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RiSK
Dec 9, 2006

The Red Rocket Rifle

optikalus posted:

You keep saying this, but it just isn't true in my experience. Way smaller margins on VPS than shared hosting, so VPS hardware just isn't as good, and usually way more oversold.

If you go with a host that has gambit of different hosting options, then this is usually true. If you go with a host that specializes in ONE thing, such as VPS hosting, chances are, you're going to get a MUCH better offering. They typically have a better understanding of how to run ship and keep people happy. At least, the bigger ones usually do.

If you go with a bigger specialty host, you'll probably have better hardware, nodes tweaked and patched to perform significantly better in virtual environments, quieter neighbors (lots of hosts have "offload" nodes for noisy customers), etc. If you know what you're doing, you can cache a whole bunch, tweak Apache, DNS, etc. Likely going to have a much better experience there than on shared.

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RiSK
Dec 9, 2006

The Red Rocket Rifle
Just got this from HostHop. Weren't they Goon ran or at least didn't they post on the forums or something?

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Due to sudden and unexpected circumstances the following IP's will experience a NETWORK WIDE OUTAGE THAT WILL LAST AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME.

It is URGENT that all data is backed up at once - there may be less than 24 hours in which to save your data.

Any data that is not backed up will no longer be accessible.

The IP range that will be affected is the following;

206.253.*.* (Any IP that starts with 206.253) If you have another IP out of this range, it is highly recommended to backup those IP's as well - immediately.



***ALL CLIENTS WITH DATA HOSTED WITHIN THESE IP'S ARE URGED TO BACK UP DATA AND RELOCATE SERVICES***

NOTE!! Do not create support tickets or other emails regarding the outage. Correspondances WILL NOT BE ANSWERED! This includes phone calls.

There will be no support available however, ALL NETWORK FIREWALLS have been disabled to ease with your backups and movement.

No Server or Network Admins will be available. An update to this matter will be posted within 72 hours at https://www.hosthop.com. Please visit that site for further information.



The Management and Staff of Hop Networks expresses sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused by this sudden and unavoidable circumstance.



Thank you for your years of loyal patronage to Hop Networks.

Please visit hosthop.com in 72 hours for further information.

Uh. How lovely is this? "THOSE IP'S ARE GOING OFFLINE AND THERE AIN'T NO WAY WE'LL TELL YOU WHY!"

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