A new webhost

JakeTFG · Postby **JakeTFG** » 07 Aug 2006, 21:44

I need a good fairly priced webhost as Globat hosting is just horrible.

Anyone have any suggestions for a large forum? (http://www.thefirstgeneration.com)

igorw · Postby **igorw** » 07 Aug 2006, 22:00

[url=http://www.servage.net/]Servage[/url] seems to be pretty good

drathbun · Postby **drathbun** » 09 Aug 2006, 23:41

I got my server from http://www.servermatrix.com and have been happy. I've been leasing it for nearly two years and have experienced zero down time other than what resulted from my own screwups. :-)

Their prices are higher now than what I got.

What you need to decide is how much server do you need (cpu and RAM are the two biggest hardware concerns) and how much bandwidth you need (obviously) and how much hand-holding you need as far as managing the configuration. Some companies will be more active as far as managing the server, but you pay for it.

Afterlife(69) · Postby **Afterlife(69)** » 10 Aug 2006, 06:19

By standards your forum isnt very large, i would recommend a cheap shared hosting account until the posts hit around 100k.

drathbun · Postby **drathbun** » 13 Aug 2006, 15:33

Number of posts is only one measure of how big / active a board is. If you have a lot of concurrent users then you can end up needing a bigger box, even if the total number of posts is not that large.

Xaos · Postby **Xaos** » 13 Aug 2006, 15:38

this is what I use:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrp ... urbrednats

when you get it through e-bay, you only pay $9.95 USD per year.

This gives you:

Webspace: Unlimited
Data Transfer: Unlimited
Mail Boxes: Unlimited
Autoresponders: Unlimited
Mailing Lists: Unlimited
Email Forwarders: Unlimited
Catch All Email: Unlimited
Junk Mail Filters: Unlimited
MySQL Databases: Unlimited
FTP Accounts: Unlimited
Sub Domains: Unlimited
SSL Secure Server Access
FrontPage Extensions
Centrica Control Panel
Free Website Builder
$600 Software and Free Web Tools
Webalizer & AWStats Graphical Statistics
FTP/SSH Access
Site Management Tools
Massive CGI Script Library
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And the cheapest domain name registration I found anywhere:

http://www.mydomain.com/

drathbun · Postby **drathbun** » 14 Aug 2006, 15:16

igorw · Postby **igorw** » 14 Aug 2006, 15:32

You should read this article (by dojo): [url=http://www.wtricks.com/how-to-tell-if-a-host-is-dodgy-vt2489.html]How to tell if a host is dodgy[/url]

Afterlife(69) · Postby **Afterlife(69)** » 14 Aug 2006, 15:36

cheaper domain site: http://www.domainsite.com

Xaos · Postby **Xaos** » 16 Aug 2006, 04:13

drathbun · Postby **drathbun** » 16 Aug 2006, 04:52

Xaos · Postby **Xaos** » 16 Aug 2006, 05:06

lol

of course 'reality' is going to set a limit on anything.

This reminds me of the age old comic issue, "Nigh Invulnerablility".

Anyone who's read 'The Tick' comic book will know exactly what I'm talking about.

Basically it's like this:

Superman is invulnerable. or he was until they introduced this thing called 'Kryptonite'. So he has become 'nigh invulnerable'

The server operates along the same principle. Your account is 'unlimited'...

As long as you don't upload kryptonite...

Noobarmy · Postby **Noobarmy** » 16 Aug 2006, 07:08

haha, oh how superman can relate to everything

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