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Hello all, I am currently experiencing some problems (server outage or slooow response time) with my hosting provider (http://servage.net) and I am fed up with the way they are approaching the problem.

That’s why I am opening this new topic: which hosting provider are you using? is one that you are satisfied of? could you recommend it?

Of course it should be supporting PHP5 with the most of the extensions/MySQL/Zend accelerator/caching/ssl and/or joomla/drupal/wordpres with decent response times!

The MUST being linux SO with APACHE.

Thanks for your contribution to the thread 😊

Stefano

I’ve been using Hostgator for a little over a year now. I have been happy with them. A friend of mine signed up with JustHost not too long ago and havent heard any complaints from him either.

I have heard about Hostgator: what kind of sites are you hosting there?

I have a managed VPS with eurovps (http://www.eurovps.net) very satisfied so far because I can do whatever I want 😊

I’v been using A Small Orange, very happy so far, no issues at all.

I have heard about Hostgator: what kind of sites are you hosting there?

I just mess around with personal stuff. Nothing big.

Thanks to all for replying 😊

@jdfwarrior: hmmm being my website (codeignited, of course 😊) photography related, I need to provide a lot of (quite heavy) objects and so the response times are worrying me a little bit…

I have been hosting some stuff on servage for well over a year and can attest to the up and down performance. The response is terrible at times.

I’ve also been using hostgator for about a year now, but am much much happier with them.

I should maybe also mention that I use the least expensive packages with both.

Such an over-covered topic… http://www.asmallorange.com/ - very satisfied.

Great! two points for asmallorange 😊 any experience on DREAMHOST so far?

I used Dreamhost for a year (because of the 70% off promo or whatever, it was like $3 for the year). A pile of garbage that went down all the time - getting switched to another server, from one that clearly had uptime issues was like pulling teeth.

I actually switched to ASO in the middle of my Dreamhost year and just let the DH account sit there unused and expire.

I have tried numerous hosting solutions over time.
1and1.com : unusable control panel, no ssh (not in the plan I had anyway). old php versions. weird apache setup. If you’re a php dev, don’t even bother.

bluehost.com :  You get cpanel + ssh from the get go, which is good. I don’t know why pdo wasn’t installed by default, other additional libraries needed to be installed, after my first interaction with their support I switched. Total time they hosted my site: 3 days.

phpwebhosting.com: at first glance looks ok. ssh access, simple custom control panel, good enough for basic operations (create db and such). The good is that everything seems to work. The bad(s): some support tickets go into limbo. Also they don’t seem to be aware of the word “secure”, login with no ssl to the control panel and passwords stored unencrypted and unsalted in their db.

mediatemple.net : vps + plesk panel. service is ok, but I had some issues with lost packets between my isp and theirs, resulting in a slow connection. Tested the connection from different spots in the city and noticed the same. Maybe it was a temporary thing. Also a bit overpriced, basic vps at 50$/month. They have a pretty good knowledge base.

asmallorange.com : good for basic hosting. You can’t go wrong with a monthly, no contract plan starting at 5$ where you have cpanel and ssh access and can host multiple sites. Although, don’t even look at them for vps, they’re even pricier than Media Temple.

linode.com* : vps only. Puts Media Temple to sleep. A pretty decent basic package, no contract 20$/month. You have some choice of linux flavors (debian, ubuntu, centos, arch, gentoo, fedora, slack). You install them with a click of a mouse. You need to know linux though, since you’re root and there’s no panel beyond the one to administer your server’s resources (memory, hard drive, bandwith, dns, etc). You can however install whatever you want (you’re root), so if you can afford a cpanel or plesk license go for it. I barely ever use them so I’m good with ssh and phpmyadmin. They also have a pretty decent knowledge base and an irc channel. I think Linode would make any linux guy very happy.

slicehost.com: I have heard slicehost being compared to linode a lot. Never had any experience with the former though, but from what I’ve heard it’s practically “a coin flip” between those 2.

*Full Disclosure: I have included my referral code in the linode url. It doesn’t however affect my review of them. Once they start sucking I’ll update this post as I’ve been doing all along. If you don’t feel like using that link use this one linode.com

...asmallorange.com seems to be very popular and reliable, thanks guys!

@Michael Wales, @adamp1, @Michael Ekoka: which hosting plan/options did you subscribe? my C-Ignited website is a photgraphy site so I’d need fast response times and no bandwidth problems…

T H A N K S ! ! ! 😊

Mochahost rocks,it beats dreamhost and godaddy on fairness.Dig this,you get a dedicated ip free,you can buy a comodo ssl certficate for $79 an year,plus you pay under $120 for web hosting and here is the fair part,you have svn support!.I use it.

I use http://www.hosthawk.com/ for a some sites….