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Posted by tomyknoker, 11-28-2006, 09:23 PM
When researching a hosting company what is the best way to research how good there service is? Say for instance I wanted to check stats on MediaTemple.net, how would I go about doing it?

Posted by sTag-Dan, 11-28-2006, 09:30 PM
Contacting the host directly.

Posted by XeHSean, 11-28-2006, 09:48 PM
http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/MediaTemple.html

Posted by nax9, 11-28-2006, 09:58 PM
That site isn't very reliable. Notwithstanding the fact hosts can reset the uptime to 100%, that site only pings the main website, which is normally on a server by itself, under no load. It doesn't check production servers.

Posted by tomyknoker, 11-28-2006, 10:02 PM
Well do you know of any others?

Posted by XeHSean, 11-28-2006, 10:04 PM
I know, it can give him a rough estimate though about the host. As for resetting, I believe they now limit that feature to once every three months

Posted by tomyknoker, 11-28-2006, 10:07 PM
It said 99.5% uptime... But they are always down!

Posted by ldcdc, 11-28-2006, 10:12 PM
Even then, the stats may be altered. General customer consensus is the best way, but you need to try and find out how the customer monitored uptime. It's one thing to visit your own site a couple of times per day and say "I get great uptime", and another to have the site checked each minute automatically and say the same.

Posted by GamePhreak, 11-28-2006, 10:30 PM
The best way is to contact the host and see if they have third-party monitors that have been keeping independent statistics.

Posted by din0, 11-28-2006, 10:53 PM
I know this is unrelated, but I was just reading 2 recent threads and noticed you have a "twin" XeHost: http://inverthost.com http://xehost.net/index.html Either your site got ripped, or you're both using the same template. Just a heads up.

Posted by sTag-Dan, 11-28-2006, 11:04 PM
I was wondering where I had seen it! I am positive there are others...

Posted by XeHSean, 11-28-2006, 11:33 PM
Agreed - third party monitors are the best indication of a host (ones that can't be altered )

Posted by GamePhreak, 11-29-2006, 12:03 AM
I didn't think of this earlier, but you can also find a customer that is keeping uptime data for his own statistical use. Since the customer would want accurate data to make sure his host is performing well and therefore would have no motive to tamper with the stats, his data would probably be accurate and easier to find as well.

Posted by tomyknoker, 11-29-2006, 01:35 AM
well that's what i originally thought... but no one here seems to know any???

Posted by Jedito, 11-29-2006, 02:27 AM
Hyperspin.com It going to be cheaper to get your account there and monitor to the hosts of your choice instead than lose the money going with a lousy host.

Posted by RW-Steven, 11-29-2006, 09:11 AM
http://www.templatemonster.com/websi...ates/4856.html An no, i dont think there is anyway your going to get those uptime stats without asking the host directly, even then, as others have mentioned, be wary, some hosts edit them.



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