Hosting company(ies) to host XF for US members

[emmy]

Hello,

I have searched here and found out that majority of people have recommended Nimbushosting, but this is located in UK. I will need an advise for US users - the best among them. I am currently hosting with Hostgator and when i did a test - it is loading in 6secs approx which i believe it is slow for starting forum. Also, i know i could change from shared servers when the traffic increases. Someone recommended Nginx and i do see this is too expensive for someone like me - just starting.

Any advise or recommendation will be great

Thank you

 

[rdn]

Just leave it to @Mike Edge

 

[rdn]

Or if you have some spare time, learn to use centminmod.com
Been using it for almost 1 year already.

 

[emmy]

Or if you have some spare time, learn to use centminmod.com
Been using it for almost 1 year already.

Thanks Roldan - That site you provided is another home work for me I don't even know how to search what i need..lol

 

[Forsaken]

There's a new service launching within the next week or so that will include DDoS protection as part of the service.

 

[emmy]

There's a new service launching within the next week or so that will include DDoS protection as part of the service.

What's it called?

 

[Forsaken]

What's it called?

It's not ready yet, but I'm going to be moving Xenique over to it to test out the service later this week.

 

[emmy]

It's not ready yet, but I'm going to be moving Xenique over to it to test out the service later this week.

Okay..please keep me posted. What do you think about Cloudflare vs Cloudfront vs MaxCDN

 

[Forsaken]

Okay..please keep me posted. What do you think about Cloudflare?

Depends on what you're using it for.

I had quite a few issues with the service and moved away from it, though I still use it on a few sites that are mostly used for Google Apps.

 

[Raitsa]

Regarding post #2: good luck on contacting Mike after he has taken your money.

 

[emmy]

Depends on what you're using it for.

I had quite a few issues with the service and moved away from it, though I still use it on a few sites that are mostly used for Google Apps.

Okay..please keep me posted. What do you think about Cloudflare vs Cloudfront vs MaxCDN

 

[rdn]

I'm using Cloudflare just for DNS hosting

 

[emmy]

I'm using Cloudflare just for DNS hosting

Thanks for your answer - what else do you and how is your load time?

 

[rdn]

Here's my load time: https://theadminzone.com/threads/116198/
Just posted today

 

[rdn]

I'm using CentMinMod and it helps a lot!
Nginx 1.7.1 + SPDY 3.1 / PHP 5.5.13 + ZenD OpCache / MariaDB 10.0.11 / Memcached

 

[emmy]

Here's my load time: https://theadminzone.com/threads/116198/
Just posted today

Thanks - Your site is fast compared to 6secs - but what do you mean you're only using cloudflare to host just DNS - Do you have two hosting companies for your site?

 

[Goodfella]

Are you saying you want a USA Host? Is there a specific reason for this? I am currently using EuroVPS and absolutely love the service they provide.

 

[emmy]

Are you saying you want a USA Host? Is there a specific reason for this? I am currently using EuroVPS and absolutely love the service they provide.

I am in US and do not really want my server location to be far?

 

[rdn]

Thanks - Your site is fast compared to 6secs - but what do you mean you're only using cloudflare to host just DNS - Do you have two hosting companies for your site?

My domain dns is hosted on Cloudflare and my forum Files/Database are hosted on a dedicated server @SoYouStart

 

[Goodfella]

I am in US and do not really want my server location to be far?

I believe i had this discussion before on WHT and i don't think it makes much of a difference if the server is in USA or Europe. Initially i wanted a USA server since most of my traffic was coming from there but me being on a Euro server now i don't think it makes much of a difference..