Dreamhost down again…

March 25th 2008 Posted to Random Rambling

It’s a shame that any good popular hosting service seems to be doomed by their popularity. Dreamhost has once again disappointed me. The day after I discover my site’s newly gained popularity, the server went down for 5 hours! Argh! That’s it, I can’t take this anymore, goodbye Dreamhost, I’m looking for a replacement!

On a lighter note, check out this hosting service: http://www.nouptime.com/

Comments

  1. Bruce
    March 26th, 2008 | 7:13 am

    DreamHost’s main problem is that they oversell like crazy, which means that their servers tend to be overcrowded. This leads to servers being slow or even crashing.
    If you want a host that doesn’t oversell I recommend WebFaction. You get a bit less diskspace (but more than you probably need anyway) but the speed and stability gain is well worth it.

  2. William Khoe
    March 26th, 2008 | 12:22 pm

    I was thinking of Media Temple (gs) because the way they describe it on their site looks promising, but I don’t want to fall into any marketing trap. Plus Matt Brett’s complaint: http://flickr.com/photos/mattbrett/304967089/

    In the long run, I probably want to colo my own server, seems to be the only sure way to somewhat guarantee uptime.

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