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Maintenance Today
We're going to perform some minor maintenance on our main web server. No downtime is expected, but with all maintenance periods, there's always a slight risk of error.
This maintenance will;
1. Enable a few server-side technologies that one of our customers has been requesting.
2. Prepare the server for future updates, and better resource management technologies.
The maintenance will start between 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM ET, and should last no longer than thirty minutes.
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Today's maintenance period is now over, and all blood has been wiped up.
I'm happy to report that absolutely no downtime occurred.
- Ty H.
(another maintenance period will occur at roughly this time next month)
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I had actually found that site a few days ago. It seemed kinda weird to me. Rent to own, never would have thought of anyone doing that so it seemed fishy to me. Any idea if you can get it shipped back to you once you actually own it? I'm really debating getting it.
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Feedback Wanted
If you're currently a customer of ours, mind sharing your general feedback? Pros and cons?
If you're not a customer, mind telling us why? What's holding you back?
Thanks guys!
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I don't have paypal because they took my account for receiving money.
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It wasn't even that much too...
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Yeah, I'd advise the DRS open an account for google checkout. some people do not like paypal and the way they do things so provide a trustworthy and secure alternative such as google checkout.
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Google Checkout is closing down this winter. We could probably use 2Checkout, which is a fairly popular payment gateway.
We've also considered accepting Bitcoins.
Thanks for the feedback. :)
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I'm sorry, I meant google wallet, the service google checkout is transitioning to.
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We'll definitely add Wallet as an available payment gateway, but would rather hold off until after we have a physical business address and office location.
I'm honestly not the largest of Google supporters, so I'm personally rather biased towards Wallet. Still, if it proves to be a popular option, I see no harm in supporting it.
That's quite unusual, especially if it was a fairly small amount.
Have you attempted to contact PayPal? They'll normally resolve something like this fairly quickly.
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I think this has already been discussed but I'm not a fan of the "unlimited" tag. "Unmetered" sounds a little better to me, but even the I'm not the biggest fan. Of course, less experienced people love the sound of unlimited, but anyone who has experience in web hosting knows it usually is a scam and you get screwed over by the TOS/AUP.
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Changing our current 'unlimited' to the proposed 'unmetered' would make us feel rather dirty, as both of those terms mean the exact same thing.
Unfortunately, there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of website hosting providers using the unlimited term incorrectly. Although there is no such thing as infinite space or infinite bandwidth, there is such a thing as 'unlimited'.
Most people, when they imagine unlimited website hosting, tend to wrongly assume that unlimited equals infinite. This is why the unlimited term has become, more or less, a marketing term. The poster child of falsely advertised hosts.
However, when you truly think about the unlimited definition, you'll realize that unlimited refers to nothing more than the available system resources, and the removal of predetermined quotas.
Basically, a single website can use an unlimited amount of the available disk space and bandwidth. So, if the server itself has 2 TB of disk space and 100 TB of bandwidth, you would have unlimited access to the available space and bandwidth, and wouldn't be limited to using a minor predetermined chunk.
Both unlimited and limited hosting providers normally enforce certain resource limitations on all of their hosting plans, no matter how much disk space and bandwidth is provided to the client.
If a site goes over the resource limitations, that website would be suspended.
Keep in mind that both the unlimited and the limited host have the exact same resource policies. The unlimited host simply removes the predetermined disk and bandwidth quotas.
DeRoyalServers is one of the very rare exceptions to the normally quite common resource limits, as we offer unlimited resources in addition to the removal of all predetermined quotas. This basically means that, in addition to the disk and bandwidth, our clients can also use as much of our available resources as they require. CPU, RAM, Network. There's no predetermined limitations in place for any of our services. (excluding Starter Plan)
Plus, for those of you that do not trust 'unlimited' hosting providers, we also sell hosting plans with predetermined quotas in place.
Just scroll to the bottom of this knowledgebase article, and you'll find our Custom Plan offerings.
- Ty H.
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Still, the physical server itself and the bandwidth cap (from what looks to be softlayer?) are limits on what's available. Your "unlimited" plan certainly seems to be better than those from most providers, but it's still proper terminology to say that it is unmetered.
Saying that something is unlimited just seems like a cop-out for providers that aren't willing to share what their actual limitations are (2 TB hard drive, 100 mbit port, etc.)
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There's truly no reason for us to switch out one similar term with another, especially when both terms provide a nearly identical meaning.
Although I see your reasoning behind making such a switch, you must understand that we are trying to market our services towards the general hosting consumers, rather than a single niche market of knowledgeable developers. We do try to operate a very open and developer-friendly hosting environment, and a simple term will never change our current stance. There's just more general consumers in the world than there are developers, and our hosting network is here to accommodate everyone.
We'll certainly be sure to provide more public and easily accessible information, as well as a clear explanation of what unlimited hosting is, and how it differs from infinite and limited.
We do have this information publicly displayed on our website, although it may be masked by complicated terms such as 'quotas' and 'resources' which most general consumers may not properly understand, so a clear and concise example of our true limitations and server specifications is something we'll have to create. We could possibly include a sort of easy to read list that outlines our hosting environment, and what 'unlimited' means to us.
Maybe even a rewrite of our Unlimited Policies document, so it's not as technical.
If you have any more feedback or suggestions, please be sure to reply back. We rely on our current and potential customers to provide us with honest feedback and information. Without you guys, DRS wouldn't even exist.
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A Little Comparison Thing
Price Comparison
(3year)HostGator: $228.96 (equivalent to $6.36 / month)
(3year)BlueHost: $250.20 (equivalent to $6.95 / month)
(3year)1and1: $251.64 (equivalent to $6.99 / month)
(3year)DeRoyalServers: $124.74 (equivalent to $3.46 / month)
(1year)HostGator: $95.52 (equivalent to $7.96 / month)
(1year)BlueHost: $95.40 (equivalent to $7.95 / month)
(1year)1and1: $107.88 (equivalent to $8.99 / month)
(1year)DeRoyalServers: $50.49 (equivalent to $4.20 / month)
(month)HostGator: $7.96
(month)BlueHost: Not Available
(month)1and1: $9.99
(month)DeRoyalServers: $4.95
(HostGator-Baby, BlueHost-Standard, 1and1-Business, DeRoyalServers-Jester's)
DRS Starter (2GB Disk, 60 GB Bandwidth): $10.00 / year. (equivalent to $0.83 / month)
Elpis Basic (3GB Disk, 100 GB Bandwidth): $47.40 / year. (equivalent to $3.95 / month)
I wanted to also do a Lithium vs DeRoyalServers comparison, but honestly the differences are very little. You save a dollar with DRS, and have some extra bandwidth and features on Starter (vs their Basic), but that's pretty much it.
- Ty H.
(ps. if you have a website with HostGator, BlueHost or 1and1, hopefully this little comparison will help you realize you're paying a heck of a lot for fairly mediocre hosting plans)
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Knowledgebase. Click on any of the Categories/Articles. What's up with that?
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Oops, sorry about that.
We were performing some maintenance last night, and tried to get the links to be SEO friendly.
Restored and fixed.
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