My brother is moving from shared to VPS.
Apollo has a managed VPS for $40 (with 20% off for a yearly purchase).
25GB:750GB:512MB
Any problems with this package?
Any problems specifically with Apollo VPS?
Much of the backstory on Apollo Hosting can be found in a post by allenjo (I can't link to it due to having fewer than 5 posts, apparently; run a search for "allenjo" and/or "Apollo").
Bottom line is that they've been bought out by an outfit called Endurance International who proceeded to send me a rather rudely-worded and abrupt notice that they were unable to migrate 3 of my clients' accounts over to their new servers, due to "incompatibilities" with their migration system. Therefore, they are shutting the server down completely as of Sept. 30th, forcing me to move all 3 of my clients over to a different hosting service.
This would be irritating enough, but I had also pre-paid Apollo for Miva hosting on all three sites through the end of the year, at $23.96/month per domain. Bottom line is that Apollo owes me at least $215 in refunds for the portion of the hosting service that I'm unable to use due to their new managements' incompetence.
So, I went ahead and issued a refund request via their ticketing system--and was told in response that I'd have to *fax* copies of my entire billing/payment history to them because "As you are aware of that we are the new owners of Apollo shared hosting business. We do not have access to the old server. Unfortunately, we do not have any records for the services that you paid to the former owners."
This is either an outright lie (they bought the company but have no clue as to what services their existing clients have paid for, through what date, or how much they've paid?) or, if true, it shows an unbelievable level of incompetence on the new managements' part. I went ahead and faxed the info to them--taken, I might add, from Apollo's OWN ONLINE BILLING ACCOUNT CONTROL PANEL--and waited. I was told it would take "up to 2 days" to "investigate" and "review" my issue.
I gave them the exact starting and ending dates for each account, the exact amounts paid for each and for what period of service, etc. I even did the math for them. They have all the info and proof they need.
Today, after 2 days, I contacted them to see what the status was, and was told simply that it would take "more time than normal" to "investigate" the situation before "determining" how to respond.
Seeing how it takes all of 2 minutes to tally up the dollar amounts and issue a credit for the appropriate amount to my credit card, this again shows that they're either idiots, they're absolutely swamped with refund/credit requests, or that they have no intention of issuing the refund.
In any of these cases, I'd strongly urge people to avoid Apollo Hosting--now owned by Endurance International--like the plague. Even if they *do* issue the refund, the way they've handled this whole situation is leaving a bad taste in my mouth.
Anyone have sites on Apollohosting (shared)?
What can you tell me about their service?
Security of sites - how is it?
Server uptime. And tech response time.
Is spamming about normal or excessive?
Overall are they getting better or worse?
We have been with Apollo hosting for 5 or so years. 10 days ago, our entire site went down. After waiting around 4 days and hours of dealing with tech support, they got a shell of our website back up. Their excuse for deleting it was that they ran a script on their servers that was corrupt, which in error, deleted our site.
They were unable to restore our database, SQL, php, search functions, etc. as they said they deleted them and did not have a back up as databases took up too much room on servers!! And they cannot restore what is no longer there. We have to rebuild our database all over again, hundreds of hours of work with property descriptions and photos, forms, etc.
After this experience with Apollo hosting our fear level is high and our trust level is low.
We need help with finding a new web host. Currently paying Apollo $ 30. mo for shared hosting.
We need Front Page extension, pph,SQL. Want web host that backs up entire website daily on tape that stores off-site. I have researched some on web hosting review sites and better business bureau online, and find many complaints for various webhosts.
I have a dual processor xeon 1.8 server
The 2 cpu's are xeon 1.8 with 512 L2 cache and 400 fsb
I am thinking of trying to give the server a little more power with faster processors, using the same board.
The board can take any xeon 603 pin cpu as long as it is 400 fsb.
So here is what I have found, that my server can take as far as cpu options, I am asking for more opinions on which choices of the following processors would be better for a busy server.
dual 2.8 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache
dual 2.0 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache and 1 gb L3 cache
dual 2.0 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache and 2 gb L3 cache
Please let me know your opinions, I have some ideas, but I am looking for feedback.
And please only talk about the xeons above, and not amd etc.
