TOP 10 Web Hosts for a VBulletin Forum

Come on now folks, we must do better on providing sources of web hosting to the community.

Break out your lists so folks do not have to read the ADSENSE ads within this thread to find a host. Please provide your top hosts for members to consider (more than one or your favorite forum hosts, not just who you think is the best).

I am going to start with a question.

Is Lunar Host worth doing business with?

I would put A SMALL ORANGE (http://www.asmallorange.com/services/hosting/?refer=lincolnvscadillac.com) on the top of the list

Yeah Joey, but we are looking for more than ASO, we are looking for the top ten forum web hosting companies.

Anyone else have a list (TOP 10) of hosts?

I'm very interested in seeing a list like this. In fact, I've been counting the hours until ASO starts taking new accounts. Maybe I can wait a few more days to see how this top 10 list pans out. :)

Yeah Joey, but we are looking for more than ASO, we are looking for the top ten forum web hosting companies.

Anyone else have a list (TOP 10) of hosts?


Ive only used ASO and Lunar pages, who I would place low on the list = Id like to hear more also

I'm very interested in seeing a list like this. In fact, I've been counting the hours until ASO starts taking new accounts. Maybe I can wait a few more days to see how this top 10 list pans out. :)

Hey RB... I think today (27th) is the day when you will see ASO commencing taking orders again. Look out for an announcement about this on their forums today... you won't have to wai tmuch longer.

Yes it is

i would not say there is any host out there just for forums and those who are are usually very crappy. what you should do is always send a questionary email to your host before signing up. Some things i ask are:
1)How is your php compiled?
2)What is your policy on server usage?
3)Are bots allowd?
4)Are scripts that interact with IRC allowd?
5)Are php extensions requestable?
6)Is there mod_rewrite?
7)Can i upgrade my account?
etc.

Also make sure your host is not bias against your sites topic or your software. i have heard several stories of hosts personally not allowing vBulletin software to be hosted on their servers for the reason of "server usage abuse."Now I personally came in contact with a host who was completely bias against my site's topic(which is animation; the host did not like anime) and would not host me. Remember it is a privlege to be hosted, not a right;)

Also a good webhost(not tried but heard) is: http://www.electrickitten.com .
They host such sites as DigiKitten (http://www.digikitten.com) which won vB BoM(Board of the Month). It also hosts PbJunkie (http://www.pbjunkie.com) which is a very nice looking site.

All right VB forum owners, come out and give us your answers, come out from where you are hiding and post your hosts.......

I would put A SMALL ORANGE (http://www.asmallorange.com/services/hosting/?refer=hereisJoeuchgosreferralname.com) on the top of the list Yeah...
If I didn't know that you wanted referrals, I'd think very highly of this service provider, all due to your praise.

But when you fail to mention that you're getting referrals, and probably benefits of some sort as a result, it does suggest to me that your praise is not (entirely) based on their great performance.

Well, he is not the only one making the recommendation, but I get your drift, I don't mind that a friend gets credit if I hook up.

It seems that we are finding it hard to find hosts other than ASO listed on these pages that are good forum hosts, so we will just have to let the thread run it's course.

Believe me, referrals has nothing to do with it. I have several hosts I could refer and get paid for..

This is a small outfit that focuses HIGHLY on customer service. They even stopped taking new customers for a few weeks so they could hire and train a few new people and keep the service level high since they have grown so much.

Verio. We have done it all over the years for hosting. Cheap hosts, ran our own server farm out of our offices, co-located, dedicated servers. Now we just use good 'ol managed virtual machines at Verio. They work and if they don't you can call someone in this country who knows what they are doing and they fix it pretty fast. Unlimited bandwidth, freedom to do pretty much what you want and everything is upgradeable.

well for all you ASO junkies they have reopened registration;)

Yeah...
If I didn't know that you wanted referrals, I'd think very highly of this service provider, all due to your praise.

But when you fail to mention that you're getting referrals, and probably benefits of some sort as a result, it does suggest to me that your praise is not (entirely) based on their great performance.

Hey miko67... feel free to sign up with them and give the referral to Joey or someone else bar me... obtaining a referral is most certainly NOT the reason I am willing to reccommend them so highly.

I will attest for ASO also. GREAT host.

Hey miko67... feel free to sign up with them and give the referral to Joey or someone else bar me... obtaining a referral is most certainly NOT the reason I am willing to reccommend them so highly.

Give the referral or dont. Do a search on vb's forums - ASO is highly spoken of.

Alright guys, but for the good of the forum, we need more than one host to tell future members about, I know we all like ASO, but list others that are good if you know any.

Alright guys, but for the good of the forum, we need more than one host to tell future members about, I know we all like ASO, but list others that are good if you know any.
I can tell you who not to go to. hehe

Well, I would bet that ASO does not host 5% of the VBforums worldwide, so you guys better start finding out who is hosting these forums and post the names.

How are we going to provide a decent thread if we have but one host posted in the thread :confused: :mad:

well i already posted a suggestion...

There certainly doesn't seem to be lacking support for the services of ASO... It's starting to sound like "The Mac People" in the 80's and 90's - and probably still to this day... hehehe

But I get the hint. ASO are good, good beyond good. And I'll remember this to the day I fade away (you don't really see yourself burning up in front of your pc late one night, do you?) many years from now.

Having said all this with a great, big "I-stirred-up-some-emotions-there" smile on my face, I have to concur with Anthony. We need to let some time go by for all of the other hosts to get a reputation worthwhile for someone to mention in this here thread :p

Oh, and pluuuease let's hera about those that suck bigtime as well... Maybe they'll improve because of it (that is, after all the "sue-them-all-for-defamation" trials have subsided) :eek:

I agree -

Ok - a few of the recommendations posted at vbulletin forums:
(some are older)

http://www.reecehosting.com/
http://www.f5hosting.com/
http://www.hostrocket.com/ (http://www.hostrocket.com/)
http://www.hostpro.com/ (http://www.hostpro.com/)
http://www.netmegs.com/ (http://www.netmegs.com/)
www.kdawebservices.com (http://www.kdawebservices.com)
http://www.hosting4less.com (http://www.hosting4less.com)
http://www.aplushosting.com/ (http://www.aplushosting.com/)
http://www.phpwebhosting.com (http://www.phpwebhosting.com)
www.Registerfly.com (http://www.registerfly.com/)
www.mish-hosting.com (http://www.mish-hosting.com/)
www.realwebhost.net (http://www.realwebhost.net)
www.vizaweb.com (http://www.vizaweb.com/)


Why dont we put together something I can send to various hosts and try to compile some real data to compare them and then look for recommendations

Well that is going to be Joey's job to come up with a list of VBW forums top/best hosting companies for this platform.

