this is my transcript with the same person..
Matt B.: Hello Kris.
kris: hello matt.
kris: i have an enquiry about cron jobs and databses with your packages Matt B.: Sure.
kris: to start with. how often and how many cron jobs can be ran?
Matt B.: Which package were you looking at?
kris: power and pro
Matt B.: Okay, let me check one moment please.
Matt B.: What will you being doing with the cron jobs.
Matt B.: I would need to know this in order to get you the correct figure
kris: updating feilds within a few database tables. i am working on a browser based game.
Matt B.: Is this a 3D game or a text based game?
kris: text based. so will be replenishing health, increasing funds and such like. so will be some math functions running.
Matt B.: Okay, how many players will there be?
kris: to start with probably on a few. but could end up being thousands.
Matt B.: Okay for that you would at least need a VPS.
kris: ok. i was looking at that. but due to funding, at the moment i am tryon to look at cheaper options, untill one is needed Matt B.: Well the Power and Pro packaged are on shared hosting so they have a 10-20 concurrent connections limitation.
kris: i see.
kris: ok. i will look into the VPS hosting abit more then.
Matt B.: Okay.
Matt B.: Let me give you my contact information so that if you have any other questions or when you are ready to get started, you can contact me directly.
kris: ok then
Matt B.: My email address is
mattb@inmotionhosting.com and my phone number is 888-321-4678 press 9 to enter my EXT which is 859. I am available Saturday 10am to 7pm EST. Tuesday - Friday 9:30am-6.30pm EST.
kris: ok thanks alot matt. i appreciate your help.
Matt B.: My pleasure!
kris: have a good day
Matt B.: You as well.
and this is the second convo (well proper one anyway lol)
kris: VPS and shared webhosting DB access Welcome kris! Please hold while we locate a representative. Currently 2 chat request session(s) before you.
You are now speaking with Jeremiel of Sales.
Jeremiel: Hello Kris! How may I help you today?
kris: Hi. i am currently building an online browser based game, and am looking at renting a VPS to host it on, due to the possable demands it will need
kris: i am also creating a seperate site which will manage all the accounts for the said game, and any future ones
kris: what i need to know is if i was to rent both from inmotion, is it possable for one website to read and write database information from the other website?
Jeremiel: Yes, because you can configure your servers to communicate through an IP address associated with the web hosting account.
Jeremiel: What technology are the games going to be written in: Flash, PHP?
kris: php
kris: and a very small amount of ajax
Jeremiel: Sounds good. Our servers can support those types of technologies.
kris: ok and one last question. with the VPS what restrictions will i have regarding cron jobs?
kris: is there a certain CPU usage i have to abide by?
Jeremiel: The actual restriction for the VPS would be the amount of RAM you invest on the server.
kris: ok. thanks alot Jeremiel. you have helped alot
Jeremiel: It's my pleasure assisting you, Kris. Were you ready to get started today?
kris: unfortunatly not. still quite alot of work needs doing. and it doesnt seem to end
Jeremiel: Sounds good. To be more efficient, when you are ready to get started or when you have more questions, just give me a call. I can be reached at:USA Toll-Free # 888-321-4678, option 9, Ext. 854International # 213-258-4422, option 9, Ext. 854M-F 8am-Midnight, Sat and Sun 10am to 9pm EST.
kris: do you have an email address instead? as i am a UK resident. and calling the US will cost me quite abit
Jeremiel: Yes, I can be reach at
jeremield@inmotionhosting.com.
Jeremiel: Also, if you cannot call me, then I can call you.
kris: ok. thanks alot. i will contact you asoon as i am ready for hosting, or another question comes to mind
kris: have a good day. and thanks once again
Jeremiel: It's my pleasure assisting you, Kris. I appreciate your time and your potential business.
my main problem with godaddy is the fact you are restricted to cpu usage and 15 min crons (on 15 min crons not a overly great pain in the ass but still nice to have the option to go quicker). as you can see with a VPS you are limited by ram you have rather than a small amount of cpu usage.
yes a standard godaddy (or any other host) would sufice to beguin with. but i prefer to keep things as simple as possable, and i have aprox 250,000 people who play browser games lined up ready to receive info about my website. so i would rather be safer than sorry :p
i am not trying to tell you where to go, or that one place is better than another. i was just mentioning where i am likly to go.
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