I am about to outgrow my current server and want to upgrade to a set-up with one web server (my current one) and a new separate database server. I am very happy with my current host (Liquidweb) and want to stay with them. So I need to decide which option from them will best suit my needs.
Questions:
1 - I have a standard LAMP website, but with a fairly large db and plans to add others. My understanding is that the biggest factor in db performance will be the amount of RAM I have installed. They offer a Q6600 Quad Core that will take 8GB of RAM. The only other servers they have which take more than 4GB cost at least $180/month more. I donât think the extra CPU will make much difference, and I am hoping that 8GB will be enough RAM for a good while (my current box has 2GB, but that isnât really enough anymore).
So I think that my choice is obvious, but I recognize that I am really only guessing and would appreciate any advice about whether or not this would, in fact, be the best server for me.
2- I can order the server with a 32 or 64 bit OS for the same price. I donât have any idea regarding which would be better. I donât know which system my current server is running or whether both boxes need to have the same OS. Also, I am currently running MySQL4 but will probably upgrade the new server to 5. I have read elsewhere that there is a 64 bit version of MySQL that is needed to make maximum use of installed RAM, but I really donât understand all the issues involved here. Is there something I need to know before I set this server up to make sure that I get maximum performance from it? I will, of course, also be running PHP on it.
As you see, my understanding of server requirements is very limited.
if I could get some recomendations on which datacenter you'd suggest I contact for new servers?
totally fed up with the non-support at thePlanet, and I'm now investigating ded servers at another spot.
I saw an alphared banner the other day here on WHT, and checked out their prices, and WOW (Yes, I know the old adage...I don't need to hear it...)
I did some searching and read all about the drama that happened around them several years ago. I'm not interested in that. I want to know how they are now. Has the level of service gone up or is it still in the crapper?
I can only state my own experiences with Bluehost. As a longtime web designer I have been sending my clients to Bluehost for years. In fact I started a web service at that will do free setup and install of Wordpress if you open a account with Bluehost. I like to keep all my clients in one place. I have had no problems with Bluehost over the past five years. If a client's website starts to get many hits and more traffic than a standard shared hosting account can handle I then move them over to a real VPS. But if your just starting out Bluehost and a service like mine is a good choice.
View 19 Replies View RelatedI am a little upset because I host my forum and other sites on my friend's server who has dedicated server, but now he is closing his hosting business
My forum opens very fast with his servers but now I have to go to somewhere else, I just contacted Namecheap and asked if I can host my little-busy forum there or not on their shared hosting package.
They will reply me but I want to know your advices too about Namecheap. Is it good choice to host a VBulletin forum on shared hosting from Namecheap?
Or I should buy their Business Hosting Package?
I don't want to buy VPS or Dedicated Server because I don't have much knowledge of hosting and I have heard that VPS and Dedicated servers are very difficult to manage for person like me
I've decided to go with theplanet as a server provider. What OS do you guys recommend if the primary purpose of the server was to distribute media and large exe files?
View 5 Replies View Relatedif anyone can tell me if they think I have made the right choice going with BurstNET?
I was with them a while ago through a reseller however there was a lot of downtime.
(Now) I recently read that their uptime is a lot better, is this true?
I'm in the market for a dedicated server once more, and since Theplanet was going down hill the last time I was there (9 months ago), I don't imagine they've gotten much better (After the merger with Ev1).
So I need to find a new datacenter, however my problem is... I'm unsure what I want to go for - currently I have $1200 that I can dedicate to a server, so a 6 or 12 month plan would be ideal or possibly even co-location. As for the actual SERVER - I need a place that offers Linux/BSD, cPanel, at least 2gB of memory, and half way decent processors.
Any help would be appreciated - the only datacenters I have been with over the past 5 years are Ev1/Rackshack, and Theplanet/Servermatrix.
I'm moving to another server in the next day. I've got a choice for an operating system (as I did last time). I thought I'd ask for opinions, thoughts, and experiences with the choices.
FreeBSD
Fedora Core 7
CentOS
A little info about the sites. I host 2 Gallery sites, a fairly popular Drupal based site, a relatively static PHP site, and soon and osCommerce powered site. I use PHP and MySQL a good bit. The server is managed by Plesk 8.3 right now. Which takes me to my other question.