If we can only offer users one hosting provider, what does that say for us?

Maybe Joey can put together a few pages of information or a small directory, then these guys can pay to put their ads on the page with the best providers that are listed for free, then we will have something to offer members and future members.

We posted those at the same time. Great minds think alike

You should research each and every one on sitepoint and webhostingtalk, at least, to be sure that it was a worthwhile recomendation.

Joey, RegisterFly is a domain name company, do they host forums also?

those were names I pulled off of a similar thread on VB

Looks like you have a project on your hands Joey, we await your research and future directory pages on this.

Could be a very worthwhile project but it will be ongoing and will take a lot of work and hours invested, I think it could pay off long term for the forum if you work on it.

Maybe a few members could sit on the board that would pick out the best hosts so there is no conflict of interest with one person picking out the top 10.

The rest that don't cut the mustard can advertise if they want mention, also we could continue to review these hosts down the road within the forum to make sure they are worthy to stay on the top 10 directory list.

thats exactly my thought.

You need to be sure that those who make the decisions are VB owners for a while and have hosted with the companies also.

Those like me who have never hosted a VB forum should be on the sidelines watching so we can learn.

I think you need more VB forum owners as members here Joey, you better start recruiting some quick.

I can recommend www.perfectsql.com - they are specializing in hosting for ppl running MySQL/PHP apps.

Are you hosting with them?

I can recommend www.perfectsql.com - they are specializing in hosting for ppl running MySQL/PHP apps.


FJ, I think Torqued may have something here, looks like Joey may have to put these guys high on the top ten list. :confused: :D :p

Im trying to figure out a criteria for the listing. What I would actually like is some kind of rating system where we could list x number of forums and our users could rate them and make comments about each one.

This thread should give you some ideas on how to proceed Joey, I think it will be a long running one that new members will contribute knowledge and suggestions to.

I still say that only forum owners can help you with this and they would have to have been hosted with a provider for over a year to give a good rating or opinion.

Well, if we have something where users can list a host, rate them on several factors, and leave comments, then it would be based on jsut what you say and the most popular would rise to the top of the list.

I would make them write a review, submit it to the management here, let management look at the review before awarding any points to the host. If it is a good and truthful review you could list those reviews just like you do with your article pages in the top 10 hosting pages of the site.

If VBW is going to put their name on a top 10 list you better make damn sure that it is not a spam list with multiple submissions by the same users.

Is Lunar Host worth doing business with? Do you really mean Lunarpages? If so, they do not welcome vBulletin boards. Something about the kind of load they put on servers. I looked into this a few weeks ago.

Do you really mean Lunarpages? If so, they do not welcome vBulletin boards. Something about the kind of load they put on servers. I looked into this a few weeks ago.

Lunarpages is a no go unless you have a very small board and it stays that way. As soon as you start to get busy, they'll move you to a garbage server and tell you to find a new host pronto. They arent optimized for VBulletin. WHen I switeched from them to ASO my server loads dropped in half.

They are a good company otherwise, but not for vBulletin - they are in love with PHPBB and think that should be the only forum software anywhere. Be prepared to be told hundreds of times that you should have PHPBB.

Screw them man.

Screw them man.


Anthony, please....... Say whats on your mind, dont hold back. :)

Yeah, I called Lunarpages and they told me, no problem, they could host a start up forum for 100 bucks for the whole year.

It did sound too good to be true, I would not use phpBB because a non-programmer like me really has no chance to succeed with it.

They arent optimized for VBulletin...Can you be more specific? Not just for this particular host but for any host. What qualifies as being optimized for vBulletin?

I can recommend www.perfectsql.com - they are specializing in hosting for ppl running MySQL/PHP apps.


RB, see the host linked in the above quoted from Torqued, I would say that is what Joey means.

Thanks Anthony.

Now I wonder how "asmallorange" and "perfectsql" compare? Hmmm...

RB, we are going to need a lot more input from forum owners that have been on VB for a while before we can even come up with a TOP 10 list.

I would say put one forum on one and one on another then you can tell us which one is better. :)

I had that same thought.

Well these guys already say that ASO is good, Joey is hosting this forum on ASO, so they seem to have made the TOP 10 list already, www.perfectsql.com look like they are good too.

RB, they are showing forum demo and portal demo links in the following page,
http://www.perfectsql.com/whyus.php

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Well, we have been hosted with ASO for almost a year now and have been extremely happy with them. However, the way the site is growing, it's gonna be time to think dedicated in the next year or so. Any suggestions?

You could always buy your own server and locate it in a data center, Digital Point serves his own site.

I talked to ASO about that bubbadog. They will give you a dedicated AND administer it for you for about $300 a month. Actually, it depends on the machine you choose and all the same things that you would choose on your own (cpanel, etc), it could be alot lower. Basically they charge $75 a month over whatever the server costs are. I like the idea cause I dont really want to learn red hat and all that server stuff, I want to focus on my sites.

I was thinking about putting together something where I get one of those, and sell hosting myself to defray the costs a bit, or maybe getting with a few other vb owners and getting one together.

I just signed up with ASO. I'll let you know how it works out.

I talked to ASO about that bubbadog. They will give you a dedicated AND administer it for you for about $300 a month. Actually, it depends on the machine you choose and all the same things that you would choose on your own (cpanel, etc), it could be alot lower. Basically they charge $75 a month over whatever the server costs are. I like the idea cause I dont really want to learn red hat and all that server stuff, I want to focus on my sites.

