I have to take that back. It seems it speeded up quite significantly. Hope it keeps up that way. Tamas On 2 September 2012 18:34, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Update: Finally I went with the Namecheap, also bought the shared hosting > from them -- thought it was a good idea to keep things in one place. Thin= gs > are ok, I could transfer the site fine, db and php files etc are up and > running -- however, it seems much slower than the previous provider. I > guess that's what you get for 1/3 price. It was $47 per year for 3 domain= s > which free whois protection and a shared hosting with the bare minimum th= ey > have (25GB storage and unlimited download -- which is unlimited as slow > enough not to exhaust their system, anyway...) > > I had not got much time for the selection as the 5 day notice I have got, > but maybe I will talk to them how to increase the speed. > > Thanks > Tamas > > > On 31 August 2012 04:11, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > >> Thank you very much for the explanation, I think then I had this shared >> service before, although they let me upload my PHP based web -- I had to >> use their mysql and php engines, which was fine by me. The whole site wa= s >> very responsive all the time -- I have another one with another provider >> and that one is very slow, so I will bring that over too I guess if the >> provider here is good. >> >> Anyway, thank you very much again for the help, now it is time to make >> the full backup and transfer the site over -- it seems I will have some = fun >> times over the weekend :-) >> >> Tamas >> >> >> >> On 30 August 2012 21:26, V G wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 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 t= o >>> > 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 >>> with >>> > 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 >>> email >>> > right now. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Tamas >>> > >>> >>> It's all just jargon. >>> >>> "Shared" hosting is a type of setup a hosting company will use where th= e >>> server hardware (hard drives, RAM, etc.) and software (web server, >>> database >>> server, etc.) are shared between different customers. They give you a >>> control panel like cPanel, where you manage your one-click install >>> software >>> (like online store/shopping cart, forum, blog, etc.), and can quickly a= nd >>> easily set up a website without knowing anything about systems >>> administration. You get a /home/account on the server at best, and you >>> don't have root access, so you can't install your own server software >>> (like >>> Nginx, Python, whatever). It's also managed, so they'll make sure the >>> server is always up and running. It's typically pretty cheap >>> (~$10/month). >>> You don't need to know anything about how to set up a Linux system to g= et >>> your site running. >>> >>> "VPS" is a virtual private server which is (ideally) a full virtual >>> machine >>> where you can pick a Linux distro to install, and you have full root >>> access >>> to it via SSH. Usually unmanaged, so it's up to you to make sure your >>> virtual machine is running and something hasn't crashed it. You start o= ut >>> with a bare Linux install, so you have to install and configure your ow= n >>> server software and everything by yourself. I love this because it give= s >>> you full access and you can do whatever you want with it. You can get '= em >>> for $5/month if you really wanted to, and most give you more storage >>> space >>> and data transfer than shared hosting. >>> -- >>> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>> View/change your membership options at >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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); } >> > > > > -- > 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 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 .