I’m currently running CS-Cart on my shared web-hosting with GoDaddy. But I definately want to upgrade to a VPS solution? I’m currently lokking at two providers.
(mt) mediaTemple (Linux)
1and1 (Linux)
Which one do you think offers the better service in USA?
Also, installing CS-Cart on shared hosting was easy. Is it hard(er) to install CS-Cart on a VPS?
Thanks, and CS-Cart is awesome!
I do shared hosting with 1and1
their support is ****
I have never gotten a direct answer from for anything, they will give you a copy and paste answer from malaysia, their support use to be good some 4 or 5 years ago
I will be switching soon to www.CyberLNC.com (S-Combs on this form)
I’m currently using Mediatemple, and they provide great support from the account center and phone.
I would recommend them.
[quote name=‘truem’]I do shared hosting with 1and1
their support is ****
I have never gotten a direct answer from for anything, they will give you a copy and paste answer from malaysia, their support use to be good some 4 or 5 years ago
I will be switching soon to www.CyberLNC.com (S-Combs on this form)[/QUOTE]
I’ve heard bad things about 1and1. But do think they’re okay for just domain registration stuff?
I know that I’ve assisted someone move from 1and1 to another provider.
Never heard of MediaTemple so can’t say either. I know you don’t want 1and1 but sorry to say you’re back in the grey area
[quote name=‘truem’] I will be switching soon to www.CyberLNC.com (S-Combs on this form)[/quote]About time you took my advice page 
I currently use Knownhost. I decided to go with them after reading many glowing reviews on Web Hosting Talk. In just under a year of service, I’ve been very pleased with them. They have a 30 day money back guarantee and also offer occasional specials when you sign up.
http://www.knownhost.com
I’m seeing some people recommend www.CyberLNC.com as a host. What does he do different than other shared host providers? Our problem we’re having is the shared environment we have it takes forever for service, MySQL is taxed out of its mind and too often our website comes to a crawl at around 7-10 people on the site.
Also, if I was going to go to a VPS, what type of memory requirements should I look at as a minimum?
[quote name=‘tweaker’]I’m seeing some people recommend www.CyberLNC.com as a host. What does he do different than other shared host providers? Our problem we’re having is the shared environment we have it takes forever for service, MySQL is taxed out of its mind and too often our website comes to a crawl at around 7-10 people on the site.
Also, if I was going to go to a VPS, what type of memory requirements should I look at as a minimum?[/quote]
You get what you pay for… and a large bit more.
Scott knows his hosting servers and constantly maintains to be the most secure webhost around. Quote from website
[quote name=‘“CyberLNC.com”’]
[COLOR=#fdb901][COLOR=Black]Where other hosts concentrate on client quantity and volume sales, we pride ourselves on offering quality less congested, better performing servers and personal client support.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/quote]
You can check cyberlnc’s plans on their website. You’ll notice that prices might sound hefty but with consideration you are most likely NEVER to have an issue server wise. To date I’ve only had 2 hours downtime over 3 years?
My ability to sleep at night is worth the cash 
If you enquire he maybe able to assist you with obtaining a VPS?
Word for Word is you get what you pay for,
Pay peanuts and you get Elephants to play with.
Below is a little canned information about our service. Hopefully it will help answer some concerns…
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A few things regarding CyberLNC hosting that sets us apart from the budget hosts.
Unlike most other hosts, we are selective about who we host on our servers. Most of our clients run either X-Cart, CS-Cart or a custom PHP application that we are very familiar with. Our client to server ratio is also very low intentionally in order to sustain adequate resources for each account as needed.
Other info:
Sorry VelocityMicro for the thread hijacking, I was just answering a question above.
We may soon be offering managed VPS solutions and I’m currently researching various related options. Since we are not yet ready, I do strongly suggest that you only look into ‘Managed’ VPS solutions unless you are quite fluent administrating and securing Linux servers remotely.