I was thinking about putting together something where I get one of those, and sell hosting myself to defray the costs a bit, or maybe getting with a few other vb owners and getting one together.Hmmm...we might need to talk Joey!

what about godaddy?

godaddy is mainly known as a place to register domain names

they hosting one of my sites. so there not a good host for a forum

I have no idea about go daddy hosting - never heard anyone comment on it

GoDaddy has a giant data center for web hosting, but we are listing those companies that specialize in VBforums and SQL databases/PHP, that also offer custom tech service for forum owners.

You will not likely get that from GoDaddy. :)

Great thread. Definatly need more imput from current VBforum hosts that are happy with their web host though.

Art

I just signed up with ASO. I'll let you know how it works out.Well, unfortunately that did not work out. :(

The staff at ASO were very courteous, professional and helpful but I felt there were too many difficulties with the set up and resolving of my domains. I decided tonight to throw in the towel.

Murphy's Law, earlier tonight when I was first going to make this post Apache went down at ASO and I couldn't get on to this forum for over ten (10) minutes. Maybe that was a sign not to post. Hmmm...

Our server has been having intermittant problems for some reason.


What difficulties with the set up and resolving of your domains?

What difficulties with the set up and resolving of your domains?One problem was getting my domain pointing to the correct IP address.

Another problem I had was with "Addon Domains" pointing to my old server from ASO's nameservers.

Then, as I was thinking this is getting to be too much Apache went down and stayed down. That was it for me.

I'm sure ASO is a great company with great service. They just aren't the one for me. ;)

I started a thread on this subject over here.

http://www.page-zone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8986#post8986

This is a forum for this web hosting company.

Let me know what you think or just post in the above thread with all of your questions to Jim over there.

What do you think of my adding this:


http://www.vbadvanced.com/products.php?do=productinfo&p=2


at this point, strictly for the purpose of ranking hosts? Maybe it could have other uses later on, but this seems right on the money for being able to rate hosts and leave reviews which can be moderated...


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I have just installed this Joey on my tMP site as a replacement to be of my 'promote your own www site' forum.

Personally, I think Brian has done a fantastic job at this, and the product integrates very well to vB and the style you choose to use on your site. I am even thinking of purchasing another copy for a totally seperate use - one that I am quite excited about... secrets eh!!!!

I'd say go for it as long as you don't mind splashing out a few quid... errrrmmm bucks ;)

You and Music Man figure out what is best and move on it ASAP. The members look forward to this subject having it's own pages here at VBW.

Not my call Anthony...!

You know more about that software than I so you will have to help.......

take a look at the features anthony - just give an opinion.

Yes brian did a great job, he always does.

I think it is great Joey, gives folk an opportunity to give ongoing comments on the company and it's service.

It would add great value to the forum here and is sort of a Super Forum within itself.

YES, it will be great, when are you going to install it and who will manage all of it?

More work for MM.......

http://www.vbwebmaster.com/links/index.php?


its installed --- any suggestions on what needs to be here?


Im trying to figure out how to add custom fields for individual directories, so later on I can make other recommended lists -- Best Hacks - Best Members' Forums -- Best Skins -- etc

I can add custom fields for ALL directories - which is an issue. WHat I would like to do is get info about each host such as rates, etc.

How would one find this when he looks at the forum home page or the main website home page Joey?

I havent connected it publically yet. Deciding how I want to do that exactly.


See - I would like the link you just made to have info such as rate plans, etc - I gotta figure out how to do that

BTW - he is alot more expensive then ASO.

You are going to have to change this on the submission page Joey!

Please enter a description for your website.


Change to "the" instead of "your".

Also only members with over 50 posts should have the ability to add links and you should approve them after YOU review the links and are happy to put your name on them.

Plus this should only be visable to registered members, not the public.

I havent connected it publically yet. Deciding how I want to do that exactly.


See - I would like the link you just made to have info such as rate plans, etc - I gotta figure out how to do that


Joey, you don't need to publish rate plans, just link to their page on their website.

The only thing you should worry about are opinions on the service, downtime %, technical help, resolving technical problems, how long the company has been in business.

Does anyone have any feedback/experience with IXWebhosting.com?

I don't Jeffrey, did you get hold of the other firm yet?

I don't Jeffrey, did you get hold of the other firm yet?I'm getting set up with perfectsql.com today.

I've been on ASO now for a week and so far every phone call and question I've had has been answered like I was the only customer... well worth the price of admission :) Thanks for recommending them Joey!

I just submitted a link to a hosting company I've used in the past, but the reason I'm no longer with them is no fault of theirs.

IM just curious, did you tell tim I recommended you?

I'm getting set up with perfectsql.com today.


Did you?

Did you?I did. That didn't work out either. In my case, the response time was verrrrry slooooow!

Jeffrey, no one must like you :confused:

Did you try these guys?

http://www.dreamhost.com/

I contacted them and they mentioned they could handle any forum or OScommerce also.

No, I didn't Joey. Sorry about that, I would have if I had thought about it. Response time was very good, I got my setup email in about 20 minutes.

Well, like another member was told, send them an email and make sure you tell them that Joey at VBWebmaster sent you so he can get the credit.

Real simple man....

Jeffrey, no one must like you :confused: I guess my expectations must be too high. Gee whiz, all I wanted was a host that didn't cross my sites or take 24 hours to get back with me. :rolleyes:

Done! :D

Tim Dorr
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Jason,

I've given Joey 1 month of credit. Thanks for the heads up :)

-TIm

I have been happy so far with www.superbhosting.net (http://www.superbhosting.net). My only complaint so far is that they don't allow the parameter "allow_url_fopen" in php.ini. Other than that everything has been good so far.

Hey guys anyone know anything about www.servermatrix.com I am thinking about getting a dedicated server there. Any thoughts on them please let me know.
M4ck

After three years I've concluded that if your host rents a sever and don't own the data center, it's not worth it.

That's my criteria now and it's more expensive and you get what you pay for.

If a so called host is renting a server and screws up, you have no recourse. If you host with the actual owner of the server it would take quite a disaster to put you down.

I mean if you don't pay your bill, you are at fault. If the so called host renting the server don't pay his bill and you have paid your's to him and he screws up and don't pay his rental fee, you are SOL.

