Comments on: blog repatriation http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:50:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt B. http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-179051 Matt B. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:47:24 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-179051 I currently host a few sites with Dreamhost - and apart from their billing screw ups, their performance has been great so far. Performance must depend on the box you are on. I also host with Bluehost but I find there is less latency between Calgary and LA than Calgary and Orem, Utah. Both are low cost, kind of flaky hosts though so I expect performance to drop off sooner or later. Would love to find a decent Canadian host - I will check out CanadianWebHosting. I currently host a few sites with Dreamhost – and apart from their billing screw ups, their performance has been great so far. Performance must depend on the box you are on. I also host with Bluehost but I find there is less latency between Calgary and LA than Calgary and Orem, Utah. Both are low cost, kind of flaky hosts though so I expect performance to drop off sooner or later. Would love to find a decent Canadian host – I will check out CanadianWebHosting.

]]> By: Aron http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177866 Aron Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:02:51 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177866 @dnorman That's decent. I may have to look into it later on. @dnorman That’s decent. I may have to look into it later on.

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177701 Jim Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:57:17 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177701 You rahrah Canadians are starting to piss this red-blooded American off. You just wait til I get up there! You should've gone with Bluehost :) You rahrah Canadians are starting to piss this red-blooded American off. You just wait til I get up there! You should’ve gone with Bluehost :)

]]> By: Keira http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177551 Keira Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:12:32 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177551 Yeah! A Canadian solution! You mentioned these folks to me a while back but I was too scared to go it alone. Who would I bug for advice? But now that you're moving on, I think it's only a matter of time before my closest web consultant goes too. It just feels better to have the Sustainable Living Arts School hosted locally. Yeah! A Canadian solution! You mentioned these folks to me a while back but I was too scared to go it alone. Who would I bug for advice? But now that you’re moving on, I think it’s only a matter of time before my closest web consultant goes too.

It just feels better to have the Sustainable Living Arts School hosted locally.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177459 dnorman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:11:57 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177459 @davidicus: I've been working with their support folks since I got there - they waver from blaming other users on the box for sucking up the resources, to saying WordPress is to blame, to suggesting file-based caching (which I had already enabled). I eventually just gave up trying to convince them that the server is dog-assed slow (I've run WordPress on my own servers, where it has been an absolutely trivial load) @aron: from here, it's 15 slowish hops to Dreamhost, or 8 fastish ones to CanadianWebHosting. @davidicus: I’ve been working with their support folks since I got there – they waver from blaming other users on the box for sucking up the resources, to saying WordPress is to blame, to suggesting file-based caching (which I had already enabled). I eventually just gave up trying to convince them that the server is dog-assed slow (I’ve run WordPress on my own servers, where it has been an absolutely trivial load)

@aron: from here, it’s 15 slowish hops to Dreamhost, or 8 fastish ones to CanadianWebHosting.

]]> By: Aron http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177455 Aron Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177455 I haven't had trouble with Dreamhost lately, though some months back it was slow on my server as well. Out of curiousity, how is the distance in Intarweb geography? How many hops to dreamhost vs your new host? I haven’t had trouble with Dreamhost lately, though some months back it was slow on my server as well. Out of curiousity, how is the distance in Intarweb geography? How many hops to dreamhost vs your new host?

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177433 davidicus Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177433 they weren't able to help? oh well. big earthquake coming up anyway. they weren’t able to help? oh well. big earthquake coming up anyway.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177361 dnorman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:50:33 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177361 I only started measuring the blog page generation performance when it started taking 30 seconds to spit out a page... :-) I only started measuring the blog page generation performance when it started taking 30 seconds to spit out a page… :-)

]]> By: davidicus http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177351 davidicus Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:35:39 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177351 . well, i'm happy enough on Dreamhost (knock on wood); but, i don't measure my blog in milliseconds either :P . .

well, i’m happy enough on Dreamhost (knock on wood); but, i don’t measure my blog in milliseconds either :P

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]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177289 dnorman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:18:22 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/02/10/blog-repatriation/#comment-177289 my web hosting account was on Twix. my web hosting account was on Twix.

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