have specific needs for a new web host...
I am looking for a new web host, but have some specific needs, which I discovered when attempting to move to a host that did not meet those needs!
the web site I run is a web game that, by the nature of the kind of game it is, is very database heavy. I am currently with DreamHost, who provides - to my understanding - a cluster of managed servers for the databases of all their clients. I otherwise have a dedicated server.
when I attempted to move a year ago - I forget to who - I got a dedicated hosting plan, and discovered that the database load created by my game was much to great for a single server... database querries took up as much processor time as they could, leaving little or no cycles for PHP.
I am wondering if there are other hosts with similar setups... a managed cluster for databases, with the freedom of a dedicated server (no worries about using too many resources, the ability to run custom services, etc).