password with numbers! Thank you powweb for keeping me secure. Thanks for reading my story, now, does someone know a better hosting alternative? Martin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Alpar Torok
Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
I've worked with a few different host providers in the course of my work. We have clients on CrystalTech, GoDaddy, HostMonster/BlueHost, HostMySite, and probably some others. I've had my own hosting at DreamHost for years now and I love them. They have their own homegrown control panel and one click installer, but they work great and have lots of options. Also, they don't seem to include apps that are crappy but popular. Most of the ones I've used that they have are all top notch examples of their genre. They communicate constantly via blog and RSS fees. Some people will say they have so many problems! but I think the majority of this comes from the fact that they do communicate so much. I will say that they had two moderate to severe outages in the time I've had them, but when I was keeping track of the minor hiccup type things, they never seemed to last more than a couple minutes, if that. One of our big sites is having issues with HostMonster right now with mysterious CPU Exceeded/Slow MySQL queries errors, so if you're running a fairly high traffic site, I'd recommend against them. Although their support has been great, in general, but I can't recommend them if you have a good bit of traffic. I think HostMySite had good support too, if I recall. But again, I like DreamHost's system better. Anyway, just my 2cents. I'm sure there'll be a million other responses. Good luck! -TG - Original Message - From: Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com To: php-general@lists.php.net Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:03:48 +0100 Subject: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA Hi, I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you guys recommend me something good? Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's a LIE. What happened to me? - database connection were exceeded, I read many people had problems with their phorums not working etc., the solution: I put a message to the visitor that he has to wait (it was not frequent so I didn't care much) - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! - the suport is HORRIBLE - they don't give you email, but they have this ONLINE support, meaning: you wait 10-20 minutes on queue, and then they talk to you like a robots and usually tell you something you already know. - now they automatically changed all my passwords so they can keep me secure! what's cool is that I cannot change it back to what I have! Hey, the chance of getting me hit by bus is higher than someone cracking my 15 letter password with numbers! Thank you powweb for keeping me secure. Thanks for reading my story, now, does someone know a better hosting alternative? Martin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
Martin Zvarík wrote: - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! You are hosting a business website, that processes orders, on a shared server? That is very false economy. You want a dedicated server that has only you as root. Stephen -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:03, Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you guys recommend me something good? Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's a LIE. It's not necessarily a lie. The possibility always remains that you were just on a lemon server --- one that may be experiencing major technical difficulties, or which was not properly configured from the get-go. What happened to me? - database connection were exceeded, I read many people had problems with their phorums not working etc., the solution: I put a message to the visitor that he has to wait (it was not frequent so I didn't care much) This is a problem with a lot of hosts: maximizing profits by overcrowding servers and overselling resources. - my client stopped receiving orders, he called me after a week something is wrong. I found out that Powweb changed a MySQL settings, which nobody informed me about - they restricted a JOIN limit max to 3, the mysql_query SQL thus did not work and orders were not storing for 7 days! Changing settings like that should never be done without giving folks advance notice, if even at all. That again comes down to improper configuration, mismanagement, and overselling. However, if you're sending advanced queries to the database, maybe you should re-think your hosting solution: you should probably consider moving to a dedicated server, if even just a budget server. - the suport is HORRIBLE - they don't give you email, but they have this ONLINE support, meaning: you wait 10-20 minutes on queue, and then they talk to you like a robots and usually tell you something you already know. Here combines two major entities that can be compressed to a singularity (a pun for those who enjoy physics): support availability and proper server/network administration. Just like in programming and web development - if you take the extra time to set things up properly from the beginning, you can spend less time on bug fixes and support, and more time focusing on advancing the script (or network). - now they automatically changed all my passwords so they can keep me secure! what's cool is that I cannot change it back to what I have! Hey, the chance of getting me hit by bus is higher than someone cracking my 15 letter password with numbers! Thank you powweb for keeping me secure. It's Microsoftian Protection Tactics[TM] (MPT's) - protect the users from themselves by treating them like technological toddlers. We appreciate the fact that you don't know what's good for you as well as we do, so Big Brother will watch over you. Companies really should only step in if the customer has asked for that assistance from the beginning, or in dire emergencies (security breeches, etc.). Thanks for reading my story, now, does someone know a better hosting alternative? Again, it sounds like you are technologically-apt and capable of holding your own; with hints at multiple websites and financial transactions taking place on at least one of them, you'd be well-advised for security and availability purposes to look into moving to a dedicated server. You'd have full control over it, customizing it to meet your own needs, maximizing resource availability to your sites, et cetera. We sell shared hosting and dedicated servers (as well as colocation services), and there are a few other companies that I would also recommend based on their levels of service and support. You may want to check them out: http://www.liquidweb.com/ http://www.softlayer.com/ http://www.layeredtech.com/ http://www.fastservers.com/ Regardless of who you choose, or if you decide to stick with PowWeb, best of luck. Don't let anyone else tell you how you should run your websites. -- /Daniel P. Brown daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ Unadvertised dedicated server deals, too low to print - email me to find out! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP webhosting - USA
Hi, If your a windows user, then ignore the text below. Quantact.com are great. Great value, great support, I've been with them for a few years now. I guess the only downside is that while the bandwidth is great (both quota and speed), and the hard drive access is fast, the memory usage is usually much lower, although on the OpenVZ plans can burst up higher if needed. You get full root access (SSH), and I've installed Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exim, and Mailman, and could do more if I wanted (FTP, DNS, SVN), except I run most of the other services on other boxes. The uptime is usually pretty great, although I've had two issues in recent memory where something major has died (like the hard drive raid array, or the motherboard), taking the server down for 1 hour, which may not be acceptable if your doing financial transactions, but ask them about the Xen hosting, which might have better data replication. I know they have snapshot capabilities, although you need to stop the server for a while to do that, so I just run a daily rsync onto a Linux box at home. rSnapshot is great for that. Running your own server may be a bit more work, but it's so much more customisable. Don't have PERL? apt-get install it (assuming Debian or Ubuntu), need to probe a server? Run nmap. I have a script that emails me the compressed MySQL database, and also have a PHP CLI script that I cronjob daily to send me the server stats, membership details of various mailman mailing lists, amount of data transferred, HDD space left, ram used, uptime, and current load, and all sorts of things. Michael Kubler *G*rey *P*hoenix *P*roductions http://www.greyphoenix.biz Daniel Brown wrote: On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 10:03, Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I currently host my site by Powweb, and I am WANT to change it - can you guys recommend me something good? Powweb's website looks awesome and it's the best marketing I think I had saw! After a minute it makes you think there is NO better hosting - and it's a LIE.
