Re: Host recommendations? Probably going with digitaldaze.

A load of one is 100% on a single CPU box. --Joe On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:25:38PM +0100, Niklas Alberth wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > -- > 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 ================================================================================ = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = ================================================================================ "Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."