What other control panels are available that offer good feature sets and low overhead (resource wise)? I'm impressed with the look of Plesk, but the workings leave something to be desired. My server comes with Plesk unless I tell them otherwise. They don't offer an alternate control panel solution.
As far as technical knowledge goes, I work with Linux (SLES/SLED) on a fairly regular basis. So I'm not a complete rookie. But I definitely don't consider myself an expert.
For one of my server, I have to use cpanel, my host offers these possibilities:
CentOS Linux
Fedora Core Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
RedHat Enterprise Linux
In term of compatibility and evolution, what is the best choice OS/Cpanel?
going to make an order, but don't know which one?
On this server will be File Hosting Site (File.am), which work on php/mysql, so it's not just direct downloads/upload, there is server load/
version 1.
- AMD Athlon XP 2000+
- 512MB DDR Memory
- 120GB EIDE Hard Drive
- 1500GB Traffic per month
- 100Mbit Connection
Monthly Price: $*** USD
Setup Fee: Free of Charge!
version 2.
# Cel 1.8 Ghz (while supplies last)
# 512 GB Ram
# 80 GB
# 6 ips
# 1500 GB monthly bandwidth 10Mbps switch port, $0/setup
price is the same
both are self -managed and located in usa.
unfortunately don't know, which one?
I've been using Nagios for so long that I have become disconnected from some of the other packages. What are y'all using these days?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI noticed a trend - I don't know if it's very new, but it can't be very old either - that quite a few people are looking for hosting and specifically ask that the host is not a reseller. Obviously they have somehow decided that a reseller is not a good choice for them.
A host that rents servers from a datacenter and then sells shared hosting and/or reseller hosting accounts or whatever other types of packages, is in fact reselling what it has bought from its provider. Despite that, it is generally regarded as a full-fledged host. Sure, they do take care that the servers are managed properly, that they are secure, they provide customer support, so they add to the original product that they have bought, but in essence they are resellers.
The first one is that the reliability, the uptime and server performance depend almost entirely on the upstream provider (the host behind the reseller). Considering that the reseller did a good job in finding a great upstream host, these things should be fine, but, unfortunately, in their search to get the best deal out there, many hosting resellers (if not most of them) end up being hosted for just a few bucks a month on highly overcrowded servers with stability and performance problems, frequent downtime etc. which will in turn translate into poor service for the end user.
The other major concern is the knowledgeability of the reseller. The very ease of becoming a reseller and the fact that almost anyone, or, as a WebHostingTalk user said it once, "anybody and his dog", can be a reseller, makes it very hard for some to trust a hosting reseller.
I would never say a reseller is a bad choice, but some things are not to be expected from a reseller. For example most resellers are a one man show and thus 24/7 365 days a year support can not be achieved without outsourcing some of it. This however is not a very cost effective solution for low volumes and this is why most resellers provide all the support themselves, which will obviously not be 24/7.
Also a reseller has only so much freedom on the server. A reseller cannot do some things and has to ask his own host to do them for him. That means it will take longer for those things to get solved.
On the plus side, a reseller often gets to know his customers and their needs and the client-reseller relationship often gets quite close. A friendly tone is worth for some people more than a 99.99% uptime statistic. If you're one of those people a reseller could very well be the right choice.
I am running some blogs on JustHost, a WordPress Web Hosting recommended by WordPress. You can visit my JustHost Review for reference.
Is a Core2Quad Q6600 cpu a good choice in a dedicated server compared to a Xenon or Dual Xenons?
I'm sepcifically looking at this page...[url]
Is this a good deal?
The 1TB SATA can be swapped for a 300GB SCSI at no extra cost.
Intended for a vbulletin forum so lots of database queries, I assume the 8GB ram would be good for that.
I run a Travel and Tourism Agency and plan to host my website online so that my potential customers will be able to book tickets, reserve hotel rooms, rent cars etc. My website will be built using PHP with MySQL at the backend. I plan on targeting mainly customers within the UK at first but will expand soon.
I expect to be getting around 10,000 visitors a month to start with and will expand rapidly. What Webhost should I be looking at? What are the things that I need to look out for specifically? Should I go for Shared or VPS?
