Posted by: Anonymous
Posted on: 2006-05-13 11:15:00
Hey all, Im actually looking towards Dreamhsot to switch, but have a question.
Is there a limit on the SIZE of the Sql databases (not amount)
Do any of you use the forum of phpBB2 to tell me if this works on the server?
Had any downtime from time to time at odd hours?
Posted by: scjessey
Posted on: 2006-05-13 12:08:00
For databases, usage is measured according to a different method, and I don't think size is really an issue.
phpBB is one of DreamHost's famous One-Click Installs.
There is downtime from time to time (like any other webhost would have), but it is rare. I've probably had a few hours of downtime over 2 whole years of being here.
Posted by: ahsizara
Posted on: 2006-05-13 13:07:00
I use a uptime tracker from another server to check up on my DH page and email me when it goes down.
Since September '05, my site has been down for a total of 3 hours 30 minutes. It was most likely during scheduled maintainence that happen every now and then.
...not bad.
Posted by: Mojo
Posted on: 2006-05-14 21:15:00
In reply to:Is there a limit on the SIZE of the Sql databases (not amount)
Your MySQL disk space usage is considered part of your overall space usage. Your databases can be as large as your hosting plans available disk space (min 20GB).
In reply to:Do any of you use the forum of phpBB2 to tell me if this works on the server?
This package works well at Dreamhost. In fact, it is one of the packages available in the Dreamhost 'one-click-installs'.
In reply to:Had any downtime from time to time at odd hours?
Yes some downtime, but not enough to worry too much about. Normally only a few minutes here and there as servers are rebooted etc.
Posted by: sarawalliams
Posted on: 2006-05-14 22:04:00
As for downtime, it's usually for like 20 seconds. Like the other day, I had two 20 second outages, one after the other but it was nothing.
Uptime is fairly good :)