Web Hosting

JewelWiki · 02-13-2007, 02:43 AM

This question is mainly for Kiera, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions as well.

Kiera, who's your web host for the forum, and do you like them?
I think you're using ASmallOrange...what plan are you on if so? (you can PM me if you prefer it not to be public).

I'm asking because my host for the wiki will expire soon and I'm going to transfer it...I know message boards are pretty intensive on servers etc and I've found this to have great up-time. I know the wiki can be really slow to load sometimes, too, which can definitely be aggravating. Anyone else want to chime in on current or past web hosting experiences?

Little Bird · 02-13-2007, 09:36 AM

Yep, I'm with ASO (A small orange). I find them great and very well priced. I will pm you with the details of what option I have.

I have one major gripe though! And it all became very clear to everyone back in August. They DON'T keep backups. We lost 4 months of the forum because I assumed the 'daily backup' advertised, was my fall back. Not the case. They do daily backups alright but only keep it for 24 hours whereby the overwrite the previous days backup. It makes no sense to me at all but that is they way they operate it.

But so long as you know this and keep regular database backups yourself, (like I do now) I think ASO are great. I feel the wording was misleading, before I took out the plan but regardless, it's the only complaint I have.

The support is absolutely excellent and very fast so any problems you have, it can be sorted out in no time. They also have a very useful chat feature available at US peak times. More suitable to you than me but I still don't have any trouble getting in touch. But it does mean instant support.

I researched for about 4 months before settling on the right company, speaking to many webmasters and forum administrators etc as a forum has different requirements to standard web Hosting. I have started small but have noticed that soon enough, we'll be moving onto a bigger plan as the forum has gotten busier.

Traffic wise, we need to rely on bandwidth costs, not webspace costs so I was looking for the best bandwidth offer for what I could afford. I recommend you do the same. Companies offer gigs of webspace that you most likely won't use whereas their traffic (bandwidth) offer is poor and it's this that you'll use up faster, especially the more popular your site.

My husband uses F5Hosting. They offer, in my opinion, the best service than anyone I've seen...but you pay for it! He pays 3 times what I pay a month but he does use up about 50GB's of bandwidth a month which is collossal but he has a huge forum in comparison to the JKF and he's not very good with some of the background stuff to the forum software and that's where F5 come in. They do everything and backup 3 weeks worth.

Depends on what you're looking for and how much you're willing to spend.

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-13-2007, 12:47 PM

back in August when the forum went "tits up" as Marc put it. Ha! Hey Kiera is there a way to change my join date from August to May? It's not a big deal I was just curious since I did join in May..

Little Bird · 02-13-2007, 01:01 PM

Yep there is and it is now done!

I only do this as user request so if anyone else would like their join date to reflect the real one they had during the time that the forum went 'tits up' then just let me know.

ItBeThatWay27 · 02-13-2007, 06:30 PM

ha hahaha Kiera I love what you just said hahahaha and also thanks for changing my join date

02-13-2007, 02:43 AM	#1
JewelWiki JKF Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Charlottesville, VA, USA Posts: 805 Rep Power: 0	Web Hosting This question is mainly for Kiera, but I'd love to hear other people's opinions as well. Kiera, who's your web host for the forum, and do you like them? I think you're using ASmallOrange...what plan are you on if so? (you can PM me if you prefer it not to be public). I'm asking because my host for the wiki will expire soon and I'm going to transfer it...I know message boards are pretty intensive on servers etc and I've found this to have great up-time. I know the wiki can be really slow to load sometimes, too, which can definitely be aggravating. Anyone else want to chime in on current or past web hosting experiences? __________________ JewelWiki!

02-13-2007, 09:36 AM	#2
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Yep, I'm with ASO (A small orange). I find them great and very well priced. I will pm you with the details of what option I have. I have one major gripe though! And it all became very clear to everyone back in August. They DON'T keep backups. We lost 4 months of the forum because I assumed the 'daily backup' advertised, was my fall back. Not the case. They do daily backups alright but only keep it for 24 hours whereby the overwrite the previous days backup. It makes no sense to me at all but that is they way they operate it. But so long as you know this and keep regular database backups yourself, (like I do now) I think ASO are great. I feel the wording was misleading, before I took out the plan but regardless, it's the only complaint I have. The support is absolutely excellent and very fast so any problems you have, it can be sorted out in no time. They also have a very useful chat feature available at US peak times. More suitable to you than me but I still don't have any trouble getting in touch. But it does mean instant support. I researched for about 4 months before settling on the right company, speaking to many webmasters and forum administrators etc as a forum has different requirements to standard web Hosting. I have started small but have noticed that soon enough, we'll be moving onto a bigger plan as the forum has gotten busier. Traffic wise, we need to rely on bandwidth costs, not webspace costs so I was looking for the best bandwidth offer for what I could afford. I recommend you do the same. Companies offer gigs of webspace that you most likely won't use whereas their traffic (bandwidth) offer is poor and it's this that you'll use up faster, especially the more popular your site. My husband uses F5Hosting. They offer, in my opinion, the best service than anyone I've seen...but you pay for it! He pays 3 times what I pay a month but he does use up about 50GB's of bandwidth a month which is collossal but he has a huge forum in comparison to the JKF and he's not very good with some of the background stuff to the forum software and that's where F5 come in. They do everything and backup 3 weeks worth. Depends on what you're looking for and how much you're willing to spend. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

02-13-2007, 12:47 PM	#3
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	back in August when the forum went "tits up" as Marc put it. Ha! Hey Kiera is there a way to change my join date from August to May? It's not a big deal I was just curious since I did join in May.. __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters Last edited by ItBeThatWay27; 02-13-2007 at 12:52 PM. Reason: oops May

02-13-2007, 06:30 PM	#5
ItBeThatWay27 Gary, 'Disposable-Hero' Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,242 Rep Power: 0	ha hahaha Kiera I love what you just said hahahaha and also thanks for changing my join date __________________ so close no matter how far couldn't be much more from the heart forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters

02-13-2007, 01:01 PM	#4
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Yep there is and it is now done! I only do this as user request so if anyone else would like their join date to reflect the real one they had during the time that the forum went 'tits up' then just let me know.