Food for thought. Don't say backups can avoid that, I don't even want to deal with that. If it happens a week while I'm outta town, I'm screwed, backup or not, there will be a loss.

Just my two cents, you get what ya pay for.

Good points noppid

Well I took the plunge. My site went down where it is now with an EXCEEDED BANDWIDTH page. This is twice in same month this has happened this is after I gave them a good review. They told me they would get me more bandwidth and space but then I havent heard from them in 2 days now. I decided my sites are too important to go through this hassle and I really need the room to grow. I went ahead and ordered a dedicated server from www.serverbeach.com I will let you know how things go. Hopefully I will have my sites back online in the next day or two. Depending how long it takes them to set up the server and for me to upload the back ups of my sites. Thats gonna be the hard part. Between my 2 clubs I have over 1600 members now. I have to upload about 1 gig of files and databases to the new server when its set up. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe eventually I will even host sites for a few other people. The server I ordered is AMD 2200 1gig ram 80 gig hard drive. Should be pleanty enough for us. I might even run a small game server off of it if possible.
M4ck

Shawn at Digital Point has his new servers in a data center, he does not own the data center.

Few hosting firms own their own data centers, only the large ones like IBM, Google, Yahoo, ATT, Verio, SCB, BellSouth and Godaddy completely "own" the data center or the building they are housed in.

In fact most "data centers" are located in old concrete buildings in downtown areas because they are ideal buildings because they stay cool because they are massive concrete structures.

A good host is a good host, it matters not if they own the building or data center.

UPTIME is the most important factor and 24/7 technical help (someone watching over the servers).....UPS backup, security and a lot of the other stuff large hosts advertise.

I just signed with ASO and have been very impressed with them, but you all know that! LOL

I will tell you what I went through with HostRocket.

I opened the account in October (running vBulletin) and pre-paid for 2 years.
Everything was going fine, the forum ran fast with no problems at all.

In February, I logged on and the whole site was down.....suspended. I finally get through to them in an email and on the phone. They told me that I had too much traffic and needed to switch to either semi or a dedicated server. I didn't agree with that because nothing had really changed with the site. Maybe some more views than normal, but nothing really drastic.

I decided to go semi-dedicated (at 65/month......no way I am affording that) until I could find another host by the end of the month. The site wasn't up more than 24 hours and went down again. They were telling me then that I needed to go dedicated.

Now, I don't know a whole lot about hosts/servers etc....but I definitely know when I'm being screwed. The customer service was hell trying to get any replies. I had to keep submitting tickets on top of tickets in order to get a reply.

Who knows, maybe I am wrong about the whole issue, but I had an open account with money in their pockets and I really didn't appreciate how I was treated. A warning letter would have been appreciated, but nothing was sent.

JMHO~

vBulletin forums that are busy can chew alot of server resources. Larger web hosts dont want the aggravation, especially for $10 a month. The web hosting business has become so volume orientated it makes it hard for forums to get good webhosting sometimes. ASO takes the time to pay attention to what kind of sites are on each server, and they wont load too many forums on any particular server. But they are small and have a strong attentive staff.

I have used both IPowerweb and Startlogic for my vbulletin based websites. I am using Startlogic exclusively. Plenty of space, transfer and control. Priced around 78.00 per year includes domain name. Vdeck control panel.


StartLogic (http://www.startlogic.com)

IPowerWeb (http://www.ipowerweb.com)

I would recommend www.powweb.com for one of the best for pricing, reliability and performance. 7.77 a month, 2gig storage, 5gig transfer a day, free domain. telephone support and 24hr or less email support.

I use www.hosting-24-7.com/ ....... cpanel comes with awstats which I wouldn't go without.
They host my vBulletin forum + my other sites, no restrictions, never had a hassle, never needed to call them so I can't say how good there support is.
When I first approached them I was up and running in under an hour so the support is probably excellent.
I have never noticed any down time.

I would put A SMALL ORANGE (http://www.asmallorange.com/services/hosting/?refer=lincolnvscadillac.com) on the top of the list

Yes aso rock :D i use them to host my sites never had any downtime yet and the support response time is ok :)

So far I think I am doing fairly decently :)

www.geekydesigns.com

If you can't count on me who can you count on? O.o''

http://www.gaming-freaks.net/hosting

Their Web Hosting division is a pretty solid bunch. They have a strong placing in the game server hosting market and are striving to have the same foothold in the webhosting side for groups, clubs and squads.

They have a solid support staff that knows what they're doing and come through in a pinch. They run on super fask Quad Xeon Servers and have some pretty great pricing...check them out.

I'm curious. Which package do you currently use at ASO for this site?

Right now I'm hosting my own sites, but I'm looking for a paid host. ASO sounds interesting.

...Also, can you setup Virtual Hosts with ASO if you wanted to host more than one site, or would you have to buy separate packages?

Guys, just wanted to share my 2 cents as I know how frustrating it is to find a good deal nowadays..I've had my website hosted on realwebhost located at www.realwebhost.com for two years. Prior to this I went with the "cheap" solution and was paying 9.99 a month for years. The differences between what I had and what I have now are numerous. Needless to say, you definitely get what you pay for but with some more than others. I searched everywhere for pricing and good recommendations for VBulletin. I use a semi-dedicated plan, my website is The Soviet Military Awards Page, located at http://www.soviet-awards.com you are all welcome to visit my forum, but I don't allow guests (sorry, I like getting to know who stops by)..feel free to register if you'd like to take a look. Anyways, the guy who runs the show knows his stuff, doesn't BS around a problem, and is very personable. He seems to be always available. I like having someone who will truly go out of their way to make you happy and I've found the place. Do yourself a favor though..if you're serious about running a forum, go with at least a semi-dedicated plan. You'll be thankful when you have multiple users online looking at your forum. Here's a link describing their pricing and plan details:

http://www.realwebhost.com/semided.php

Here's a link describing their network equipment and facilities:

http://www.realwebhost.com/net.php

Not paid in anyway by my webhost for this endorsement, just a satisfied customer..Good Luck future forum admins...

I spotted the previous post, and had to coincide with a recommendation of www.realwebhost.net , purely because I too am a very contented customer.

