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[epsilon9090]

I am going to either purchase a year of netfirms or a year of dreamhost, and I was wondering if one can run intensive background processes on netfirms.

I know that dreamhost has CPU usage throttling and all that sort of business, which I don't want to deal with.

Would it theoretically be possible to run a gaming server on either one of these hosts, since they support SSH and will allow you to run external scripts?

[David]

Not a chance with either. If you require processes simply go with a shell host that allows them or get a VPS/Dedicated.

VPS would be your best option to start. Web hosting is exactly that: Hosting of sites not gaming apps.

[epsilon9090]

Which would be better for a CMS?

[David]

Originally Posted by epsilon9090

Which would be better for a CMS?

I'd recommend searching around for previous reviews/critiques from other clients of each company. Be sure to research them thoroughly before considering either!

Good luck with the hunt.

[CretaForce]

Webhosts offer ssh2 to do your life easier. For example to edit .php files, setup cron, backup databases easier.

If you want to run game servers you need to find a company that does that kind of hosting or get a VPS/Dedicated so you can run both your websites and your gaming servers.

[XF-Chan]

You can always email them and ask.