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My current hosting companys MySQL server sucks and keeps going down. Everytime it does I have to go in and repair the THREAD table and we usually end up loosing a thread. Ive decided to move the site to a more reliable box but I was wondering if there is a prefered or favorite hosting company that vBulletin admins use? Were currently serving up aproximatly 5,000 pages a day so whichever hosting company it is must have a solid MySQL server.

I was contemplating going with these guys www.HOSTWAY.com as I have used them before but not on a site with this kind of traffic.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Regards,

Simon Mestas
AlfaBB.com - Admin

I have used http://www.fuitadnet.com and it is really good especially for the price. Support is great and so is the uptime and speed.

Dark Shogun

Hello smestas,

Please feel free to visit us at http://www.vB-host.com

I would go to www.f5hosting.com they have the best support of any host Ive ever used, and ive used alot.

You should check them out.

www.rackshack.net i've heard is extremely reliable :)

Rackshack is the best IMO;)

Satan

yes but you cant get any better than http://sanoxs.com/ webhosting.... its what I run my forum off of and its the best ever :up:

agreed, F5 has excellent support

Just goes to show that for the best, you gotta fork out a lot, being 16 with no job, i can't afford the hundreds of pounds a month to run a server, which is a shame cause whenever i run forums, they always end up going past the hosting limits and the downtime following just ruins everything. I went with Uzipp, they seem to be very reliable from what i heard, and it's relatively easy to get in touch with them, plus i'm cheap :rolleyes:

http://www.viperhost.com seems to run vB nice. :)

i'm on hostingmatters but they've got slower as the contracts gone on, will definately be moving to a new server when my contracts up unless they improve.

You think RackShack is alot?:eek:

And they don't just do dedicated servers;)

They do hosting packages as well...

I'm 17, have no job, yet I manage to pay half of a server with NTLDR;) - It doesn't costs hundreds of pounds, unless of course you are looking at the Dual 2.0 Xeon Servers with 1GB RAM, 1200GB Bandwidth per month, and 3 73GB RAID5 Disk Drives (146GB total);)

Then that would cost hundreds of pounds:p

Satan

Trust you Tony.... to be honest. VP's hosting services are less than good.

Close to the same with Colicab and I..... When i start work again we'll get that Xeon:D

I forgot to mention that my current hosting is with iPowerWeb.com . While they are cheap and give you a fair ammout of storage and bandwith usage the up time and lack of customer support is just not worth it. I have to go in and repair my "threads" table about 2 to 4 times a week and constantly getting SQL server timeout messages in my inbox. For low traffic static websites there decent but anything other then that they SUCK!

I guess the saying you get what you pay for is true on the web as well.

Simon Mestas
Alfabb.com - Admin

When I get a job, it is Xeon time;)

Satan

I recommend LightningServers... http://www.lightningservers.net/ ...I haven't had an hour of downtime in the eighteen months I've been doing business with them. Although I'm receiving my hosting at half price (special offer that's long since expired), the hosting packages are a bargain even at full price, especially considering their exceptional support and reliability.

For me if there is'nt a phone number (without the 1hr hold) on the support link I'd rather not use them. I want to be able to call and speak to someone at 3am and get a definative answer to any problems. I've done this with Hostway.com (no affiliation) and beleive me it makes a huge difference.

Just my 2cents

Yeah. This is a WHT kind of confession.

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