Hosting PF & PS

[rastoma]

Hi PoolDoc,

I don't know if this has been covered as I just logged on for the time in a LONG, LONG time after getting an email that you're back, and there are 15 pages of replies so I haven't read them all.

If you're paying $3k a year for hosting, then you really need to contact me.

Not all shared hosting is the same. There are some companies out there that have massive shared servers that could handle this forum no problem. I know because I work for one of the biggest. I'm not soliciting here as I don't get paid anything to refer customers I'm just a tech. But we have customers with thousands of more users and tens of thousands of more visits and page views that PF has ever had that are being hosted on a $24.95/month hosting plan and they get 2-3 second page load times. And it includes free backups and cPanel control panel. You can do your own backups through cPanel but the hosting company does free weekly backups. You can also get a VPS (virtual private server) for $50/month. Dedicated servers are around $150/month. The size and number of users and visitors to this site does not warrant $3k/year, if you're paying that much. I only say this because I can help you if you want (for free of course).

Shared hosting is not what it used to be. RAM, CPU and hard drive has gotten to the point where it's bigger and faster than anything you can throw at it..... cloud based hosting is cheap now (dozens of servers all hooked up to act as one). You can ZERO benefits and no more security colocating than you do with shared/vps/dedicated server hosting.

Yes you can get some crappy shared hosting, but either someone is taking advantage of you for co-location or you haven't checked around in awhile. Colo with more bandwidth you can use can be had for $99/month now-a-days.

VB is nothing special and there are free forum software out there that is just as secure as VB. SMF and phpbb3 are the two most common bulletin board software out there and has a ton more users between the two than VB has.

PM if you want to know more and I'll move your site and convert it over and save you a TON of money.

[PoolDoc]

Sounds interesting. Some of the other suggestions seemed to be coming from folks operating on a different scale than PF is now, much less on the scale we hope to go to.

I'll be in touch, Rastoma.

Ben