Dreamhost

[JamesU2005]

Anyone used Dreamhost?

Thinking about using them to just host large files away from my main site.

Do you think this is a good idea? Have one in the UK for all the XHTMl, PHP, MySQL etc and use the Dreamhost USA for large files?

Cheers,

 

[Tripnologist]

As a general host they're alright. At least I didn't have any problems with them.

However, it's probably not a good idea to use them for file storage as they severely cap your bandwidth. When I used them, the fastest I could upload via FTP was 5Kb/s. (on a 16MB/1.3MB connection). Then downloads were capped at like 15Kb/s.

I'm also pretty sure they do specify in their terms and conditions that you cannot use your account as a remote hard drive

 

[Markus123]

As above, while Dreamhost are "OK" to host a small site, the fastest I've ever been able to download a file from sites hosted there is 50KB/s (even slower if 2 people are downloading at once, usually half or less) - not quite sure how they get away with offering "5TB" a month when if you transferred solid for a whole month at the 50KB/s cap they appear to have set it's only ~127GB.

Plus yeah, it's seems to be against their terms of service:

The customer agrees to make use of DreamHost Web Hosting servers primarily for the purpose of hosting a website, and associated email functions. Data uploaded must be primarily for this purpose.. DreamHost Web Hosting servers are not intended as a data backup or archiving service. DreamHost Web Hosting reserves the right to negotiate additional charges with the Customer and/or the discontinuation of the backups/archives at their discretion. If you exceed your allocated transfer bandwidth for a month, you will be billed at the rate of $1 per additional 10GB.

 

[monkeysmith]

I use dreamhost, and have about 10GB of mainly pics on there. Never had or noticed a problem with speeds. Normally upload at night so don't watch the speeds. I keep all my pics online as a backup, but get round the terms by having a gallery there. Least I like to think I'm ok.

Their support is generally pretty good, when I have had few problems they answer swiftly, and had some downtime int he last year but they credited my account in compensation.

 

[JamesU2005]

they don't accept paypal when I go to purchase anyway! Any alternatives I can look at within this sort of price/limits range?

 

[daz]

There's the ochostreview.co.uk site a few threads up.

 

[Inquisitor]

They're excellent for most purposes since they give you a lot of control over your space (SSH access, ability to install custom versions of PHP, etc.) and their support is pretty good.

I host several sites with them and haven't had any problems so far.

If you need top-notch reliability and speed though, I'd steer clear.

 

[Clowned]

Ive had dreamhost for a few years now, speeds are great for the price. Definately not capped at all! Ive got over 300Gb of storage space as it grows every month! Bandwidth too! I barely use it as well :s

 

[JamesU2005]

I went with tsohost. 125gb bandwidth and 10gb space for 49.99!