Thanks Neil, that gives me some explanation. But how is that different then VPS -- VPS is the virtual machine, right? So as on a virtual machine the server shares the hardware with other users, right? Or is this VPS managed better somehow? Or the guarantee a certain CPU and memory resource available on worst case scenario? Sorry for my beginners questions, Tamas On 30 August 2012 21:17, Neil wrote: > Shared hosting is the alternative to "dedicated" hosting and means that > several domains (held by other people) are on the same server. This > brings the price of the hosting down a lot, but you are at the mercy of > other websites demands. Your website can get brought down because of > something else going on on another domain/site running on the same > server. But the real issue is that a lot of dirt-cheap hosts oversell > the space on the servers and they get slow all the time. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > On 8/30/2012 11:44 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > > What a coincidence, have just got an e-mail that one of my web will be > > expire in 5 days. I have opened that back in Ireland and would like to > > bring that over to the US. > > > > Can I just ask some blame questions (as I am not a professional > Webadmin), > > what is the so called "shared hosting"? Because it seems very cheap wit= h > > namecheap.com (suggested by solarwind I think). All I need is a running > > Linux with mysql and php basically, I am not worried too much about ema= il > > right now. > > > > Thanks, > > Tamas > > > > > > > > On 30 August 2012 20:30, Neil wrote: > > > >> Okay, I'm back and going thru these replies. > >> > >> GoDaddy is one that I need to get away from. Yes, they are very > >> reliable, but run things in a non-standard way, and their webmail (whi= ch > >> is all I use them for currently) is bloated and annoying. I like reall= y > >> lightweight webmail apps, and Horde etc works nicely. GoDaddy also ha= d > >> the major annoyance of having to click through a dozen pages of add-on= s > >> whenever I renew something. > >> > >> Kionic (where I have a couple domains hosted currently) has changed fo= r > >> the worse. Lots of downtime, especially with email, support changed t= o > >> operate only on weekdays now, etc. > >> > >> I'm avoiding running anything myself, and prefer to become an end-user > >> now, so I'm steering away from VPS. I don't mind paying a bit more fo= r > >> good uptime, and a faster server. Also, I'm probably going to setup a > >> small e-commerce store on one of these domains, so having ZenCart or > >> similar is a plus. > >> > >> Of all the suggestions so far, lunarpages is looking pretty good. I ca= n > >> reach someone at this time (in case of a crisis) and they have all the > >> features I need... $20/mth is fine. I'm actually thinking of splittin= g > >> up some of these domains over a couple hosts as in the past, a server > >> down means all of my domains are shutdown. I'm generally worried abou= t > >> hosts that allow unlimited bandwidth, as it will probably mean others > >> will abuse it and slow down the server, but I'll take it for a spin I > >> guess. Dreamhost also looks good so a couple basic websites will > >> probably go there. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Neil. > >> > >> > >> On 8/30/2012 1:49 PM, Nathan House wrote: > >>> To the OP: > >>> > >>> I have used many different hosts over the years, including Godaddy an= d > >>> Dreamhost, and I highly recommend either KnownHost or ServInt. They > >>> are both more expensive then, say, Godaddy, but the service is far > >>> better. > >>> > >>> -Nathan > >>> > >> -- > >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > >> View/change your membership options at > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > >> > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .