looking for reliable hosting, for PHP based sites

[davejog]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a reliable hosting for all my sites, something with easy interface...

I want to be able to install wp mu as well as normal wp.

also, a hosting account that will not be restricted like dreamhost (disabled php functions for example...)

I need it to be FAST... unlimited number of domains & sub domains, high bandwidth per month, mysql, php, phpmyadmin,

I dont mind to sign up through an affiliate link, but don't recommend on something that gives you the top $$

I need a reliable review please.

oh, and one more thing, down to earth price... I know that $150-$300 per month machines can give me an excellent solution, but I will not be able to pay that for now...


thanks!

[seeandsee]

Cyberwurx

or

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[mojoman]

if it's for all your sites, then why go with low grade hosting?

[docputer]

You say 150-300 is too rich for you. What is your budget. I know there are hosts with PS solutions that are decent. You could likely find a dedicated for around a hundred or a bit more

[Panky]

Originally Posted by davejog

Hi there,

I'm looking for a reliable hosting for all my sites, something with easy interface...

I want to be able to install wp mu as well as normal wp.

also, a hosting account that will not be restricted like dreamhost (disabled php functions for example...)

I need it to be FAST... unlimited number of domains & sub domains, high bandwidth per month, mysql, php, phpmyadmin,

I dont mind to sign up through an affiliate link, but don't recommend on something that gives you the top $$

I need a reliable review please.

oh, and one more thing, down to earth price... I know that $150-$300 per month machines can give me an excellent solution, but I will not be able to pay that for now...


thanks!

Talk with Facial Freak here on the Pond. I have been hosting with him for years and he hosts many other Ponders. The control panel is Direct Admin, (very easy to use), and I have sites that run WP and WPMU on them. He owns A1 Web Solutions so contact him and see what he can do for you.

[fresh]

what is your budget mate?

[davejog]

basically I want to stay around the $15 for now, with an option to copy the project and move to a dedicated machine.

[facialfreak]

How much bandwidth are you hoping to get for $15 a month?

Hit me up and I will take care of you Davejog

I host more than 60 ponders, so references are readily available on demand...

I own the company, so I do not have a ref code for you bro ...

Cheers
FF

[redwhiteandblue]

Originally Posted by davejog

basically I want to stay around the $15 for now, with an option to copy the project and move to a dedicated machine.

For $15 you will not get all the things you want. I have WPMU running on a Cyberwurx virtual account, it's reliable but it's not fast. For fast and high bandwidth you need to go dedicated, and for that I'd recommend Webair.

[davejog]

tbh, is there any advantage at all in dedicated apart from the obvious (only you can crash your server, more resources)?

[facialfreak]

Originally Posted by davejog

tbh, is there any advantage at all in dedicated apart from the obvious (only you can crash your server, more resources)?

The most obvious benefits to dedicated are of course you have exclusive control to what is uploaded, and what consumes your bandwidth, RAM, SQL, etc ... The more chefs in the kitchen, the more potential for disaster.

Lets say a server has 3.6Ghz dual processors, 73gb X 2 SCSI hard drives w/ software raid, and 6GB of RAM (typical configuration for one of my virtual shared servers, and also a popular dedicated too!) ... If you are the sole tenant of this rig (dedicated), you are going to be able to abuse the fuck outta it, and see very little effect on pageloads ... but this is going to cost you at least $149 a month, plus additional storage (if needed), additional bandwidth, RAM, or other custom configurations.

If you are on a Virtual Private Server (VPS), you share the processor and hard drive -- partitioned amongst a small number of users, each with their own dedicated RAM, Apache, SQL, exim, dovecot, PHP, perl, cgi etc ... (I typically limit VPS to 4 per machine), then you get most of the same benefits of a dedicated server, but on a slightly smaller scale, and the costs of the hardware are shared amongst the (4 in A1 Web Solutions' case) users, resulting in a substantial savings as compared to full dedicated, while sharing many of the benefits which make dedicated hosting so attractive. My VPS packages start as low as $59.95 a month.

The last and often most popular option for budget-conscious webmasters is shared virtual hosting, where you have as many as 40 clients pooling all the resources of the server, each with their own user control panel, and FTP.
Accounts vary in size and resources, and (at A1 Web Solutions) start at $9.95 a month (for 25GB of transfer, and 1500GB storage), and can go up to around $100 a month. Usually once a clients needs are such that they are spending this much with virtual shared hosting, it is worth their while to select a VPS or dedicated account to facilitate their future growth.

So now for the short answer to your original question : If you are ever on a shared server with somebody who has 3 concurrent HUN listings, and a whole network of SQL driven wordpress blogs/splogs, the benefits of a dedicated machine will become very obvious!

My door (or my PM/IM) is always open Davejog if you have any more questions -- fell free to hit me up

Cheers
FF

[MMarko]

We have these plans in your price range:

pro500/2 - 1500MB space - 25GB monthly traffic - $132 ($11/month)
pro500/3 - 2000MB space - 35GB monthly traffic - $180 ($15/month)

All suitable for Wordpress MU installs and regular WP (who can be installed through one click installer). You can choose between cPanel and DirectAdmin panel.

And once you need dedicated, we'll move your sites free of charge.

[Rofl]

^^ I recommend Marko above, always available to answer my queries

And he just put some nice core 2 duo processors on my older hosting, which was a nice welcome boost

[Wiggles]

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