WiredTree offers a good managed service and deserves a look. [url]http://www.wiredtree.com/[/url]
Once the server is setup completely, your site maintenance will be exactly the same as it is on a shared host with the added benefit of SSH access as needed. Be sure to deeply study about SSH administration as, one slight typo as the root user can wipe out a complete server in a split second (trust me, I’ve done it)
I have been using Steadfast Networks (www.steadfast.net) for over 3 years now and haven’t had any issues with them. Their support is fantastic and the pipe they are on is amazingly fast. I don’t think I could even think of a negative if I had to. Tried a few vps hosts prior and had issues ranging from support to network speed. After 2 years of searching, It’s nice to not worry about these issues any more.
I have been with www.servint.net for over 2 years, tech support is top, I’ve upgraded from their smallest to one of their SuperVPS’s, just kept upgrading as I grew, had zero downtime on all the upgrades.
About InmotionHost.com - see here:
[url]http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?p=56745[/url]
They are NOT worth it.
check out "Wired Tree reviews at webhostingtalk - i am planning on going with them
+1 for KnownHost… Awesome customer service and the server is very fast
[quote name=‘xmivite’]check out "Wired Tree reviews at webhostingtalk - i am planning on going with them[/quote]
We use them - good 24 hour phone service.
I would call whomever you are looking at at night and on holidays etc and ask lots of questions to see how you like their support.
[quote name=‘xmivite’]check out "Wired Tree reviews at webhostingtalk - i am planning on going with them[/QUOTE]
I have been using wired tree for a while and the service is amazing. I’m on the hybrid vps server.
Woow WiredTree claims “100% Network Uptime”!
Source : [url]http://www.wiredtree.com/[/url]
Between you and me, who needs a network that works if the server your site is down? :mrgreen:
I think “99.99% Uptime” is more clear and more honest, because this claim includes hard disk, memory, cable, power, OS, firewall, etc… with, of course, network uptime, rather than only “Network Uptime” to “forgetting to simply speak” of server uptime…
Lee Li Pop
[quote name=‘Lee Li Pop’]Woow WiredTree claims “100% Network Uptime”!
Source : [URL]http://www.wiredtree.com/[/URL]
Between you and me, who needs a network that works if the server your site is down? :mrgreen:
I think “99.99% Uptime” is more clear and more honest, because this claim includes hard disk, memory, cable, power, OS, firewall, etc… with, of course, network uptime, rather than only “Network Uptime” to “forgetting to simply speak” of server uptime…
Lee Li Pop[/quote]
Lee Li,
You may want to read your link more carefully as for a native speaker of English, Wired Tree’s policies are clear and honest. Hard drives and other items are clearly addressed as limitations.
However, marketing claims are easy to make, as a practical matter I do not know of any unscheduled downtime in more than 2 years and I have been with them on a VPS account since shortly after they started.
Twice they had scheduled work to do and they clearly sent out emails weeks ahead and so on…
if you want to include what is clearly not a network problem in the uptime numbers they are probably in the 99.96% range for uptime.
If you know of a host with 24 hour toll free support within 5 minutes by level 3 admins that has a better uptime with a lower cost please let us know.
You do not get mystery problems or excuses related to factors beyond their control.
When we are ready to upgrade to a dedicated server not a VPS I might consider rackspace as their support may be slightly better as their staff is much bigger with more security specialists.
At the higher end of hosting the network uptime and hardware used is not a big issue as it is expected to be good.
Instead the quality of support becomes more important.
Hello Traveler,
I would beleived everyone here knows I’m at Pair.com since 2000!
[url]http://www.pair.com/support/knowledge_base/our_network_and_servers/server_configurations.html[/url]
Just for uptime, you can check by yourself on this page:
[url]http://www.pair.com/support/system_notices.html[/url]
Tip: Take a server name, and check its uptime in past years (you will find past notices link at bottom of each page)
Lee Li Pop