I have an IBM System x3250 Intel Xeon 3040 Dual Core 1.87GHz/1066MHz FSB, 2x1MB L2 cache
2x512MB 667MHz PC2-5300 ECC DDR2 SDRAMs/8GB Max (4 DIMM)
250GB Simple Swap SATA HDD
This is mainly going to run MySQL database for my e-newsletter application. I do an email blast of about 100,000 email at a time about 3 times a week. Every clicks and every opens of newsletter will be recorded in the database. Is this server a right choice?
how to make a choice between a collocation provider?
witch criteria?
how can you check records about a provider?
what too look for when you pick up a colo provider?
what options ad features you should look for when choosing a collocation?
i want to have a windows server and make 5 vps on it what should i do to make the vps
is there is additional fees or i only pay the money of the server & for the windows
i have windows 2003 dedicaited server i need software so i can make vps i need a free one and easailly to make vps and assingh ips and stuff
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was wondering I've been having problems with getting my web server going.
I'm using Apache 2 on my Windows XP SP2 machine. I have a Linksys WRT54GX2 router, and I have Charter 3MB Cable internet. I already called charter to see if they allowed web servers and they said they do. I also asked if they block ports, and they said they don't.
Now my problem... So, I originally thought maybe charter blocked port 80, so I used NO-IP to work around that, I did port forwarding through that. Well, I used there tool canyouseeme.org and it said it couldnt read any ports i put in.
All my firewalls were off and i had my router firewall off. I even put my computer in the DMZ part of my router. I'm about to see if i can connect my modem directly to my computer without having a problem but i wasn't able to a bit ago. Anyone got any clues to waht i could do if nothing changes when i put my modem to my computer.
I tried everything, nothing seems to work. I was in IIS for a good 2 hours on my windows box trying to figure out how to setup an FTP on a specific directory. Whats a good program to use for a windows FTP to easily setup a read only FTP. I just want to be able to allow me and my friends to grab the files out of one specific directory.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a pro-bono client...a gardening group, say 200 or so not-too-tech savvy folks who need hosting. A very small (16M) simple-minded site with 2-3 PHP scripts for form responses and a Gmail userid for receiving public questions and answering them. Okay?
They need a site where, if I get run over by a semi, they can take over for awhile if needed, until they find someone else.
ASO is only for ubergeeks, as I've seen in their forum (especially), their wiki, and somewhat in their tech support. Even *I* am no ubergeek, much less, my clients. Hostgator for their smallest plan, at the $4.95 price requires 3-years up front, else $8.95 per year: a bit much for my not-for-profit group. (And Lifehacker says, Hostgator is just a reseller for The Planet...)
I am trying to customize the knoppix CD so that the SSH server can be started while the system has been booted up. I've tried to install the service and setup the appropriate run level (update-rc.d) but still the SSH daemon couldn't be started up automatically. I had to start it up manually while the system is booted up. I have an idea is to put the startup command in the /etc/rc.local, but not sure if that would work, but I prefer to start it up from the run-level. And what about the /etc/inittab, any idea on that?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHey heres what happens when i do a traceroute to amazon - over a maximum of 30 hops:
11 33 ms 35 ms 36 ms ae-7.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.134.22]
12 58 ms 53 ms 54 ms ae-2.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.86]
13 53 ms 53 ms 53 ms ae-81-81.csw3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.1
38]
14 47 ms 48 ms 47 ms ae-3-89.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.14
4]
15 * * AMAZONCOM.edge1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.20.14] repo
rts: Destination net unreachable.
Trace complete.
Is there a way my server unreachable without installing a hardware firewall?
I've ordered 1gbit/s port with one my dedicated servers. But I am still unhappy with the speed of download.
I have 2 mbit DSL connection at home and I can download files with 90 kb/s from the server. I also see the same speed on a 100mbit port server. But I can download files from RapidShare with 210 kb/s..
What do you recommend me to do make faster downloads from server-side?
Hello. I owned a VPS not long ago, and hosted my WordPress enabled site on there. I used approximately 9 plugin's, all of which are very low-usage and mainly used for the backend. I noticed during every day use the VPS slowed down, is this due to the WordPress script or the VPS itself?
The VPS had 1024mb RAM (1531mb burst), and equal share CPU.
I don't own the VPS now, but would appreciate some answers as I may buy a new one soon to host the same type of site.