Looking for a Better Host
May 26th, 2007 Filed in: News & Updates Jump to commentsI’m looking for a better hosting company to host my sites. Do you have any good ones to recommend? This site and Best Web Gallery are hosting at Media Temple, 512mb dedicated-virtual server. Lately, my sites have been down almost every day. I’m getting very frustrated with Media Temple and I want to move out. I’m tired of restarting my server (VPS) everyday.
Their tech supports told me that my WordPress sites use too much SQL and CPU resources and I should upgrade to higher hosting plan. But I already upgraded three times since hosting with them: from SS (shared hosting) to GS (Grid-Service), then GS to 256mb DV, and now 512mb DV plan. My site has proved that they can’t handle the Digg Effect. Recently I got dugg twice and my site was down immediately as soon it made popular to Digg front page. So, I don’t think upgrading will make any difference. I think it is time to move and find a better host.
Host Requirements
I’m looking for any fast performance host that can support:
- WordPress
- multi-sites hosting
- 500,000+ visitors/month
- 2+ million pageviews/month
- 500GB+ bandwidth/month
What have I found?
I’ve been doing a lot of research and found some highly recommend hosts.
1. Slicehost
Collis at FreelanceSwitch recommends Slicehost to me. They seem to handle WordPress and Digg effect very well. FreelanceSwitch got dugg several times and able to survive without any downtime. However, the waiting list to sign up at Slicehost is between 2 to 12 weeks.
2. Mosso
Uneasysilence switched from Media Temple to Mosso and it has been very stable. Mosso uses their "clustering technology routes each site request to not just one server, but through an army of load balanced IIS and Apache webservers." Everything sounds too good for just $100/month. Has anyone tried their services?
3. Servint
I found Servint through some hosting forums. I have very little information about Servint and would like to hear your inputs.
Have you experienced with any of these hosts? What do you think about them? Or you have better ones to recommend to me. Please post your comments.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I have found that a great and stable VPS or dedicated server host can be hard to come by, but it may be worth checking with the company directly to see how attentive they are to your questions and requests up front. If the contact through their website is up to your expectationsm, then you have a better chance of finding a host with a friendly environment that the entire staff will be there for you.
June 5th, 2009 at 8:12 am
I have recently switched to Media Temple Grid Service and it’s pathetic to say the least, they’ve promised no “bad neighbour affect” and no downtimes.
And when I see “Database Error” they always tell me something like … A Bad Neighbour Affect or Grid Problem.
Looks like I will have to keep looking for another firm which can give me some peace.
January 20th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Kryptonite Host has been a nightmare thes last couple months- they have been double charging me each month, they have NOT responded to a single support ticket since Nov 2008, except to promise a refund, then never do it while still double and even triple charging me. I tried canceling, I had to do it multiple times before it would go thru. they seriouly need to get their act together. Good luck. I’d switch hosts but they drained my budget for now.
May 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Worst hosting is Godaddy. Unusual hosting restrictions, slowlest support service. No refund, no guarantee, no shame to provide deficient service. Get out from Godaddy Hosting, you’ll lose your money. Total fake. Unprofessional. If you think their hosting services are like their registrar services, you’ll be very disappointed.
January 15th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Check out Rain2Tech.com for your web hosting needs..
January 9th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I suggest slicehost.
December 24th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I’ve been with cybrhost for about 4-5 years now and have nothing but praise for them. I can call or use their helpdesk 24-7 with questions, no question too small. Never had an outage. Comes with a lot of software included including Miva and you can upgrade very easily as well. Just my 2 cents.
December 15th, 2007 at 7:17 am
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce
November 30th, 2007 at 1:58 am
Check out Rain2Tech.com for your web hosting needs. I think you may find our package deals to fit your needs. We also have free portal hosting at My.PAPortals.com.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
I’m on a MT dedicated server, I got Dugg and the site keeps going down.
Any suggestions, anyone?
I thought MT could handle it; obviously they can’t. And when I contact support, they just send me links to Knowledge Base articles on config hacks for Apache.
Useless.