Now I Have Two Servers

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: March 29th, 2009 | 0 Comments

This week I decided I would take up the great offer that dreamhost are offering, if you sign up with them using the coupon code '777' then you will receive a full years hosting with unlimited bandwidth and disk space for only €6.96 ($9.24). That is a really good offer and one that I could not pass by.

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So as it stands now I have two servers with two different hosting providers, this one I am currently using is Lunarpages and then the new one I am going to be switching too (once my current hosting period ends with lunarpages) which is the DreamHost one.

I figured, why should I pay for a renewal of my lunarpages account when I can get a full years subscription with another hosting company with a saving of over 90%. If I like the service I get from DreamHost then I will consider staying with them for another year when it comes to the time for renewal again. Who know by that time there could be another offer out and I might switch, why pay more for a service you can get somewhere else for a fraction of the price and that is potentially better than the current one you are using.

The funny thing is that dreamhost had initially set this offer as a one day thing, but everyday they seem to extend it to another day! They must be making a killing with this offer. Great way to get new customers, it certainly worked with me!

Web Hosting

Posted by: Sean | Posted on: June 17th, 2008 | 1 Comments

This site soon will be here 3 months on the 12th of july that means that i am going to have to renew my hosting account, the reason i only paid for 3 months of hosting was so that i could test out the service that this provider is offering. I am currently using GoDaddy for my hosting but i think the server is a bit slow, i have been looking around for slightly faster servers at good prices and have found some on Lunarpages, Dreamhost and Webair

My next purchase of hosting will be for 2 years, i decided to go for 2 years because you get bigger discounts and more services for the longer you buy the hosting for. Once this new hosting is faster i will be happy, of course it has got to have support for php5 because this current theme requires it.

The prices on the 3 different Web hosting services are as follows:

• 24 Months
• php5
• Also $775 of bonus products (Most likely wont use these, nice to have though!)
• $6.95/Mo
• Storage: 1,500 GB
• Bandwidth: 15,000 GB/Mo
• Subtotal $166.80
• By using the promotion code "spring" i can save $48
• Total: $118.80 (€76.55)

• 24 Months
• php5
• Storage: 500 Gb
• Bandwidth: 5 TB/Mo
• For signing up for 2 years you get a 18% discount!
• $8.95/Mo
• Total: $214.80 (€138.40)

• 24 Months
• php5
• Storage 1,000 GB
• Bandwidth: 5 TB/Mo
• For signing up for 2 years  you get a 26% discount!
• $8.05/Mo
• Total: $193.20 (€124.49)

So those are the 3 hosting providers that i have been looking at and i have to say the service looks great. The only thing i find hard to believe is the amount of storage & bandwidth you get, i suppose i have roughly that amount with my current supplier. Im still not sure which one i am going to go with, i have to take into account that with Lunarpages i would be using a discount coupon but when you go to renew the price will go up and you cannot use a coupon more than once.

I think that i will most likely either go for Dreamhost or Webair, yeah they cost a little more but they have fantastic service response time and with the quotes i got for them they will be the same price everytime i go to renew, no nasty higher prices.

I was considering going for some local hosting here in Ireland, but to be honest who in there right mind would pay for the high prices, and also they give you very little storage space, a few hundred MB of storage for a ridiclous price. Its cheaper to just buy away from home.