Re: Host recommendations? Probably going with digitaldaze.

A load of 1 ain't nothing. A client of mine was at a webhost not to be named hosts 300 domains on a p2 400, 64mb ram, ide disks. Load was very often up to 8-10 and mysql complained alot of too many connections open. --niklas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Stump" <joe@earth.care2.com> To: "Ross" <dymax@mail.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Host recommendations? Probably going with digitaldaze. > All I have to say is DO NOT go with Hurricane Electric! The machine I am on has > over 600 users on it, sits constantly at a load of 1 (single 800MHz Pentium), > 4MB of free RAM if I'm lucky, they edited my files without warning me, waited > until about a week ago to upgrade to PHP4, and nobody has read perms on all of > the /home/ directories so anyone with half a brain can make a small bash prompt > in php and browse everyones files! > > BTW I just bought my own box and I have a friend who owns an ISP - so I'll be > free of them soon!!!! > > --Joe > > On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 08:31:00PM -0500, Ross wrote: > > I'm sorry to bore everyone with yet another 'Who's a good host' > > inquiry but I am probably about to sign up for a virtual server > > account at digitaldaze and would appreciate hearing of any recent good > > or bad comments. I'm also happy to hear alternatives. > > > > These are my requirements: > > > > Recent versions of MySQL and PHP4 (preferably running as an Apache > > module). > > > > The biggie I keep running into: My scripts must not be readable by > > other users on the same machine. I've found this to be a real problem > > on the vast majority of low cost hosts who require scripts to be world > > readable to use the Apache module PHP. One of the scripts always > > contains the MySQL password. I have solved this in the past by using a > > host with cgiwrap or suExec and compiling PHP as my own CGI and not > > using their module but for my next project I really want the > > performance of the module. > > > > SSL for a few secure pages. (low cost using the host's domain and > > certificate). > > > > Telnet, FTP. Linux or BSD development environment etc. > > > > Email forwarding. A few POP mailboxes would be nice but not essential. > > > > Value for money but not looking for rock bottom price. > > > > Thanks > > Ross > >