Hosting Provider
I know this gets beat to a pulp every few months, but I’m want a remote computer than I can use for a couple different purposes: website/database hosting (asp.net 2.0 and sql server or mysql), dns, ftp, and subversion source control as well. Does anyone know of a decent hosting company that provides all of these services? Thanks in advance
shebert said,
Wrote on November 8, 2005 @ 5:50 pm
Here is a list of subversion (and other) scc hosting sites. http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2005/04/27/404793.aspx
I’ve been using discountasp.net for asp.net/sqlserver/ftp for almost 2 years now - I’ve been very happy with them.
-Steve
Anonymous said,
Wrote on November 8, 2005 @ 7:36 pm
I’m content with webhost4life.com for ASP.NET 2.0, SQL Server (2000 for now), mysql, + more for $9.95/month. (You can use the referral link on my blog if you want to send some credit my way).
You can get free subversion hosting at https://opensvn.csie.org/
Dennis van der Stelt said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 2:23 am
WebHost4Life is pretty decent indeed. It doesn’t cost much. I have the largest package and have it hosting three domain names!
Two to the root (CS is great) and one to a subfolder. The subfolder ‘ll cost you another $15 per year besides the domainname, because they can’t have let you just point 100 domain names to the same hosting package without some compensation! 
I think Brendan Tompkins got Vault 3.0 working there. Perhaps you should check out his blog or contact him.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 7:20 am
-1 on webhost4life.
Slow webhost, regular downtimes, slow support, often people who don’t know what they are talking about.
Very slow mssql.
Others might have other experience though.
Ones I can recommend:
www.serverintellect.com
www.flarehosting.com
Anonymous said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 8:06 am
I’ve used webhost4life for 3 years. I have had few complaints but I do agree they can be slow at times. I do disagree that their MSSQL is slow however. In their defense, I am on shared hosting and I doubt many of the “slowness” issues will appear on a dedicated box. Overall they are the best host I’ve used and any host no matter who you host with is bound to have unhappy patrons.
As for their support: In my experience, they have been prompt and accurate MOST of the time, though I did have a “back and forth” with them about the worker process configuration. But again, on a dedicated box.. it’s not up to them. So essentially, any issues that are a result of inaccessability to the box and having a hundred sites on one box are not in the scope of dedicated hosting since “you” are in control.
breichelt said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 9:26 am
Thanks for the responses, I’ll check these out. I’ve looked into WebHost4Life, but it seems that for every person that has had great service, someone else has had crappy service.
I would like to have a dedicated server, but that’ll be way more than I want to spend. If I were going that route, I’ve used 1and1.com before, and they have a great service, and you can get a dedicated machine with remote desktop access for under $100/month
Thanks again guys!
btompkins said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
Ben,
CodeBetter.Com used to be hosted on WebHost4Life, but we quickly out grew their shared package. Not bad, for the price, IMO.
We’re now on a co-located server and pay about $150 per month, including some FTP backup space. We’re using www.serverbeach.com.
-Brendan
Anonymous said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 1:41 pm
I’d strongly discourage WH4L if you want a viable solution. Why? I had plenty of reboots during the day and I too had issues with my MSSQL response time. See my $.02: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AndrewConnell?m=432
I’d strongly recommend www.CrystalTech.com… they just started supporting ASP.NET 2.0, MSSQL 2005, and upped all the space allotments on their plans
Jordan said,
Wrote on November 9, 2005 @ 1:53 pm
We’ve recently signed up with boundgrid.net — they have unlimited domains per account, asp.net, MSSQL + MYSQL, plus a pretty cool reseller setup.
Service is excellent, worth checking out I’d say.