Hosting options circus

[Beginner2]

I was just about ready to purchase VB and get going on a forum idea I've been wanting to do for a long time, then I read that SiteGround's hosting isn't all that good afterall..

I read through the hosting reviews section here in the support forum and there is no clear answer of which host to turn to.

What's amazing from a business standpoint is that VB just leaves it to us to bounce around trying to get quality hosting instead of offering a 1-2 package of the forum software AND the hosting. Can't VB just offer their own hosting and solve the entire thing?


- Kind of like buying motorcycles made in China from a local distributor who has no parts network-just the motorcycles.

[Zachery]

If we recomend a host, and they get 1000x times what they support, expand, support goes to the crapper, then you guys come back to us and are upset that they're not a good host anymore.

Instead, we give you recomendations. No host will be great forever, you're best off doing your own research and shopping around.

[dabollicks]

i must admit finding a decent host is a bit of a lottery. Your best bet is to do your research about hosts and pick one that suits your needs. Thats what i did and so far so good with the host i chose

[alemcherry]

making a good software and providing quality hosting requires different skills and infrastructure. With so many hosts around, you can always find the one that suits you.

[Beginner2]

If we recomend a host, and they get 1000x times what they support, expand, support goes to the crapper, then you guys come back to us and are upset that they're not a good host anymore.

Instead, we give you recomendations. No host will be great forever, you're best off doing your own research and shopping around.


I wasn't suggesting recommending a host. I was saying VB should initiate its' own hosting services. If for no other reason that to give users a reliable place to hang their VB software and boost VB sales.

I truly surprised that you've gone to the trouble to perfect community software, yet don't offer a place to put it.


Bottom line? I was going to buy or lease a VB license, now the whole idea is on the fence because there's no hosting I can count on. It just seem an eventual dead end, especially if my forum ever grows enough to have too many members online at the same time...(?)


It's limited before it even get started

[royo]

Beginner2, I suggest you take a look at my thread here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=275762 if you haven't already done so. I'd also like to add that you might want to look for a host that offers more hosting environments than one, so you can quickly upgrade between them, since being with the same service provider usually means your data is in the same facility and takes a relatively low time to move.