Nothing worse than getting chased away because of VBulletin – been there too. If you are looking for a good and reliable web host, who has absolutely no problem with you running VBulletin Forums, then go and have a peek at http://www.realwebhost.net (They run VBulletin for their own support forums – now there is some peace of mind).

Realwebhost has hosted my VBulletin forum (and four other sites) for over a year now, during which time I have never had a problem, which is why I strongly recommend them.
I am sorry I cannot refer any further vbulletin web hosts, simply because thus far realwebhost.net has really been beyond comparison for me, and I have no intention of looking elsewhere.

I hope the above helps some of you who are serious about finding a reliable, trouble free and up to date webhost with great and always available support.


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Sounds like they should be submitted to Joey's directory.

Joey can you post the submission link again so one of these guys can submit this host?

PS: Joey have you been promoting the directory :confused:

Thanks Anthony,

Being new to these forums, I obviously missed the submission link. If this directory you speak of is still being updated, then I really am of the opinion that www.realwebhost.net deserves to be featured in it amongst those at the very top of the list.

:)

quinte

I havent done anything with the hosting directory. Sorry guys, ive been swamped with a few other things. Ill try to get to it asap.



Sounds like they should be submitted to Joey's directory.

Joey can you post the submission link again so one of these guys can submit this host?

PS: Joey have you been promoting the directory :confused:

The link is in this thread, Joey must be way too busy because I asked him to leave it again and he did not.

If you all want to find it just go back in this thread, find the link and repost if for future readers.

PS: Come on Joey, you can't be that busy :confused: :mad:

I would like to add iTec Hosting Services as a good host for vBulletin. http://www.itechosting.com Rates are reasonable. Servers are fast and well maintained (lastest versions of PHP/MySQL etc and updated often)

They offer support through 2 support desks as well as email and telephone.

Hey guys, if Joey ever gets around to it he mentioned he was going to link to the directory so you guys can submit your hosts.

Be sure to read about those already in the directory before you submit your hosts so you can make a good submission because Joey reviews them before putting them in the directory.

Good luck guys. :)

Here's another one for y'all.. it's mine:)

www.HXtra.com

I'm curious. Which package do you currently use at ASO for this site?

Right now I'm hosting my own sites, but I'm looking for a paid host. ASO sounds interesting.

...Also, can you setup Virtual Hosts with ASO if you wanted to host more than one site, or would you have to buy separate packages?

Can anyone here answer these? I'm interested in this hosting company.

...also, has anyone had experience with a shared plan from godaddy.com ?

You don't want to put a VB forum on a host without knowing first if they host other VB forums, maybe Joey will post the link to the directory so you can see some reviews.

Joey has been sitting on his hands of late as we asked him 2 weeks ago to post the link to the directory in this thread.

If anyone is interested you would have to go back and read this thread as the link is in the thread somewhere.

No - Joey put it up - look at the navbar for VBW Top Ten - I posted about it and nobody answered.

http://www.vbwebmaster.com/links/browselinks.php?c=2

What I asked Joey was for you to post it again in this thread because these guys have been asking to make new submissions.

This hosting directory needs to be promoted a hell of a lot more if you expect it to get off the ground and help the members here.

I have this great host called Speed King. Everything you need to run your forum.

Yes aso rock :D i use them to host my sites never had any downtime yet and the support response time is ok :)

Definetly. They are the best around.

We have had problems with Real Web Host. Never the server going down, but rather something wrong with their network. So maybe it is the telco's fault. But still, it is no fun having a dead forum.

That is a bummer but I really like my current host now, http://www.hostingzoom.com but unfortunely we get some load spikes at times but nothing a couple of minutes of waiting can't fix.

I recently moved over to PowerVPS (http://www.powervps.com/) and so far so good. :) [Knock on Wood]

I heard of them and when I get a vps I plan on going with them.

I just went with GoDaddy.com. They've been good so far. I've had my site there for about two weeks. I run a vB site and a couple of my friends' sites. They're all small and don't get alot of users...atleast not yet anyway.

I got a Virtual Dedicated Server for $35/month with 10gig storage and 500gig/mo transfer. Full root access with the ability to install anything.

I have had to email their tech support a couple times (for my own mistakes) and their estimate on a response time was fairly accurate.

I use www.dreamhost.com and so far i can't really complain.

Had a problem with MySQL, and they admitted it was on their end, refunded me some cash for the 5-6mins of downtime i would have a night and pointing out their problem(dunno if i discovered it myself, but i'm sure i sent the most emails about it :-d)

The only bad side is, the lack of a Control Panel, it all seems to be html based, but for the price, amount of bandwidth and storage i'm not complaining at all right now.

I have my own dedicated server NOC'd in New England, mainly for my board www.moparstyle.com and my personal site www.daveschultz.com

However, since my server load is most always below 0.3 -- I do a minimal amount of hosting through www.bigkahunahosting.com for people who can convince me that they don't need hand holding, and don't do stupid things (out of control cgi scripts, spamming.....). The sever is super fast because it is not over sold like you standard hosting company servers.

I have F5 monitor it 24/7 and update it with the latest security scripts nightly. All sites are backed up nightly, weekly, and monthly. The user control panel is Cpanel (www.cpanel.net).

The server is problem free and fast -- good for reasonable people who don't shoot themselves in the foot and have a clue. Really don't want to host rookies or scam dogs.

I recently moved over to PowerVPS (http://www.powervps.com/) and so far so good. :) [Knock on Wood]


Jeffery, you alone could write a book on forum web hosts, man you get around for sure :)

Joey, what is going on with the directory, can you comment on what you are going to do with it or if there is any new promotion of it coming :confused:

Jeffery, you alone could write a book on forum web hosts, man you get around for sure :)

Joey, what is going on with the directory, can you comment on what you are going to do with it or if there is any new promotion of it coming :confused:



Its been up for WEEKS - Its on the navbar

VBW Top Ten (http://www.vbwebmaster.com/links/)

Jeffery, you alone could write a book on forum web hosts, man you get around for sure :)I'm learning as I go that's for sure. :)

Well guys, Joey left the link for the hosting directory, submit your favorites to the directory where he left the link in his post, if the review is good he will add your hosts to the directory.

