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this might be a good site.

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:44 pm
by Phantom Coder
Im not to familiar with what we need to have a game running, can someone let me know if this is a good site?

http://www.theepichost.info/

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:54 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
does it support crons?

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:44 pm
by Noctrine
We use a powerful cluster of web servers that are all interconnected to act as one giant super computer. This technology is years ahead of other hosting companies. Combining the power of many servers creates lightening fast website speeds. Not only is the service extremely fast, it is resistant to failures that effect 'single server' hosting, used by most other free and paid hosting providers. If one of our clustered servers were to fail or have a problem, your website will continue to run normally using the working servers!
Be wary.

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:07 pm
by Jackolantern
Noctrine wrote:
We use a powerful cluster of web servers that are all interconnected to act as one giant super computer. This technology is years ahead of other hosting companies. Combining the power of many servers creates lightening fast website speeds. Not only is the service extremely fast, it is resistant to failures that effect 'single server' hosting, used by most other free and paid hosting providers. If one of our clustered servers were to fail or have a problem, your website will continue to run normally using the working servers!
Be wary.
Yep. If nothing else, that sounds like they may be very stingy with CPU and memory resources.

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:09 pm
by Phantom Coder
hallsofvallhalla wrote:does it support crons?
I do not know what crons is.

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:11 pm
by Jackolantern
Phantom Coder wrote:
hallsofvallhalla wrote:does it support crons?
I do not know what crons is.
"Crons" are a feature of Linux (the OS you will be hosting your game on) that allow you to run files at set times without the user having to be present. They are used in PHP game development quite often due to the nature of PHP: without crons, you cannot set up things to happen on their own.

Some hosts do not allow crons at all, and some have severe limits on them. However, this is understandable, because some applications can have crons running several times a second, which is way too much for a shared server.

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:41 pm
by Noctrine
My comment was directed more at the nature of their claims.
This technology is years ahead of other hosting companies.
Combining the power of many servers creates lightening fast website speeds.

Re: this might be a good site.

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:10 pm
by Jackolantern
Noctrine wrote:My comment was directed more at the nature of their claims.
This technology is years ahead of other hosting companies.
Combining the power of many servers creates lightening fast website speeds.
It is just a server cluster with redundancy. They are just trying to make a buck by explaining common technology in a weird way that makes it sound new and combining that with over-blown claims. I wouldn't think that is cause for alarm, really. Almost every commercial these days do it. I believe it is Kleenex who now claim to have something called "Sneeze Shield". It is called a tissue. They do that. -shakes first at the world like an old man-