Comments on: Sporadic brief network outages. http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/ Information about DreamHost Services Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bahamut http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-72837 Bahamut Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:05:55 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-72837 Great job done! Dreamhost is the best hosting you can find! Great job done! Dreamhost is the best hosting you can find!

]]> By: steve http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-21514 steve Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:56:10 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-21514 well, just cancelled mosso. nice service, but it seems they are having growing pains. i don't have the time to wait for them to hire more people and work out bugs as their cluster grows in size. i did switch to media temple's virtual dedicated server for $150 a month, and so far so good. it seems the virtual server is much better than the grid. still too soon to get excited. if this doesnt work out, i'll go back to paying through the nose at verio, at least i've only had 3 quickly resolved server problems in 5 years only one site outage. Now my comments are getting flagged as spam! well, just cancelled mosso. nice service, but it seems they are having growing pains. i don’t have the time to wait for them to hire more people and work out bugs as their cluster grows in size.

i did switch to media temple’s virtual dedicated server for $150 a month, and so far so good. it seems the virtual server is much better than the grid. still too soon to get excited.

if this doesnt work out, i’ll go back to paying through the nose at verio, at least i’ve only had 3 quickly resolved server problems in 5 years only one site outage.

Now my comments are getting flagged as spam!

]]> By: Zimmerman http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-21139 Zimmerman Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:47:21 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-21139 Just want to make a redundant post to all the people running companies from virtual shared hosting that you're all blubbering children if you expect uptime on a network that you don't live next to and run yourself. Get your own dedicated machine and admin them yourself if you want/expect your own MAGICAL 100% uptime and service. DH is great as far as shared hosting is concerned, but if you're running a company you're an ubern00b for complaining about ANYTHING here given DH's unusually stellar record as far as pleasing their customers is concerned. When you pay 9.95 a month... Just want to make a redundant post to all the people running companies from virtual shared hosting that you’re all blubbering children if you expect uptime on a network that you don’t live next to and run yourself. Get your own dedicated machine and admin them yourself if you want/expect your own MAGICAL 100% uptime and service. DH is great as far as shared hosting is concerned, but if you’re running a company you’re an ubern00b for complaining about ANYTHING here given DH’s unusually stellar record as far as pleasing their customers is concerned. When you pay 9.95 a month…

]]> By: Gene Steinberg http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20965 Gene Steinberg Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:36:32 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20965 Re: 1and1. They limit MySQL databases to 100MB. You have to have a pretty large board to go over that, but it's a point to consider. And they have a failing grade at the BBB, which is more significant. Their support is outsourced to, I think, the Philippines, and they can barely understand English let alone provide knowledgeable help to you. Yes, I have experimented with 1and1 as a possible host after having problems at GoDaddy, and opted not to. I came to DreamHost instead. Peace, Gene Re: 1and1.

They limit MySQL databases to 100MB. You have to have a pretty large board to go over that, but it’s a point to consider.

And they have a failing grade at the BBB, which is more significant. Their support is outsourced to, I think, the Philippines, and they can barely understand English let alone provide knowledgeable help to you. Yes, I have experimented with 1and1 as a possible host after having problems at GoDaddy, and opted not to.

I came to DreamHost instead.

Peace,
Gene

]]> By: Pierre http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20962 Pierre Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:49:15 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20962 Hello all! I have been reading all the mails since the begining of DH problems a few weeks ago. I am not thrilled by what is happening with our host but I am happy by the fact that we are kept informed about the situation. I do hope that is is just a rough time that will be over soon, but, I am still happy with the service of DH.....trust me, I have been through much worst with other hosts! Pierre Hello all!

I have been reading all the mails since the begining of DH problems a few weeks ago. I am not thrilled by what is happening with our host but I am happy by the fact that we are kept informed about the situation.

I do hope that is is just a rough time that will be over soon, but, I am still happy with the service of DH…..trust me, I have been through much worst with other hosts!

