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Things To Look For In a Web Hosting Company?
v1x writes "I have had an account with my current web hosting company for a few years, with 3 domains being hosted there (using Linux/PHP/MySQL). Recently, all three of these websites stopped functioning, and upon checking the site, all my directory structures were intact, whereas all of the files were gone. Upon contacting their technical support, I was given the run-around, and later informed by one of their administrators that none of the files could be restored. Needless to say that I am looking for a different web hosting company at this point, but I would like to make a more informed choice than I did with the current company. I have read a similar Slashdot article (from 2005) on the topic, but the questions posed there were slightly different."
Reader mrstrano has a similar question: "I am developing a web application and, after registering the domain, I am now looking for a suitable web hosting provider.
It should be cheap enough so I can start small, but should allow me to scale up if the web site is successful (as I hope).
The idea is simple enough so I do not need other investors to implement it. This also means that I don't have a lot of money to put on it
at the moment.
Users of the website will post their pictures (no, it's not going to be a porn website), so scalability might be an issue even with a moderately high
number of users.
I would like to find a good web hosting provider from day one, so I don't have to go through the pain of a data migration.
Which web host would you choose?"
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I just bailed on JustHost, which is a Linux only company. They pulled all kinds of sales gimmicks on me. I would have tolerated them if they provided better service.
I'm using JustHost and I'm thinking about adding shell access, and a dedicated IP for SSL. The only sales bullshit they've tried to pull on me are all the stupid popups. ("You have been selected to receive this offer" kind of crap.) Could you please expand on what they tried with you?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
This is SO not offtopic. We're talking about what to look for in a web hosting company, and I'm asking for specifics on a particular web hosting company, which is useful information to anyone interested in this thread. Looks like one of my enemies (or a justhost-employed astroturfer who wants to bury this thread) has attacked me again, to the detriment of slashdot... But I still want to do know, and I'm willing to bet that others reading this thread still want to know, too. So: can anyone shed some light on what kind of underhanded marketing practices are being used by justhost?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"