Looking for an American webhost.

[jimholio]

Was thinking, there is alot of BM's around here that work in the IT field or know someone that does, so i was thinking if anyone knows a reliable and competent webhost that can handle high bandwidth's. Preferably somewhere in the states. A very fast European might work aswell.

It's gonna start on a low scale, but it gotta be able to handle growth.

The webhost need to support the latest of the following:

-PHP
-MySQL
-RoR (Ruby on rails)
-FTP
-Email
and eventual upgrades.

The host also need to be able to handle/have the following for future needs.

-Guarantee a 100% uptime (Inside their own network)
-Trafic on a flatrate
-No trafic limit
-Dedicated servers
-Reserved and consistent bandwidth on a high scale.
-24/7 Support.

I would ask this question in the idlechat, but there is no one looking at that. I hope thats ok. However if you feel that it needs to be moved, feel free to.

Cheers.

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by jimholio

Was thinking, there is alot of BM's around here that work in the IT field or know someone that does, so i was thinking if anyone knows a reliable and competent webhost that can handle high bandwidth's. Preferably somewhere in the states. A very fast European might work aswell.

It's gonna start on a low scale, but it gotta be able to handle growth.

The webhost need to support the latest of the following:

-PHP
-MySQL
-RoR (Ruby on rails)
-FTP
-Email
and eventual upgrades.

The host also need to be able to handle/have the following for future needs.

-Guarantee a 100% uptime (Inside their own network)
-Trafic on a flatrate
-No trafic limit
-Dedicated servers
-Reserved and consistent bandwidth on a high scale.
-24/7 Support.

I would ask this question in the idlechat, but there is no one looking at that. I hope thats ok. However if you feel that it needs to be moved, feel free to.

Cheers.

I use Web Hosting Services, Affordable & Reliable | Lunarpages.com at $6.95 per month. 350GB storage / 3.5TB monthly bandwidth. Unlimited email accounts. The will pay for the cost of your first domain while hosting and allow you to add 10 more at no charge. They have everything you are looking for, except they advertise 99.9% up-time and RoR (at that price). For RoR the price goes to $21.95 and includes other additions.

I have used them for 5 years and have managed 5 separate accounts. Excellent service.

[jimholio]

Thank you, there are soooooooo many out there that it is virtually impossible to find a good one by just using google. After i got the name though i read a bit about Lunarpages, seems like a very good host, and actually even the 6,95$ option supports RoR.

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by jimholio

Thank you, there are soooooooo many out there that it is virtually impossible to find a good one by just using google. After i got the name though i read a bit about Lunarpages, seems like a very good host, and actually even the 6,95$ option supports RoR.

5 years ago when I was first looking for a hosting company I spent hours searching. I think I narrowed it down to about three. At the time Lunarpages were not the least expensive at $9.95 and perhaps they still aren't. It came down to their reviews on customer service as I at the time had never setup a site before, and what I read it what I have experienced.

In the years I have hosted sites I have only only had one concern, however, it was not directly Lunarpages fault. A site hosted on their server got black listed by AT&T, but AT&T black listed all routing's to their NS server. It took about 3 hours to propagate corrections backwards. This type of interruption can happen anywhere, especially if the hosting company has 1000's clients, which in a way is what you are looking for.

[Nicke]

I would never use anyone with free traffic, traffic is never free and in the details of the contract it often says they have the right to terminate any account. Better to know what you pay for.

Also good idea to look what peers the hosting company have.

[LivinLOS]

I have been hosting some throw away sites with a small company I found.. They were charging 2.99 USD ($25 per 6 months !!) for unlimited domains, unlimited SQL, PHP (not 5 last time), fantastico on cPanel, etc etc etc.. Just a superb host. He was specialized with the HYIP sites and has now moved away into DDoS hosting which is more expensive and totally unrequired for me. Also he was an anon host (pay by egold, no logs, no real name required) and I cashed out all my egold.

I a few years ago 1and1 offered 3 years free hosting as part of some signup thing.. I took 3 different accounts on 3 different emails but they all came to an end last year.

Over the years I have taken all kinds of deals and offers and have some sites that are just placeholders or only there to give a email address / server. Ideally I should consolidate all these small costs into one system. I have moved most of my domains to dotster, I could do with finding a cheap ISP like the one I mention initially that I can host multiple sites and scraps on. A lot of the time I am just throwing some test script up or playing with some idea. I really have low traffic and space requirements.

So if anyone knows of a reliable, fully configurable, multi domain, multi SQL host, with cPanel, thats both cheap and reliable. I would probably move some things around. PHP5 would be a plus too !!

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

So if anyone knows of a reliable, fully configurable, multi domain, multi SQL host, with cPanel, thats both cheap and reliable. I would probably move some things around. PHP5 would be a plus too !!

The hosting I use offer 10 unique domains (unlimited parked / sub domains), unlimited SQL, PHP5 and uses cPanel. As for fully configurable, I yet have to run into any limitations. As I mentioned before it is not the cheapest $6.95 as opposed to $2.99

[LivinLOS]

Hows the mail server configs ?? I have things like auto redirects, one from my main email account to a gmail for lifetime email backup and on the road ease of access (really nice trick BTW.. Also have an igoogle homepage so my mail is very versatile and also a mobile@email that sends it to my phone for emergency contact..

Simple things but a good mailserver config system is helpful.

