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Title: Shared Hosting Info FYI 4 all to consider.
Post by: Maxx on April 12th, 2013, 11:34 PM
First  I'd like to say the Team of 2 here at Wedge are working hard everyday to decrease the amount code and possibly database usage, and this is a very good thing.

So to try and make is short, Yesterday I got a notice from one shred account I have had for about 10 years, that I'm now all of a sudden using too much combined  MySQL storage and tables. 50MB and 1000 tables!

First thing that comes to mind is that they say when you sign up that you have unlimited databases and storage, and accounts and then they come back at you with, a warning and time limit to lower the DB tables and storage to under 1000 tables. and if you get close to 50MB of storage ( combined storage all databases) look out, here it comes again!

Ok unlimited DB's and storage and accounts ( Domains, ) so if you offer service to many like I do without charge and a few have forums or blogs/ what ever, you will use up your table limit in no time. Just want you all to be aware of this when choosing your hosting options.

OK I can upgrade to double the price for their 3,000 table package. But they should tell you these things when you sign up and not have this hidden in the terms of service and or change the terms of services after you sign up and expect you to be happy with these changes. Just saying...

At present and for many years now, I have my site just to store and presnt Rock tunes in general Info that some may benefit from, No money to be made, no ads no donations. What to do the little guys get's it again and again.

Got to make serious Bucks to have a server unless you, run your own machine ( Hint).!
I love experimenting with the SMF and Themes and other stuff to much, to throw in the towel yet!

Again all this is understandable, it slows things down for everyone on that server, But they to me are not be truefull when advertising this stuff! and should be clearly stated before sign up. and you need to pray you don't get allot of visits daily! LOL

regards,
Maxx
Title: Re: Shared Hosting Info FYI 4 all to consider.
Post by: Arantor on April 13th, 2013, 12:02 AM
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Wedge are working hard everyday to decrease the amount code
Nah. We've added a *lot* more code than we've taken out.
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50MB and 1000 tables!
50MB? I have a shoutbox archive bigger than that. 1000 tables... that's clever, either you have one *massively* modified installation or you have at least a dozen SMF installs. Sounds to me like you have a slightly oversold host.
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First thing that comes to mind is that they say when you sign up that you have unlimited databases and storage,
First thing that comes to mind is how they're lying to you. Unlimited anything is impossible.
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Ok unlimited DB's and storage and accounts ( Domains, )
Still impossible.
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But they should tell you these things when you sign up and not have this hidden in the terms of service and or change the terms of services after you sign up and expect you to be happy with these changes. Just saying...
Ah but that's the devil in the detail. You're not supposed to know, or care, that there are hundreds of other users, running possibly thousands of sites - on a single server.
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Got to make serious Bucks to have a server unless you, run your own machine ( Hint).!
I pay $40/month for a pretty hefty VPS.
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But they to me are not be truefull when advertising this stuff! and should be clearly stated before sign up. and you need to pray you don't get allot of visits daily! LOL
The reality is that any site that is growing will eventually extend beyond the facilities it currently has. I know forums that run on small clusters because even dedicated servers can't cope with the load.