Comments on: Communication, Honesty and DreamHost http://hostingfu.com/article/communication-honesty-and-dreamhost Web Hosting Blog by a Software Developer Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: scotty http://hostingfu.com/article/communication-honesty-and-dreamhost/comment-page-1#comment-92 scotty Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:31:49 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=35#comment-92 <p>Gabe,</p> <p>Thanks for the comment.</p> <p>I have no problem using DreamHost for personal blogs, community websites, etc. They actually have better infrastructure than some other shared hosts I have experienced, and I have actually just paid for 2 more years of hosting with them.</p> Gabe,

Thanks for the comment.

I have no problem using DreamHost for personal blogs, community websites, etc. They actually have better infrastructure than some other shared hosts I have experienced, and I have actually just paid for 2 more years of hosting with them.

]]> By: Gabe da Silveira http://hostingfu.com/article/communication-honesty-and-dreamhost/comment-page-1#comment-91 Gabe da Silveira Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:41:32 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=35#comment-91 <p>I continue to be a strong Dreamhost advocate. The bottom line is they are more open and proactively communicate about problems than any other host. Over the 4 years I've been with them they have continuously made infrastructure improvements and improved performance at the same time the overselling wars were escalating.</p> <p>More importantly, they know how to deal with problems. I have a reseller account on Site5 as well, but when problems occur they just never seem to know what's causing them or how to fix them. I suppose if you're running a popular blog with a zillion wordpress plugins then site5 is better because they'll never call you out on it. However, for the rest of us who recognize that there is a reasonable limit to CPU on a $7.99 / month plan, Dreamhost can provide performance where Site5 is just a crapshoot.</p> <p>Ultimately, though, you are right, shared hosting and mission critical don't mix.</p> I continue to be a strong Dreamhost advocate. The bottom line is they are more open and proactively communicate about problems than any other host. Over the 4 years I’ve been with them they have continuously made infrastructure improvements and improved performance at the same time the overselling wars were escalating.

More importantly, they know how to deal with problems. I have a reseller account on Site5 as well, but when problems occur they just never seem to know what’s causing them or how to fix them. I suppose if you’re running a popular blog with a zillion wordpress plugins then site5 is better because they’ll never call you out on it. However, for the rest of us who recognize that there is a reasonable limit to CPU on a $7.99 / month plan, Dreamhost can provide performance where Site5 is just a crapshoot.

Ultimately, though, you are right, shared hosting and mission critical don’t mix.

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