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10-13-2009, 01:51 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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My research on a webhost
Hi,
So I decided to do research on the uptime of a host at first I thought it would be silly to monitor the host's main site but wasn't I wrong these guys now I know its only been a 13 days since I started my program you might be be suprised though
http://www.siteuptime.com/stat.php?UserId=104688
Monitor Name Service Last check Uptime Current Status
Justhost http October 13, 2009 at 6:46 AM 100.000% Ok
Dreamhost http October 13, 2009 at 6:44 AM 99.887% Down
MM Hosting http October 13, 2009 at 6:46 AM 99.424% Ok
Hostgator http October 13, 2009 at 6:47 AM 100.000% Ok
Now honestly I don't understand there has been 5 outages lasting an average of ~20 minutes each in 13 days. Something you may find useful to find your own host =)
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10-13-2009, 02:25 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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99.425%? Wow, that's pretty low - it amounts to quite a few hours downtime per month. Good job on being wise and monitoring the uptime before making a choice
Is also great to see JustHost and HG have 100% no problems.
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10-13-2009, 02:27 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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99.425%? Wow, that's pretty low - it amounts to quite a few hours downtime per month.
Offtopic when does the "This forum requires that you wait 180 seconds between posts." get lowered?
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10-13-2009, 02:53 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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That's true - I was thinking that downtime of around 0.5% amounts to 220 minutes per month (so was going off that), but since it's not even half a month yet it would only need to be a little over an hour to cause the figures to go like that.
To be honest I'm not sure sorry - you can try asking in the helpdesk: http://helpdesk.webhostingtalk.com/
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10-13-2009, 04:54 AM #5WHT Addict
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There's no excuse for repeated downtime. As soon as a host recognizes a problem it should be rectified.
Keep researching like you are.Sean Shepard
http://www.Ethoshosting.com - Socially Responsible Web Hosting
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10-13-2009, 06:26 AM #6Newbie
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This one is such good research
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10-13-2009, 07:08 AM #7Retired Moderator
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Maybe some hosts should get a third party to host for their own site?
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10-13-2009, 07:16 AM #8Newbie
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Nice research mate. Just as @ldcdc said, some hosts really need a third-party hosting provider to host their sites
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10-13-2009, 11:03 AM #9Aspiring Evangelist
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Great statistics, thanks for share.
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10-13-2009, 01:44 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Hey guys your not going to believe it another outage and guess who mmhosting =) I mean to my understanding I always thought the main sites uptime would of been crucial as first customer impressions believe it or not I might have been okay with one outage but now for there first ouch...
Since: September 27, 2009
Outages: 3
Total Uptime: 99.421%
Monitor: Every 5 minutes
Last Check: October 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM PST+8.0
Current Status: Down
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10-13-2009, 02:08 PM #11Brian King of LLAMEDOS
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Some host do keep there main site on a seperate server, so that clients can contact them if there is a problem/outage on the 'customers' server.
Quite sound logic,
but it does 'tend' to imply they don't have total confidence with what there providing there customers with,
but then if it's the customers that may cause problems to the server, it makes sense.
ps, which 'just host' are you refering to ?_____________________________________________________________
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10-13-2009, 02:12 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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ps, which 'just host' are you refering to ?
http://www.justhost.com
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10-13-2009, 02:16 PM #13Retired Moderator
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Some host do keep there main site on a seperate server, so that clients can contact them if there is a problem/outage on the 'customers' server.
another outage
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10-13-2009, 02:28 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Still ongoing. Maybe it's their way of stopping sales from coming in and flooding them.
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10-13-2009, 02:33 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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The system confirmed 9 failed checks at 5 minute intervals starting at October 13, 2009 18:41:37
Alert Type: Site is Available
Result: Ok
Time: October 13, 2009 19:19:37
HostName/URL: mmhosting.com
Monitor Name: MM Hosting
Service: http
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10-13-2009, 06:24 PM #16Newbie
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Thanks for sharing.
I'd like even more if you add lunarpages too.
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10-13-2009, 06:29 PM #17Web Hosting Evangelist
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Yahoo
LiquidWeb
Hivelocity
HostATree
ASmallOrange
All of them would be nice to see added.i
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WHT!
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10-13-2009, 06:36 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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HostAtree is not big enough on the scale that I'm testing out... Yahoo I will add today and maybe hivelocity...
I can only add 6 without having to pay more then the $10 per month I pay now...
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10-13-2009, 06:44 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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Remember (for those asking for other hosts to be added) that there's also:
http://www.hyperspin.com/en/ranking.php
I know that LiquidWeb are on the VPS rankings, not sure about some of the others.
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10-14-2009, 07:06 AM #20Brian King of LLAMEDOS
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people are easily confused:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...me#post6407199_____________________________________________________________
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10-14-2009, 08:26 AM #21Aspiring Evangelist
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10-14-2009, 09:46 AM #22Junior Guru
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Hi!
So, joining to the horde, add interserver.net .....
and....
You need to pay to get that service? can't you just install zabbix or nagios on a: VPS or dedicated server, or even on your home computer? I can't do that, because my ISP is really, really bad, so, the numbers wouldn't be accurate.
Also, I think that most hosting providers do host their services in their own data center, why?: because they can have a faster response time to get their site up again in case of some problem, instead of having to call a third party to fix it.
Anyway, good research, keep up the good work!
Ildefonso Camargo
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10-14-2009, 12:32 PM #23Aspiring Evangelist
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Compring all hosts listed in this post I would give a preference to Host Gator.
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10-15-2009, 03:49 AM #24Newbie
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Just to add to the confusion, try and find out if it's network or server outages. While both have a similar result, the network outages could have been caused by their provider and outside of their control.
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10-15-2009, 09:14 AM #25Junior Guru
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