Looking for developer focused hosting

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by AliasXNeo, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I'm looking for solid hosting aimed at developers. Basically I just need a place where I can store and test my own personal scripts and scripts for my clients to be able to see and play around with.

    This means the hosting must NOT be aimed at newbies. What I mean is custom control panels aimed at things like "making databases easier" when in reality they make a developers life a nightmare.

    I prefer CPanel(11)/VistaPanel but as long as the panel is developer friendly it doesn't matter. Basic necessities I'm looking for:

    * PHP 5.2.6 (Latest)
    * MySQL 5.X (Prefer unlimited databases)
    * PHPMyAdmin
    * Optional shell access (SSH) (Willing to pay extra)
    * 2+ FTP Accounts
    * 2+ Parked domains
    * A few sub-domains
    * 1gig+ Of Space
    * CHEAP!

    I'm not looking to host my own website. This will be for development purposes only therefor my requirements are minimal and should be cheap. The host should have good technical support (with people that know what they're doing!) and a decent reputation.

    Please review the post twice before making offers. Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Josh
     
    AliasXNeo, Aug 13, 2008 IP
  2. saaddy

    saaddy Banned

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    #2
    well for someone to be able to give you a great price, we will need to know the amount of bandwidth in order to give quotes.
     
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  3. AliasXNeo

    AliasXNeo Banned

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    #3
    Well generally all people need to know is space since the ratio for space > bandwidth is pretty common.

    Bandwidth isn't much of an issue. I'd say anywhere from 20-25gig but I really don't care if the plan is good.
     
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  4. saaddy

    saaddy Banned

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    #4
    well then you will want to check out Hostcrate, their baby plans is:

    Diskspace 10GB
    Bandwidth 50GB
    FTP Unlimited
    E-Mail Unlimited
    MySQL Unlimited
    Subdomains Unlimited
    Domains Unlimited
    Parked Unlimited
    cPanel 11 with Fantastico De Luxe

    $4.99 USD Monthly
    or
    $49.90 USD Annually (Free Domain)

    to order this package here
     
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  5. AliasXNeo

    AliasXNeo Banned

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    #5
    Thanks but that is lacking in a lot of information. I'm looking for hosting that fits what I pointed out in my original post.
     
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    saaddy Banned

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    #6
    the answer to all of this is yes, they have all these requirements filled and are included with each plan.
     
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  7. AliasXNeo

    AliasXNeo Banned

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    #7
    1) I don't see any of those details listed.
    2) As far as I can tell there's no live pre-sale support.
    3) The knowledgebase is practically empty
    4) There's no reviews

    Not something I really want to invest my money into.
     
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    #8
    If you go to the shared page, located here it does list those features, minus shell.

    live support is provided either by submitting a ticket or contact them via messenger which can be provided from me, im a sales rep for them.

    The knowledgebase is empty as most questions are asked via messenger.

    there are no big sites that has a review, but they just got a review from a client which can be located here

    so, technicaly its not a waste. if you would like i can have sites that they host to tell you about the hosting service. ;)
     
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    Stroh Notable Member

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    #9
    Fireball Hosting can offer you the following:
    Spark Plan:
    Space: 5 GB
    Transfer: 35 GB
    cPanel 11 with Fantastico De Luxe
    FTP: unlimited
    E-mail: unlimited
    MySQL Databases: unlimited
    Sub-domains: unlimited
    Domains: unlimited
    $2.95 a month or $29.50 a year
    http://www.fireballhost.com/center/order.php?step=2&pid=1
    http://fireballhost.com/shared.html for alternative plans.

    Our TOS: http://fireballhost.com/TOS-AUP.html

    Demon Server Specs:
    Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 2.4 Ghz per core
    4 GBs RAM
    500 GB SATA2 HDD with 3.0 Gb/s speed
    100Mbps Dedicated Connection (Tier 1 Premium Quality Bandwidth)
    Read Our PHPInfo to verify that we do have what you want.
    We have online VIA MSN if you have any further questions or FBHLive on AOL.
    Support is carried through support tickets or through instant messenger.

    Just a minor note, we will give you shell access however it will be jailed.
     
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  10. AliasXNeo

    AliasXNeo Banned

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    Can you please PM me the messenger I can contact?
     
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    newgenservices Well-Known Member

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    #11
    New Generation Hosting is a privately owned web hosting company established in 2005. Since then our primary priority has been to provide best services to our clients with the best customer support that money can buy at the lowest possible prices without the need for yearly contracts or overselling. We believe in Customer Satisfaction and their trust on our company is most valuable asset for us.

    [​IMG]

    We provide you with cPanel 11 with Fantastico Deluxe and have each and every feature provided by cPanel as such enabled.

    We have PHP 5.26 already.
    We have MySql (5.0.51a-community) and phpMyAdmin already.
    We provide SSH access on request on Business and Enterprise Plans
    We offer Unlimited FTP, MySql, FTP, Sub-domains, Parked and Add-on Domains on all our plans.
    Our Business Plan comes with 5 GB of Space and 50 GB of Xfer per month.
    Yes it is cheap indeed. Just $3.95 a month for our Business Plan and just $4.95 a month for our Enterprise plan.

    If you could have mentioned your budget, it would have helped me a lot in accurately specifying a plan for you. We have our Shared Hosting plans starting as low as $1.11 a month. However we provide SSH only on Business and Enterprise on request and as an add-on on Starter and Economy plan.

    We do have trained and experienced Technical Support staff available round the clock and regarding reputation, you can search anywhere on the web and i can assure you don't find even a single dissatisfied customer. Also you can check our reputation here at DP either by iTraders or in the Web Hosting forum.

    Yes i did go through your requirements thrice already before making this offer. Hoping to do business with you soon!

    You can PM me here or contact us through Live Help on our website anytime if you have any more questions.
     
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    #12
    Main problem you will find with Cpanel powered hosting services is that, unless you are running a VPS or dedicated server on your own, most of the shared hosting services have turned off certain features that are required by PHP developers and that you can't control unless you play with .htaccess, but even then, if this option is disabled by server settings you will not be able either.

    Personally I develop tons of project at my hosting account at www.servage.net, visit the site to find all what they offer plus I can tell you by own experience you can turn on an off PHP safe, PHP GD safe, Globals, htaccess and more at your sole convenience from an easy to use control panel.

    Tons of bandwidth and webspace is not a problem and price is very cheap if compared to other hosting services offering less for more, plus if you signup with the coupon code on my signature you will receive additional 25GB storage space

    Read it as is STORAGE, meaning that you can use this and all of your other disk space as a place to store your scripts (inside or outside public access directories) and even they allow you to have a whole backup of your computer files that you can easily transfer with a WebDrive facility.

    In shared hosting, only Dreamhost offers this facility, but for a price per gigabyte. At Servage storage is not only allowed but comes free with your $6.45 per month package that includes a free domain for life.
     
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    twi Peon

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    #13
    i think you should go with free hosting, because if you just want to test your script and do not want to launch site, then its useless to pay, i know one free hosting site that have been for more than 2 years and have excellent uptime so far, but they provide only 800mb space and some around 10gb bandwidth, which i think is more than sufficient for testing the script, if you want to signup for free hosting, here is the link http://novahost.org if you want shell access, then you need to post in there forum and ask admin to give you access, he may or may not charge you for shell access. i hope this will help you for your site. :)
     
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    #14
    I would like to update everyone that OP had taken hosting with us.

    @OP : Thank you for choosing New Generation Hosting. If you need anything, please feel free to raise a support ticket or contact us on Live Help on our website http://www.ngh.in
     
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    #15
    rsanek, Aug 14, 2008 IP