[OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread Marty Knapp
So I'm thinking of getting a VPS at DreamHost for my commercial sites. However, I have no experience configuring a server. I asked DreamHost about this and they said that pretty much I won't need to worry about it, that they're there to help. The idea of a VPS sounds good to me - unaffected

Re: [OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread Mark Talluto
On Apr 22, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Marty Knapp martyknapps...@gmail.com wrote: So I'm thinking of getting a VPS at DreamHost for my commercial sites. However, I have no experience configuring a server. I asked DreamHost about this and they said that pretty much I won't need to worry about it, that

Re: [OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread stephen barncard
I've been on Dreamhost for over 10 years because their up time, no throttling , great support and easy terms. One can add VPS to a standard account through web forms and try it out, and cancel easily. This gives one more control at the root level, but it turns out that I didn't need it to use

Re: [OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: With VPS, I prefer more control than the managed systems at DH, and have found a smaller company with scalable pricing that start at $6/mo: http://www.interserver.net/vps/home.php I just looked at their page,

Re: [OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread stephen barncard
I did some speed checks a while back. DH is faster UP/DL than On-Rev and slightly slower than Amazon AWS. No bandwidth limits that I've seen, and my code monster account - I'm up to over 20 gigs of storge over the years and they never complained. Of course I built this up slowly over 10

Re: [OT] DreamHost VPS

2013-04-22 Thread Marty Knapp
Thanks for the input Stephen, Richard G, Mark T. and Dr. Hawkins. I appreciate it. Best regards, Marty Knapp Knappster Solutions LLC --- www.CheckBuilderPro.com I did some speed checks a while back. DH is faster UP/DL than On-Rev and slightly slower than Amazon AWS.