Re: php/mysql dedicated hosting

I had a really bad experience with www.csoft.net. They blew away one of our MySQL databases, couldn't recover it for us even though we were paying for a backup level of service, and in general seemed shaky on MySQL administration issues although they didn't offer an option where we could administer it ourselves. They would pretty frequently make unannounced configuration changes that broke our sites in one way or another. We could have dealt with these changes if we knew they were coming, but we had to learn about them the same way all our users did. What made us finally give up on them was a DB admin snafu that led to our DB-driven sites being down for a week or so, during which it was really hard to get a response from them. So we took the DB data we had left and moved on to www.webpipe.net, and are much happier now. Admittedly, csoft was very cheap, and we probably got the level of customer service we paid for. Csoft might still be a win for the price-conscious if you can roll with some unpredictability and you're not entrusting them with any data you want to keep. --Tim Converse On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 16:44:21 -0700, Tyler Longren wrote: > Go with www.csoft.net. They support PHP and MySQL. You get unlimited MySQL > databases. Here's what you get for $15/month: > > http://yourdomain URL > 300MB storage space > Unlimited name@yourdomain aliases > Unlimited POP mailboxes > Unlimited (sub)domains (wildcard) > Console DNS administration > Unique IP address and reverse DNS > Well-maintained GNU/Linux and OpenBSD servers > Apache w/ PHP, fastcgi and mod_perl support > Unrestricted shell access (use OpenSSH =) > Mode 700 CGI support > Unlimited MySQL databases > Mail service (POP and SMTP servers). > Shell mail clients (eg. Mutt, Elm, Pine) > Mailing list support > https service (Apache-SSL) > > Pretty damn good if ya ask me. > > Regards, > Tyler Longren > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert J. Cissell" <rcissell@tampabay.rr.com> > To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 11:25 AM > Subject: [PHP] php/mysql dedicated hosting > > > Does anyone have recommendations on a good web hosting company that provides > PHP4 and MySQL? I'm currently with Hostpro and unless you get your own > managed server you're stuck with what they've got (php4 beta2 with nothing > extra compiled) and their service is pretty crappy, to say the least. Even > after I tried to upgrade to my own dedicated server it's still an ordeal > trying to get what I want/need on it. Thanks. > > robert > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html