[MrDK]

It features Email Domain Forwarding.
Details about this feature from cPanel:

Instructions
A Domain Forwarder redirects all mail from any of your domains to another domain. For example, if you setup bob.com to redirect sam.com, any email send to any address at bob.com will be sent to the corresponding user at sam.com (bob@bob.com would be sent to bob@sam.com). Any valid pop accounts existing on the domain forwarding was set up on will still receive mail and no forward will be sent.

It also offers individual email forwarders as well. Hope this answers your questions.

[erik1]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

I have been hosting some throw away sites with a small company I found.. They were charging 2.99 USD ($25 per 6 months !!) for unlimited domains, unlimited SQL, PHP (not 5 last time), fantastico on cPanel, etc etc etc.. Just a superb host. He was specialized with the HYIP sites and has now moved away into DDoS hosting which is more expensive and totally unrequired for me. Also he was an anon host (pay by egold, no logs, no real name required) and I cashed out all my egold.

I a few years ago 1and1 offered 3 years free hosting as part of some signup thing.. I took 3 different accounts on 3 different emails but they all came to an end last year.

Over the years I have taken all kinds of deals and offers and have some sites that are just placeholders or only there to give a email address / server. Ideally I should consolidate all these small costs into one system. I have moved most of my domains to dotster, I could do with finding a cheap ISP like the one I mention initially that I can host multiple sites and scraps on. A lot of the time I am just throwing some test script up or playing with some idea. I really have low traffic and space requirements.

So if anyone knows of a reliable, fully configurable, multi domain, multi SQL host, with cPanel, thats both cheap and reliable. I would probably move some things around. PHP5 would be a plus too !!

£3,50 per month, unlimited domain with whm, cpanel and fantastico, 2,5 GB webspace and 200Gb traffic

hosted in us

[SiamGecko]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

So if anyone knows of a reliable, fully configurable, multi domain, multi SQL host, with cPanel, thats both cheap and reliable. I would probably move some things around. PHP5 would be a plus too !!

Whilst not cheap, I have a reseller hosting account with Rochen. Scottish company, recently moved facilities to a new data center in Dallas. Think it's one of the Joomla! top bods that runs it.

They have an excellent reputation for customer service, which I can backup on the very few times I have even needed to contact them. They do not oversell/subscribe their servers either...so you know what you are getting and there are no nasties in the fine print.

PHP5 is supported by just adding a single line to .htaccess in the root of whichever domain you want, so run some on php4 and some on php5 - very cool. Full DNS zone access, your own named dns server and cpanel (WHM for domain management)

I also had my sites spread over loads of hosts, but now find consolidating them to one host makes life so much easier. Probably overkill for your needs, but just the management aspect is worth the money for me and being able to host sites for friends and give them their own cpanel is nice as well

[erik1]

Originally Posted by SiamGecko

Whilst not cheap, I have a reseller hosting account with Rochen. Scottish company, recently moved facilities to a new data center in Dallas. Think it's one of the Joomla! top bods that runs it.

They have an excellent reputation for customer service, which I can backup on the very few times I have even needed to contact them. They do not oversell/subscribe their servers either...so you know what you are getting and there are no nasties in the fine print.

PHP5 is supported by just adding a single line to .htaccess in the root of whichever domain you want, so run some on php4 and some on php5 - very cool. Full DNS zone access, your own named dns server and cpanel (WHM for domain management)

I also had my sites spread over loads of hosts, but now find consolidating them to one host makes life so much easier. Probably overkill for your needs, but just the management aspect is worth the money for me and being able to host sites for friends and give them their own cpanel is nice as well

seems to me the one i just mentioned offers the same for less

[SiamGecko]

Originally Posted by erik1

seems to me the one i just mentioned offers the same for less

Who are they? can't see the name in your post.

[SiamGecko]

Slicehost also look interesting.

Get your own 256MB slice with full root access, 10GB HD, 100GB traffic, choice of linux distro all for $20. Definitely one for the more techie-minded, but great value.

Should say that I am very wary of any of the "big" hosts out there. Anyone that offers terabytes of bandwidth and storage are clearly over-selling their servers, and you could end up on a server with hundreds of other sites. Not worth it, even for throw away sites imho.

[Nicke]

Yes, I agree with that. As long your websites dont have any traffic it works, but once you start to use resources (cpu, bandwidth) they are not happy with you as you are not a profitable customer anymore and they terminate the account. (Despite offering unlimited bandwidth etc)

This website is running on a dedicated server, would never work on a 3 or 6 dollar hosting plan.

Originally Posted by SiamGecko

Slicehost also look interesting.

Get your own 256MB slice with full root access, 10GB HD, 100GB traffic, choice of linux distro all for $20. Definitely one for the more techie-minded, but great value.

Should say that I am very wary of any of the "big" hosts out there. Anyone that offers terabytes of bandwidth and storage are clearly over-selling their servers, and you could end up on a server with hundreds of other sites. Not worth it, even for throw away sites imho.

[erik1]

Originally Posted by Nicke

Yes, I agree with that. As long your websites dont have any traffic it works, but once you start to use resources (cpu, bandwidth) they are not happy with you as you are not a profitable customer anymore and they terminate the account. (Despite offering unlimited bandwidth etc)

This website is running on a dedicated server, would never work on a 3 or 6 dollar hosting plan.

agree, that there is nothing above your own server. At least then you know what the load is and can manage other sites of the server when needed.

I have a manage server for a total of 5 sites, and a reseller account on an american server for sites that are not essential (can't be arsed to move them for 3,50 a month)

[stevewich]

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