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[Michael Morris]

It smells like the rat is trying to milk you for more cash.

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

It smells like the rat is trying to milk you for more cash.

Yea I agree, switch hosts, a forum of that size should be able to work in a shared hosting enviroment fine.

[manguish]

My last host did this to me. Same sort of thing.

So i told em where to go and switched to www.f5hosting.com and never looked back.

ACE

[pushpullbar]

so you think there is nothing wrong with the scripts?

[Colin F]

Originally Posted by pushpullbar

so you think there is nothing wrong with the scripts?

Allthough it wouldn't hurt to upgrade to vB3.0.3, it shouldn't generally be a problem.

Going along with all the above, I suggest you switch your host and while you're at it, you might want to upgrade as well.

[TheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by pushpullbar

Thanks everyone.

Brad...

My forum has around 1000+ users, 1000+ threads and about 10,000+ posts.
The MAXIMUM no. of users at a time was 80, of which most of them were google spiders. Usually you'd find about 2-3 people members on at any one time... usual maximum would be around 7 or 8 members.

the only thing i have installed is vBadvanced portal front page.

:ninja: What....

I have >3,300 members, 175,000 posts, between 35-90 members on all the time - and I am on a shared server. My host gives me no trouble at all.

Gert away from your current host ASAP as they are 100% looking to milk you for everythign. There is no way your forum needs a dedicated server.

PM me if you want to know more about my host...

[AlexanderT]

Even if you are on a shared host, it shouldn't be possible for a PHP script to "has overload our server to the point of crashing it" - unless you have 100s of users visiting your site simulateously, which is not the case as you stated. So I assume the server has not been optimized correctly.

My suggestion: switch the host. If you need a good recommendation, PM me (I don't want to advertise in public)

[Harry Bo]

They're running PHP as CGI - /usr/bin/php. From the current PHP INSTALL file:

If you are running a web server PHP has
module support for, you should generally go for that solution for
performance reasons. However, the CGI version enables users to run
different PHP-enabled pages under different user-ids.

Warning

By using the CGI setup, your server is open to several possible
attacks. Please read our CGI security section to learn how to defend
yourself from those attacks.

If you're running a webserver with a module for PHP (Apache, for instance - which your host is using) then it is significantly more efficient and safe than using CGI. I'm currently using two hosts - Rackspace and a UK one called 34sp.com. Both use PHP compiled as a module. Pretty much any decent host should, in all honesty

I'd say switch hosts too...

HB

[mattyk72]

I had this same thing happen to me a while back, I lost my entire forum and had to start over from scratch!

Stupid me didn't do frequent backups at that time either, I do now though.

[Mark.B]

This is my host, and they don't behave in this way.

http://www.imagelinkusa.net
Tell them what you require, they will give you an honest answer as to what you need AND if you go on shared they will NOT overload it!

Also, I have not used them, but keep reading lots of good things from vBulletin owners who use this firm:
http://www.asmallorange.net.
Cannot vouch for them myself but I know many who can.