Support is great at hms, but when you really want to get going with some more heavier stuff it gets very expensive, at least that's my opinion, my road is renting a server, use own software. But yes when looking for managed, so more expensive, support, they're great.
On May 2, 7:49 pm, BazD <[email protected]> wrote: > Ive used HMS for a few projects and theyve not let me down. > They always send out an email informing of any server maintenance > periods, well in advance of the date the work is scheduled. > I always recommend HMS, much better service/support/competitive prices > that other hosting providers I can think of. > > On May 2, 6:32 pm, loxley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I had asked about restarts and they said they didn't, at least not > > that often. But then again, i'm probably too trusting. > > > I use CrystalTech for other clients, so far nobody on Farcry. I may > > have to go down this route at some point. > > > Thanks again. > > > Robin > > > On May 2, 10:06 am, Jeff Coughlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the advice Jeff, most appreciated. I'd be surprised if they > > > > were restarting like that. This problem appears after a few hours > > > > sometimes. I'll do some further digging. Thanks again. > > > > If you're using shared hosting, then yes... they likely restart quite > > > often. One company famous for this is HostMySite. > > > > If you're on a tight budget, another option you can look into is VPS > > > from these companies. However because FarCry is a cached framework > > > (like any good framework should be), it requires RAM. And VPS > > > solutions charge ridiculous amounts of money for the use of RAM (RAM > > > is so inexpensive to purchase that it boggles the mind how they are > > > able to get away with these drastically high prices for the use of > > > more RAM). > > > > VPS > > > Examples:http://www.hostmysite.com/vps/windows/coldfusion/http://crystaltech.c... > > > > Personally I prefer to co-locate. This allows me to use the hardware > > > of choice and pay nothing but a parked fee and bandwidth usage. Most > > > of my clients have their own facilities on-location, so I am lucky to > > > rarely run into this issue. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > > Jeff Coughlin > > > Web Application Developerhttp://jeffcoughlin.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message cos you are subscribed to "farcry-dev" Google group. To post, email: [email protected] To unsubscribe, email: [email protected] For more options: http://groups.google.com/group/farcry-dev -------------------------------- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farcry -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