Look through it first then get your hosts submitted to help build this resource :o

Noppid might even give you some brownie points and who knows what Joey will give you, maybe a dead link or something :confused: :p

:confused:

I really like HostRocket (http://affiliates.hostrocket.com/mydb/?M=hostrocket&ID=Sales@Quarterborecom&L=13). Their basic hosting is as low as 46.95/month and they have all the essential tools such as Unix CRON jobs, IP Blocking, Error Logging, and Stats Packages to allow you to automatically back up your critical MYSQL databases, identify propblem visitors, and restore your database if something does go wrong.

These guys have both of my vBulleting forums hosted for me and I have really enjoyed the experience and the price is cheap!

Please leave your host comments here:

RATE YOUR WEB HOST (http://www.vbwebmaster.com/links/browselinks.php?c=2)


They'll get lost in this thread.

Please leave your host comments here:

RATE YOUR WEB HOST (http://www.vbwebmaster.com/links/browselinks.php?c=2)
They'll get lost in this thread.
Joey you say that ASO is an excellent web-host, which package exactly are you using?

I thnk Joey is using VPS Mike!:o

Yes, im on a VPS - but I started with a shared package at ASO. Ive been on a few other hosts - by far, ASO is the best.

When are you going to buy your own servers Joey:confused:

I recommend Hostww.com That's who I'm with and they are fantastic. 99% uptime, 24/7 support, very quick response to questions, great hosting packages, 30 day free trial, you can pay monthly or yearly.

Hostww.com (http://hostww.com)

When are you going to buy your own servers Joey:confused:

I own my servers, and here is how I would migrate up the rank's if I did it all over again.

1. Be hosted by a good company.
2. Go VPS with someone big like The Planet.
3. Get a dedicated server that you RENT and it's administared for you (you have root).
4 Keep renting until your up to 4 or 5 servers
5. Then you BUY your gear. It ain't cheap. My main server was $3300.00.

Then you have to co-locate somewhere. I pay close to $200.00 a month for 2 servers, and an external SCSI Powervault. I'm using 6 rack units, and get 3500 Gigabytes of Xfer a month. The two servers are RAID 1, and the external Powervault has 4 x 146 Gig drives configured for RAID 5. Everything is backed up daily, weekly, and monthly. RAID 1 and 5 can loose 1 drive without any data loss.

The datacenter I use is BurstNET Technologies - www.burst.net and they ROCK! Check out thier network. Everything is over redundant (That's a good thing).

I had a dedicated server at The Planet, and they are awesome. They own/lease three data centers with a total of about 100,000 square feet of data rooms. www.theplanet.com

This "hobby" of mine is quite expensive, as you can see. I'm slowly learning linux, but leave the hard stuff to my guru buddy Eric. He's a full time programmer, database specialist, and all around computer wizard.

Once I get my business license, we are going into the hosting game. But ONLY for people that don't need "hand holding" or send us 20 emails a day. Wish me luck. vBulletin and other forum software is the way I'm going. We have cPanel, and fantastico. cPanel has phpbb built in to it.

Just a little from the "inside". Just because a host rents his gear doesn't mean he is a bad host. Just because I own my gear doesn't mean I'll be on anybodies "Top Ten" list either.

Ric :wave:

WOW man, that's great, how many forums can you host :confused: :D

PS: The Planet is loved by some, but hated by many in these parts man! :eek:

http://www.vbwebmaster.com/forums/showthread.php?t=872&page=3

See above thread for a great story and welcome to the forum man! :)

I'm not sure how many sites we can host. Right now our server load stats stay at 0.2 - very lightly loaded. It's a dual xeon box with 2 gigs of ram, and only has 5 VB3's, and a couple of static HTML sites. We only use about 2 gigs of bandwidth a month!

We have over 350 gigs of drive space free, and if we ever start getting loaded, I'll just buy another server ;) We can hook two servers up to the powervault, and expand to 14 hard drives. That would be a sick setup.

Ric :wave:

Does anyone of you have tried using Startlogic as your host provider? I have seen a review and want to know if they are one of the best hosting service in the web so I can decide in availing their service if ever. Thanks.

i have a small website and i need to look into changing servers. I have had my site bout a month now and in the past week I have been gettin a Whose Online Error like this "Unknown Location /forums/fusion/misc/cat_back.gif "

I have been in contact with both Vbulletin and GoDaddy. Vbulleting tells me it is an error on my server and my server tells me "Thank you for contacting online support. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide troubleshooting for any scripting, coding or database issues on your hosting account. You may find some information that would be helpful on our knowledge base at http://help.godaddy.com, or by looking for information online. We apologize for any inconvenience.


Please let us know if we can assist you in any other way.

Sincerely,

Jackie C.
Online Support Technician"

I have passed this information on to Vbulletin and they are telling me it is with my server... this is my site Our Web Cafe (http://www.ourwebcafe.com/forums/index.php)

what i would like to know is... for my small site.. what might be some decent servers i could look into getting?

GoDaddy hosting is problematical. Buy domains there. Host them somewhere else.

There are other suggestions in this thread, I think. I'm happy with iPowerWeb (http://www.ipower.com/) (and it doesn't use cPanel which as of today is a bonus).

Hostww.net (http://www.hostww.net)

Oops! :eek:

cPanel Reseller Hosting - cPanel Shared Web Hosting Hostww.Net

See http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4503.

Oops! :eek:



See http://www.vbulletin-faq.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4503.


Not to worry, they took care of it with a security update as soon as it came out

As most reputable companies, mine did it the same night this was published.

Here is another one: K9 Webhost (http://www.k9webhost.com)

I use www.westhost.com (http://www.westhost.com) and I'm pretty happy with them. Good prices and support.

I use vertexhost AND ASO, for different forums.

Never had any problems with ASO.

Vertexhost is fantastic though. Getting setup we ran into a couple of issues, but it's understandable with all the craziness I have going on with my main forums.

There is no better support than Vertexhost. 6am, noon, 8pm, midnight, 3am, doesn't matter. If I submit a ticket, I have come to expect a reply in the next 20 minutes at worst.

