Web-host recommendation(s)?

jodibecker

Joined: 2009-02-25
Posts: 3

Posted: Thu, 2009-03-05 06:10

Can anyone make a personal recommendation on a web host? I have a domain name through Google, but their web-hosting appears to be minimal and incompatible with Gallery. Thank you.

ashokjp

Joined: 2009-05-27
Posts: 14

Posted: Thu, 2009-05-28 08:02

try www.fidoworks.com

lob

Joined: 2004-06-24
Posts: 19

Posted: Sun, 2009-05-31 20:39

Until recently I have been a satisfied Bluehost customer.

Last month Bluehost announced a 50,000 file limit. I read that Hostgator is imposing a similar limit. Both use the same basic hosting toolkit, and apparently there are problems with disk management when an individual server's file count gets too high.

My Gallery 2 installation itself is over the 50K limit. Gallery 3 is more efficient in its file usage, but even that would bring me to about 30,000 files.

A dedicated server would solve the problem but I'm not ready to make that financial leap, especially when these $7/mo plans almost work for me.

I'm looking for a reliable "unlimited" host with a higher file limit.

nivekiam

Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 16504

Posted: Mon, 2009-06-01 20:02

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Last month Bluehost announced a 50,000 file limit.

NO host is "unlimited". They all have limits, even those who claim unlimited, have limits, just unwritten ones.

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apparently there are problems with disk management when an individual server's file count gets too high.

All reliable hosts have such a limit, spoken or unspoken.

Try a VPS, www.linode.com or www.slicehost.com. Cost is more than $7/mo, but you're running your own virtual server and only really need to care about you and your operating system. Though, if your setup does impact overall performance of the host machine you could run into issues.

So far (3 weeks into it) I'm very happy with Linode.
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lob

Joined: 2004-06-24
Posts: 19

Posted: Tue, 2009-06-02 14:26

Thanks for the post - I was looking at VPS but so far had not found one cheaper than $49/mo. I will look into these providers.

I'll admit I have been pushing the reasonable "limits" of an "unlimited" account. (As for limits, I voluntarily stopped posting full size 8 Mpix images when I saw that my contributions were making noticeable incremental increases on my shared server's root volume size, now at about 85% as reported in the account's control panel. Eighty-five percent of what, I don't know; Bluehost understandably doesn't enable space available information for individual accounts.

jodibecker Joined: 2009-02-25 Posts: 3	Posted: Thu, 2009-03-05 06:10
	Can anyone make a personal recommendation on a web host? I have a domain name through Google, but their web-hosting appears to be minimal and incompatible with Gallery. Thank you.
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ashokjp Joined: 2009-05-27 Posts: 14	Posted: Thu, 2009-05-28 08:02
	try www.fidoworks.com

lob Joined: 2004-06-24 Posts: 19	Posted: Sun, 2009-05-31 20:39
	Until recently I have been a satisfied Bluehost customer. Last month Bluehost announced a 50,000 file limit. I read that Hostgator is imposing a similar limit. Both use the same basic hosting toolkit, and apparently there are problems with disk management when an individual server's file count gets too high. My Gallery 2 installation itself is over the 50K limit. Gallery 3 is more efficient in its file usage, but even that would bring me to about 30,000 files. A dedicated server would solve the problem but I'm not ready to make that financial leap, especially when these $7/mo plans almost work for me. I'm looking for a reliable "unlimited" host with a higher file limit.

nivekiam Joined: 2002-12-10 Posts: 16504	Posted: Mon, 2009-06-01 20:02
	Quote: Last month Bluehost announced a 50,000 file limit. NO host is "unlimited". They all have limits, even those who claim unlimited, have limits, just unwritten ones. Quote: apparently there are problems with disk management when an individual server's file count gets too high. All reliable hosts have such a limit, spoken or unspoken. Try a VPS, www.linode.com or www.slicehost.com. Cost is more than $7/mo, but you're running your own virtual server and only really need to care about you and your operating system. Though, if your setup does impact overall performance of the host machine you could run into issues. So far (3 weeks into it) I'm very happy with Linode. ____________________________________________ Like Gallery? Like the support? Donate now!!! See G2 live here

lob Joined: 2004-06-24 Posts: 19	Posted: Tue, 2009-06-02 14:26
	Thanks for the post - I was looking at VPS but so far had not found one cheaper than $49/mo. I will look into these providers. I'll admit I have been pushing the reasonable "limits" of an "unlimited" account. (As for limits, I voluntarily stopped posting full size 8 Mpix images when I saw that my contributions were making noticeable incremental increases on my shared server's root volume size, now at about 85% as reported in the account's control panel. Eighty-five percent of what, I don't know; Bluehost understandably doesn't enable space available information for individual accounts.

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