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6/3/2009 9:06 AM
 

We are trying out 3 different hosting providers on shared servers .... and so far PowerDNN.com is the best ..... just my 2 cents

/Johan Hyra Vattenskoter

 
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6/13/2009 11:14 PM
 

Well... I guess it is a good thing that I posted asking about it.  I'll do some testing on my own Hyper-V installs to see how bad it really is, but if is as bad as you say I'll have to find another solution.  I might just say the heck with it and pay for an IP just so I can run a server from my house, this hosted service bit is getting old...

I did check out PowerDNN.com before, and they seemed outrageously expensive compared to what I have now, but it looks like they might have come down a bit since I last checked.  Also, going from 100GB (at WebHost4Life.com) down to 1GB for more $/month is something I do not like at all, but if it means having a system that actually works reliably it might be worth it.

 

 
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6/14/2009 1:46 AM
 

Environment planning is an essential part of any project and, depending upon your requirements, tolerances and constraints you might select a physical or virtual solution.  There are many variables at play and not every configuration is appropriate for every use case.  HyperV is a perfectly acceptable hosting choice and may (or may not) be appropriate in your particular case.

Cheers


Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly... what is essential is invisible to the eye. "
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

 
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6/14/2009 12:03 PM
 

Dan,

We would like to offer you 30 days free trial. So you can test DNN in the real Hyper-V servers. Please use coupon code "Free_Trial" and choose "Check/Invoice" when you check out. Put your DNN forum username in the comment box. So we can approve your account immediately.

 

 
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6/14/2009 10:45 PM
 

Honestly, the biggest reason I have not "already" switched over to a hosting service that specializes in DNN is the lack of disk space.  With the low cost of disk space, why are hosting companies still offering only 512MB and & 1GB?   A 5GB or 10GB site would probably be sufficient if I hosted photos and such on another service, but 1GB is simply too small. 

For example, my work DNN site is sitting at about 4GB in use, and I don't consider it being used much at all, my users there are barely scratching the surface of what DNN is capable of.  Currently my personal project site is sitting at about 150MB, and it is basically a bare-bones with almost nothing on it.  Once the sites there get rolling like I want them to, that amount of disk usage will probably jump over 1GB in less than a month. 

Then again, I don't have to worry about users right now because they visit once and never come back, almost always because of the horrendously poor performance.  I'll get a batch of people all excited about the site, they visit and the thing crashes or hangs.  I'll spend a day working with tech support and get it running decently again (only to return to this performance in a week or two), but the users are already gone, never to return.  99% of the time it is due to the performance (many of these people are personal friends of mine, and they certainly don't hesitate to tell me what is wrong).  This vicious cycle has repeated itself constantly over the last couple of years, and across three hosting services.  Right now I refuse to invite people to my website(s) until I can get this issue resolved.

 

 
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