To find the perfect webhost
Quest details: I want to find the best webhost for my particular needs. Bandwidth and storage space need not be huge but they should be considerable. Prices should be low. Importantly: speed of transfer should be good.
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- Nice webhorsting service...especially if you are considering a highly dynamic site.By din, 2 years 24 weeks ago
NFSN is what i use. pay as you go concept. brilliant webhosting. i love them.Â
bandwidth: $1/gigabyte
storage: $0.01/megabyte-month
By whoknows, 2 years 16 weeks ago- 1and1 is pretty good. Their beginner package starts at $2.99 a month with no setup fees.By JoelM, 2 years 24 weeks ago
- I used to be a webhost my self until I sold my business. I know it when I see a good webhost and this is it. A Small Orange is the best web host that I have found. Check them out, chat with them and see for your self. They will reply to you probably within 15 to 20 minutes.By garg, 2 years 16 weeks ago
- i use them for domain registrations, but they just lowered their prices on hosting packages - so they're definitely worth checking out.By techblog, 2 years 16 weeks ago
- I am currently using DreamHost and they have very generous plans as well as an active support wiki, plus a blog with rss updates of any changes in the status of their servers, etc. Their lowest plan starts at $7.95/month and you get:
1 FREE domain registration
www.yourname.com
UNLIMITED domains hosted
UNLIMITED subdomains
20 GB Disk, 1 TB Transfer
3000 Mailboxes, 75 Shell/FTP UsersBy techblog, 2 years 17 weeks ago - You can search hundreds of hosting companies with Hostsearch.com and limit price ranges along with dozens of other options to find the right hosting company for you.By JoelM, 2 years 16 weeks ago
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Could you expand on that
Submitted by sgd on Fri, 2006-06-02 13:10.
Could you expand on that further? By "dynamic" you mean?
I mean sites that normally
Submitted by din on Fri, 2006-06-02 13:42.
I mean sites that normally have a some kind of database back-end doing a lot of work.
Unlike static sites, dynamic sites do not simply send a piece of html to the user viewing the webpage. Instead a program is run each time to generate the html the the user will see, and then this is what is sent.
Both these things mean the server is working much harder for dynamic sites.
Needs are important
Submitted by mlwhall on Mon, 2006-06-05 15:41.
Needs are important
Example, I am doing some Ruby applications with others. So we got a hosting company that specialized in Ruby on Rails, etc. That is one thing, does it do what you want? Ruby, Blogs, e-mail, website, etc.
Another thing to think about other than bandwidth, etc. is: does the system have the CPU to deal with the work you want -- in the Ruby example above it was a VPS (virtual private server -- more than one person on a system) -- our application had a back-end that brought us and everyone else to their knees while it did its initial processing -- you did not mention this kind of need -- but it is something to think about.
----Martin----
Martin Hall
martin@sysval.org
Static or dynamic site?
This is an important consideration is as it will determine the kind of server you will require.