I've been considering moving for quite awhile now, and HostGator keeps popping up at the top of my list of potential candidates.
I'd be looking at a Reseller account - technically I'm a web designer, but we usually provide the hosting service for our customers. Sometimes they want access to their own control panel, sometimes they let us handle everything. I've grown pretty comfortable with the reseller model - maybe I should be looking VPS, but I'd rather design sites than manage servers!
Right now my biggest problem is my current host seems to have some serious issues with database intensive sites - Joomla, Drupal, and osCommerce/Zencart.
I'd really love some honest feedback on HostGator and database heavy sites. How are load times, back-end editing, site searches?
Also, if I were to move, how does HostGator handle new account signups (under a reseller account)?
For instance, assuming I move 200+ accounts, and at least half of those are database driven (Joomla, Drupal, various e-commerce sites) - would these domains be spread across 'random' servers, or would HostGator start adding them to the current server, "fill it" to it's "capacity", then move on to the next open server? I'd rather have clients spread across many different servers - that way if something does happen I don't have to restore every single site!
One final question - can I make specific requests for dedicated app-pools or to move a specific site to a different server? (I realize the answer is ultimately 'get a VPS or dedicated' - but as a reseller I don't know when a site is going to become popular)
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
-Michael
I'd be looking at a Reseller account - technically I'm a web designer, but we usually provide the hosting service for our customers. Sometimes they want access to their own control panel, sometimes they let us handle everything. I've grown pretty comfortable with the reseller model - maybe I should be looking VPS, but I'd rather design sites than manage servers!
Right now my biggest problem is my current host seems to have some serious issues with database intensive sites - Joomla, Drupal, and osCommerce/Zencart.
I'd really love some honest feedback on HostGator and database heavy sites. How are load times, back-end editing, site searches?
Also, if I were to move, how does HostGator handle new account signups (under a reseller account)?
For instance, assuming I move 200+ accounts, and at least half of those are database driven (Joomla, Drupal, various e-commerce sites) - would these domains be spread across 'random' servers, or would HostGator start adding them to the current server, "fill it" to it's "capacity", then move on to the next open server? I'd rather have clients spread across many different servers - that way if something does happen I don't have to restore every single site!
One final question - can I make specific requests for dedicated app-pools or to move a specific site to a different server? (I realize the answer is ultimately 'get a VPS or dedicated' - but as a reseller I don't know when a site is going to become popular)
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
-Michael