I'm looking for a new host for my wiki, and I think I narrowed it down to Pair networks. The one red flag that pops up for me is that they have a limit of 200MB per MySQL database, after which they could start deducting from my overall disk quota. Not a problem as far as I'm concerned, but I don't really have any idea how big the databases get. Currently, my database is about 3.5 MB, representing about 155 pages or so. I've been seeding this, meaning I've been doing most of the work myself. Now I'm ready to let more people get involved, and I'm wondering if I'm going to smack my head against that 200MB limit anytime soon.
Here are the relevant bullet points from Pair's policy page. Would anyone out there think that this could be an issue for a site that will likely get moderate use?
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* Databases are limited to 15 concurrent connections. While this limit is enforced separately for each username connecting to a database, it is against policy to attempt to use the three usernames alloted to a database to circumvent this limit. * Advanced Account holders are limited to 1500 queries per hour, of which at most 750 can alter data in the database (such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE queries). * Each individual database is allotted up to 200MB (megabytes) of disk space. pair Networks reserves the right to apply disk usage in excess of 200MB against the account's disk quota.
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Thanks for any help. Also, I've researched web hosts until my eyes are crossed. If anyone has any recommendations for a reliable host, I'd be grateful.
Stuart Maxwell TheLouvertureProject.org
On Thursday 03 February 2005 20:00, Stumax wrote:
are crossed. If anyone has any recommendations for a reliable host, I'd be grateful.
I suggest my webhost, WestHost: http://affiliates.westhost.com/z/6/CD169/
WestHost offers unlimited databases and email accounts together with "near-root" access to your VDS and full SSH access. Their cheapest plan is $6.95 but I would suggest you to get at least the Value plan which has its own IP.
I also have an offer for free webhosting.
I'm reasonably happy with Lunar Pages, for a low cost host. There are some times when it seems like the server I'm on gets bogged down or offline, but probably no more than most, where only one server is serving. They've had growing pains, and it took me some effort at times when I was setting up to find the tech support guys that could actually help. The e-mail support can work well once you get a response. It's proably 4 times the size now than what it was when I joined about 2 years ago. At the time though, it had some of the best serve times for low-priced hosts. I haven't made any real config changes since I started so, I haven't had to deal with them other than to remember to keep $45 in the account every 3 months.
I had zero problems installing mediawiki (1.39) a couple of months ago. (Well, that's not true, I tried installing it into my alternate mysql database, had some problem, and then tried installing it as an add-on to my main db and whatever I did different worked, and I've been too lazy to re-install. But I didn't need to get the host to do anything.
I did have to get them to set my account to use an older version of their "control panel" skin, to get myphpAdmin to work correctly. And their were issues with using a nonstandard port to use that control panel. (Which keeps me from using it at work, our firewall has all non-essenitial ports blocked.)
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