They are number one in my book and their focus is on forums because a couple of the owners used to own threadsdev, and now own and created the forum software fusionbb. Good people, and they care about your site. I don't use their fusionbb software because my sites are too complex and their software is pretty new, but their hosting is grade A no matter what forum software you run.

Does anyone of you have tried using Startlogic as your host provider? I have seen a review and want to know if they are one of the best hosting service in the web so I can decide in availing their service if ever. Thanks.


Don't use startlogic. I used them for the last year and wasnt able to index my site through any of the search engines as they would crash the site. Upgrading accounts wouldn't of helped either as per there admin.

I switched over to Dreamhost, and now everything has been fine.

well i use www.canaca.com the price is cheap but costumer support is a little behind. but over all they are one of the cheapes i've seen.

site5.com (http://www.site5.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=1065) has been good to me. I've used them for close to two years now. I host 3 vBulletin forums with around 100-150 users at the same time and just had a peak of 387 on one of my sites the other day. I also have several static sites as well.

This is a shared hosting account too (multisite)

I use www.dreamhost.com and so far i can't really complain.

Had a problem with MySQL, and they admitted it was on their end, refunded me some cash for the 5-6mins of downtime i would have a night and pointing out their problem(dunno if i discovered it myself, but i'm sure i sent the most emails about it :-d)

The only bad side is, the lack of a Control Panel, it all seems to be html based, but for the price, amount of bandwidth and storage i'm not complaining at all right now.

I use them too, for the most part they are pretty good I guess.

I set up a client on Siteground.com today (well, yesterday now). Had what could have been a major problem, but their customer support was outstanding. Once I see how their hosting actually is, I could come close to being impressed. (it takes alot to impress me anymore)

Does anyone of you have tried using Startlogic as your host provider? I have seen a review and want to know if they are one of the best hosting service in the web so I can decide in availing their service if ever. Thanks.

I haven't used them. But, I inquired about their plans and the respondents e-mail address was name@ipowerweb.com. Wasn't surprised since the websites are very similar.


Minstrel you mention that you use iPowerWeb. Are you using shared, VPS, or dedicated?

Just to add to the comments here:

I have had very bad experience with ASO. They are highly reputedd, however the downtime my website faces is very very high. atleast 2-3 hrs per week.

I may be unfortunate in the experience.

well i use www.canaca.com the price is cheap but costumer support is a little behind. but over all they are one of the cheapes i've seen.



i used to use them. they sucked too much. customer support sucked and their servers were always crapped out by the scripts i tried to run. even little stuff.

i switched to siteground (http://www.siteground.com/index.htm?referrerid=26314). i really am impressed with this company. takes them less than 5 minutes to get back to you if you need help. also, 40gig space 900gig bandwidth. cpanel. fantastico. pretty good hosting company with lots of perks.

I heard www.liquidweb.com was pretty good. TheAdminzone.com uses them. I'm thinking about going with them. I've been with www.alphaone-tech.com and their customer service is great.

www.servint.net/vps plans have been best till day for us compared to rest other we have tried

Just to add to the comments here:

I have had very bad experience with ASO. They are highly reputedd, however the downtime my website faces is very very high. atleast 2-3 hrs per week.

I may be unfortunate in the experience.

You are not alone. We went with ASO back in Sept and while we were building our site, things seemed perfect. We opened up the site for use in 2007 and started noticing times our site simply wasn't available. More and more often, that was the case over the last month.(see Server ROSE Down Alot (http://forums.asmallorange.com/index.php?showtopic=8725&st=0))


Just for instance, here are some of our site's availability stats with ASO:

Report Time Period : February 26, 2007 1:07 PM COT to March 5, 2007 1:07 PM COT

Recumbent Riders International (http://www.recumbentriders.org/home.php)
Website Uptime/Downtime Chart

Monitor Downtime detail
Date Downtime Duration
Mar 4, 2007 March 4, 2007 11:43 AM COT 15 Mins 17 Secs
Mar 4, 2007 March 4, 2007 7:08 AM COT 19 Mins 53 Secs
Mar 3, 2007 March 3, 2007 6:15 PM COT 53 Mins 40 Secs
Mar 2, 2007 March 2, 2007 9:22 AM COT 8 Mins 47 Secs
Mar 1, 2007 March 1, 2007 6:52 PM COT 53 Mins 9 Secs
Mar 1, 2007 March 1, 2007 4:09 PM COT 3 Mins 42 Secs
Mar 1, 2007 March 1, 2007 10:53 AM COT 15 Mins 7 Secs
Mar 1, 2007 March 1, 2007 5:05 AM COT 23 Mins 40 Secs
Mar 1, 2007 March 1, 2007 2:39 AM COT 36 Mins 30 Secs
Feb 28, 2007 February 28, 2007 1:14 PM COT 25 Mins 21 Secs
Feb 28, 2007 February 28, 2007 12:07 PM COT 12 Mins 21 Secs
Feb 28, 2007 February 28, 2007 11:08 AM COT 9 Mins 11 Secs
Feb 28, 2007 February 28, 2007 8:09 AM COT 8 Mins 53 Secs
Feb 27, 2007 February 27, 2007 10:59 PM COT 9 Mins 32 Secs
Feb 27, 2007 February 27, 2007 2:09 PM COT 27 Mins 48 Secs
Feb 26, 2007 February 26, 2007 10:51 PM COT 43 Mins 25 Secs
Feb 26, 2007 February 26, 2007 7:06 PM COT 9 Mins 30 Secs
Feb 26, 2007 February 26, 2007 3:10 PM COT 1 Hrs 3 Mins
Response time Chart

Response time value(ms)
Maximum 25452
Minimum 227
Average 1138.0

However, after filing several Trouble Tickets (usually answered quickly with "we're looking into it" comments) the tide seems to be changing over the past week as our lastest stats indicated...
Report Time Period : March 5, 2007 1:21 PM COT to March 12, 2007 1:21 PM COT

Recumbent Riders International (http://www.recumbentriders.org/home.php)
Website Uptime/Downtime Chart

Monitor Downtime detail
Date Downtime Duration
Mar 10, 2007 March 10, 2007 9:25 PM COT 1 Mins 56 Secs
Mar 9, 2007 March 9, 2007 10:10 AM COT 19 Mins 22 Secs
Mar 9, 2007 March 9, 2007 5:29 AM COT 26 Mins 48 Secs
Mar 7, 2007 March 7, 2007 9:24 AM COT 15 Mins 21 Secs
Mar 7, 2007 March 7, 2007 8:25 AM COT 14 Mins 50 Secs
Mar 6, 2007 March 6, 2007 4:42 PM COT 19 Mins 49 Secs
So at least the Trend is moving in the right direction, and hopefully will continue to improve. :D

During the 'Downtimes' above, often the server (ROSE) would be up (per ASO) but no one could access our website. ASO suggested we run traceroute and let them know the results, however there were no 'network' delays out of the ordinary. I'm not here to bash ASO just report simple facts. Overall, we've been VERY pleased with ASO and their assistance in helping us to start a vBulletin site has been nothing less than a godsend.

