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I am currently looking for a reliable webhost that would allow me to run many (more than a dozen) Mysql databases.

Any recommendations in this space would be appreciated. It's easy to find a hosting plan that suits your needs, but from my past experience 90% of all web hosters are either crooks or plain incompetent. Signing up for any service not recommended by people you know is asking for trouble.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

As you know I'd always recommend pair Networks, except there is a reason you're specifically looking for some other company. In that case I'm afraid I can't help you much, as I've stopped looking for and comparing services since I'm with pair.

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

By all means I would like to go with Pair. I want my own webmaster plan as soon as my budget allows it!

Unfortunately a webmaster account "only" comes with 10 Mysql databases and each additional database adds 3 dollars to your monthly bill. This seems a little much for a purely virtual good.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

The other (probably cheapest) way is to get a static IP for your DSL line, put some *nix server there and somehow make a domain name point to your IP (like e.g. home.web-world.ch points to the BSD box sitting in my living-room). Downside is that it's not as fast and a bit more failure-prone than your average 8-uplink redundant-UPS 24/7-monitored professional ISP.
Cool thing is that you get a dedicated server of your own. :-)
I use mine for all the low-bandwidth much-CPU-time things I'm not allowed to do at pair.

Alternatively, get some cheap account (or use the one with NAO) and put the databases elsewhere.

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Unfortunately I have a very strict traffic limit of 2 GB per week over here which I pretty much need for myself. Also I have a smoke signal grade upstream channel.

Alternatively, get some cheap account (or use the one with NAO) and put the databases elsewhere.

I'm afraid that then I could kiss performance good bye :)

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

Well if 200kbps upstream are sufficient, feel free to drop me a line and I can punch an SSH/FTP hole in my firewall for you. MySQL and PHP are working again, perl scripts still need the #!/usr/bin/perl trick, but I'll work on that tomorrow.

(On a side note, does anybody know of some "how to make mod_perl not being an absolute bitch to set up" doc?)

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Thanks for all the answers!

A friend of mine is planning to buy a server with me and install it in a network center in Munich. It will take two years to get back the costs for this baby and all related costs but, hey, we're going to have our own box on a fat pipe without paying a dime for it.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

I would highly recommend 34sp. You only get one mySQL database but you can add as many as you like for a small extra cost. Their other hosting features are excellent and it's all quite cheap. I believe Booker and myself on both on it.
Being nosy now, WHY would you want 12+ databases?

I will inform myself about 34sp. They almost sound too good to be true and I can steel feel the bruises from the joy I had with various web hosters in the past. That's why I'm so suspicious.

Being nosy now, WHY would you want 12 databases?

I need to install an application for many different customers.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

Take a look at Dreamcode Hosting.
http://www.dreamcodehosting.com

In God We Trust, all others must pay cash.

I have two accounts at www.dr2.net and from what I can tell there is no limit to number of mysql databases. Also there prices are extremely good. I paid $20 a year for both accounts. That only gets me a few hundred megs of space and like 2 gigs of bandwidth a month but they have other plans for more space and more bandwidth and there cost is competitive. I've had no trouble with them at all.

Also RCD has an account with them. Maybe he would also recommend you to them.

This post was edited by majic on Aug 16, 2003.

Wow... dr2 looks like a great company. I spent some time skimming their forums and all their customers seem to love them. Also looks like they have some of the best deals I've seen.

I don't know much about either, but Fuitadnet and iRev are supposed to be rather good. Fuitadnet supports PHP, Mysql, POP3, and gives you 25 Gig bandwidth and a 3 gig HD for $4.99 a month (according to their banner on 8BT)

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The cheapest is usually Web hosting on DSL line.
You do DSL installation with router, configure router to do www(80) port forwarding and have a server on LAN.
Physical access to computer is also imprortant.

Yes?

you didnt ask in which country - so try this:

http://www.webspace4all.de/modules.php?name=Bestellung&op=res
http://www.hoster24.de/---/webhosting.htm

yours, bG.

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This post was edited by ginsterbusch on Sep 19, 2003.

And this one i found, too:

http://www.pixelx.de/minihosting.php?aid=34

yours, bG.

Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign for a diseased mind!

This post was edited by ginsterbusch on Sep 20, 2003.