Pierre

]]> By: jessica http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20951 jessica Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:57:47 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20951 regarding 1and1.com - they are definitely reliable. i recommend them for clients who have a *really* limited budget and/or an extremely simple site. they have hosting plans that start at $2.99 per month, and they have a really easy to use control panel. the problems with them: - you don't have as much control over your site as you do at dream host. for example, you can't choose what your usernames, database names, etc. are - their technology is somewhat dated. they only recently (in the past few months) upgraded to mysql 4. mysql 5 has been out for over a year. - their webmail program is oversimplified and the spam filtering isn't great. i think i am going to move my discussion over to webhostingtalk.com. come join me if you want to find a good alternative to DH! regarding 1and1.com - they are definitely reliable. i recommend them for clients who have a *really* limited budget and/or an extremely simple site. they have hosting plans that start at $2.99 per month, and they have a really easy to use control panel.

the problems with them:
- you don’t have as much control over your site as you do at dream host. for example, you can’t choose what your usernames, database names, etc. are
- their technology is somewhat dated. they only recently (in the past few months) upgraded to mysql 4. mysql 5 has been out for over a year.
- their webmail program is oversimplified and the spam filtering isn’t great.

i think i am going to move my discussion over to webhostingtalk.com. come join me if you want to find a good alternative to DH!

]]> By: jessica http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20943 jessica Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:46:28 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20943 To those of you asking about MediaTemple: they used to be awesome. Since they have launched this new "grid server" technology, they COMPLETELY SUCK. I had put some clients on there this past November, and actually had to move them off again before we launched their site because they were so fed up with the crappy load times and never ending problems. DH and MT are the 2 hosts that have made me look bad! To those of you asking about MediaTemple: they used to be awesome. Since they have launched this new “grid server” technology, they COMPLETELY SUCK. I had put some clients on there this past November, and actually had to move them off again before we launched their site because they were so fed up with the crappy load times and never ending problems. DH and MT are the 2 hosts that have made me look bad!

]]> By: Nick Kaye http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20910 Nick Kaye Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:20:11 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20910 I LIKE THE WAY YOUR EMO C.E.O. WRITES A CHEEKY F*KING ARTICLE ABOUT OVERSELLING WEB HOSTING WHILE YOU BASTARDS HAPPILY OVERSELL YOURSELVES THE F*K OUT. NOT ONLY ARE YOU MAKING ME LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO THE WORLD, BUT YOU'RE MAKING ME LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO ALL THE CLIENTS I'VE RECOMMENDED TO YOUR CHEAP SERVICES. F*K YOU GUYS, SERIOUSLY. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. I LIKE THE WAY YOUR EMO C.E.O. WRITES A CHEEKY F*KING ARTICLE ABOUT OVERSELLING WEB HOSTING WHILE YOU BASTARDS HAPPILY OVERSELL YOURSELVES THE F*K OUT. NOT ONLY ARE YOU MAKING ME LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO THE WORLD, BUT YOU’RE MAKING ME LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT TO ALL THE CLIENTS I’VE RECOMMENDED TO YOUR CHEAP SERVICES. F*K YOU GUYS, SERIOUSLY. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.

]]> By: MB http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20901 MB Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:07:36 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20901 Ok Chad... I see you just registered the domain... you will have to give it a little time to propagate. Some people, no patience, no understanding how these things work... Ok Chad… I see you just registered the domain… you will have to give it a little time to propagate.

Some people, no patience, no understanding how these things work…

]]> By: Gene Steinberg http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20900 Gene Steinberg Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:05:32 +0000 http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2007/03/06/sporadic-brief-network-outages/#comment-20900 MPR: And you did file a customer service request, right? If you didn't, you don't really expect a response here do you? Peace, Gene MPR: And you did file a customer service request, right? If you didn’t, you don’t really expect a response here do you?

Peace,
Gene

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