Anyway, I guess my one recommendation might be when shopping for a HOST for your vBulletin site is to narrow it down to several, then place a monitor on some existing vBulletin websites there.(i.e. like siteuptime (http://www.siteuptime.com/) -or- site24x7 (http://www.site24x7.com/) That way, you can see for yourself if/when how often a website is unavailable to the public.

UPDATE: Just wanted to report back that ASO has worked on the problem with our server and managed to get things running pretty well. Over the past 4 weeks, we've had very little downtime (see attached piecharts) and continue to be impressed with their service.

Turkish hosting providers rock! :D

I use Polurnet and have had a good experience so far - reliable and the plans were reasonable.

I use jaguarpc vps and I am quite happy with it. They have great support which handles any request very fast:

http://www.jaguarpc.com/vps-hosting/index.php

vBulletin forums require a large amount of CPU usage, because of this you need a host that doesn't oversell its hosting. A dedicated server is ideal for anyone with a large vBulletin community.

Hey Guys, I am using http://www.bluehost.com I have been with them a number of years although this is my first VB forum, they are excellent... 300 gig space, unlimited domains 3000 gigs transfer and their online helpdesk is excellent... Mike.

I have been using ASO for a year now, and like clockwork, its down almost everyday for at least a half hour to an hour. Its slow too. I have a friend with a vbb board very similar to mine that is using HostRocket. In the last 3 years I can only remember his site being down 2 or 3 times. I think I am going to switch everything to HostRocket, as its cheaper as well as having more bandwidth.

Brad I would seriously look around and compare before casting it all to HostRocket.
Why don't you take a look at www.siteground.com (http://www.siteground.com).

I've sent a few people there (nope, I don't get a referral bonus or anything) and they have been more than pleased with site functionality, customer service, etc. The last client I sent there, they even moved his forum from his old host to their servers.

Just a thought ;)

Brad I would seriously look around and compare before casting it all to HostRocket.
Why don't you take a look at www.siteground.com (http://www.siteground.com).

I've sent a few people there (nope, I don't get a referral bonus or anything) and they have been more than pleased with site functionality, customer service, etc. The last client I sent there, they even moved his forum from his old host to their servers.

Just a thought ;)

I am in negotiations with them as we speak. I hope they take truck parts for payment??

I wouldn't count on that if I were you, lol

I wouldn't count on that if I were you, lol

Luckily I have my beauty and charm just in case!! If that doesnt work, then I just give them money.

since I haven't seen a pic - I would think about forking over the dough, LOL

since I haven't seen a pic - I would think about forking over the dough, LOL

That was a very subliminal way of asking me for pics!! Good job! www.myspace.com/devilbrad

who me? ppfffftt - if I want to see a pic, I'll just come right out and ask for one. You can ask Joey or John or just about anyone here - I'm not shy.

However, since you offered one, I'll go take a look :p


EDIT : eh, I have to login to myspace to look - I hate myspace, so I'm not signing up.

Nice try tho!

who me? ppfffftt - if I want to see a pic, I'll just come right out and ask for one. You can ask Joey or John or just about anyone here - I'm not shy.

However, since you offered one, I'll go take a look :p


EDIT : eh, I have to login to myspace to look - I hate myspace, so I'm not signing up.

Nice try tho!

I like how you edited but it doesnt say at bottom of your post.............http://www.devilbrad.com/smilies2/halo.gif

doesn't say what?

doesn't say what?

How hot I am!! I mean, that you edited the post!!!

oohhhh - no we don't have that turned on for staff.

http://www.kaitaia.com/funny/pictures/ThreadHijack/thread_direction.gif

LOLOL - cute

So far so good with MochaHost (http://http://forums.dedicatedserverdir.co.uk/showthread.php?p=56360)

I have been an ASO customer for about a year. I am less than enthusiastic about them then the rest of you. My uptime report is a consistent 97%. Their tech support is prompt and friendly, but I'd rather not have to use them. After complaining, they moved me from a busy server (Diane) to another. This did help, a little. But we're still showing a 97% uptime. I will stick with them, but I can't give them much beyond a B- for now. I will give them an A+ for jumping all over a ticket when I send it in. In time I believe they will improve. My last host I stayed with for 12 years. Over a months time they had two outages that lasted 3 days. They did NOT have back ups in place...

Are you sure about the 97% uptime? That seems like an awful alot of downtime. that 3% down your alledging comes to about 21 hours per month of downtime, which seems pretty high to me.

Yup....I use a reporting company to keep me advised of my uptime on various sites I manage. June so far is not as bad, as I do believe "they are working on it". Because of their reputation, I stick with them.

John

yeah, but down 45 mins a day on the average? Thats pretty high. Are you experiencing this yourself or just relying on the reporting company?

Whats your website?

I had quite a bit of downtime with ASO as well, though I have to say their customer service was excellent.

Someone a while ago reported having good experience with Vertexhost. Anyone else care to comment about them?

I had quite a bit of downtime with ASO as well, though I have to say their customer service was excellent.http://hostingreviewshop.com/shared-hosting/bluehosthttp://hostingreviewshop.com/inmotion-web-hosting-customer-reviews/

Someone a while ago reported having good experience with Vertexhost. Anyone else care to comment about them?

Shared: BlueHost
VPS: InMotion

Shared: BlueHost
VPS: InMotionCare to elaborate?