Anyone use Media Temple?

I looked in the hosting thread already... not much there about it at all.

Just considering one of their dedicated plans right now. I am currently hosting several client sites and am planning to rollout a few applications of my own that require some intensive storage and memory.

Their site doesn't offer much in the way of MySQL admin details via plesk. I have never used plesk. I am sure it's great, I looked at their demo. I am just curious if I will have to install phpMyAdmin for each site I host there or what?

Any comments about Media Temple or suggestions for another host to look at are appreciated... once again,

don't post about your 100mb shared host.

I need 10-20 + GB / 512 - IGB + RAM / 300 GB + monthly transfer... multiple domains... php / mysql and all the trimmings :)

Thanks.

I used them for a couple of client sites on shared packages... They are one of the best hosts I've used (which is probably why they are so expensive)...

Great 24 hour tech support (which is important for me, cos I'm not in the USofA)
Sites were super fast and were never down (that I noticed anyway)

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Originally Posted by admedia

Anyone use Media Temple?

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I've been looking into them as well due to problems with one of my current hosts (name withheld to not start a war in this thread).

In any event, the one thing I can say, as I've not switched yet, is that I've received better customer service from them NOT being a customer than I am with the aforementioned host despite being a customer for the last 4 years.

I frequently email questions/concerns to my host and rarely recieve a response back within less than 24 hours.

I emailed MT twice about a few questions I had about a few of their plans...with one hour I got a response back with an actual phone number of a person to call in case I needed more info. If their customer support is even remotely reflective of their pre-sales support, then they get a big thumbs up from me.

Signed
*Future MT client*

hmm.... interesting old thread.

you wanna go in on something RH?

Probably best to go it alone... but I entertain the possibility.

Media Temple does not use cPanel. They have their own program, it is only alright. You can't beat the features and ease of use cPanel comes with. I would have switched to MT years ago if they had it.

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Originally Posted by alty29

Media Temple does not use cPanel. They have their own program, it is only alright.

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The plans I am looking at include Plesk.

My friend has been using DreamHost for about 2 years now and absolutely loves them. He has 40 web sites (pretty high traffic sites) hosted on the $7.95/month service.

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Originally Posted by jasonsplace

My friend has been using DreamHost for about 2 years now and absolutely loves them. He has 40 web sites (pretty high traffic sites) hosted on the $7.95/month service.

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Oh boy...here we go...

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Originally Posted by admedia

don't post about your 100mb shared host.

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Hey jasonsplace....did this not make sense to you?

*waits for I like PC/I like Mac thread to break out*

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Originally Posted by admedia

hmm....you wanna go in on something RH?

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For me, this might be more trouble than it's worth. I take the whole annual bill to my accountant anyway, so if I have to break it up it may be more hassle than it's worth.

its really fun when trying to cancel your account from mt. i've been using flashlevel but thats only cause i've been a customer since dash hadn't even really opened it for the public and i was getting waay more than i was paying for.

http://www.level3.com/558.html#

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Originally Posted by admedia

The plans I am looking at include Plesk.

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linux plesk or windows plesk?

I am seriously considering Liquid Web right now... it looks like it has exatly what I need at a price ($100 / month) I can definitely afford atm. They have pretty good mentions over at webhostingtalk.com too.

What's burstable RAM? It says 512mb guarenteed / 2BG burstable.
I know my GD functions sometimes spike the memory for a short time, so that might be right up my alley.

Thanks for the comments so far.

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Originally Posted by hanratty21

Hey jasonsplace....did this not make sense to you?

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Well since you were too damn stubborn to click on the link I will tell you what it is. First off, it is a Virtual Dedicated hosting account. You have permissions to install anything on the servers that you'd like. If you want to recompile PHP with different files,go ahead, if you want to upgrade something you can as well. Second off, for $7.95 they give you 20GB Space with 1 TB transfer. For $15.95 you get 40GB Space and 1.2 TB transfer plus your space and transfer limits go up every week. If that isn't what you wanted then i'm sorry but that was the way I understood it.
P.S. Plesk Sucks

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Originally Posted by admedia

I am seriously considering Liquid Web right now... it looks like it has exatly what I need at a price ($100 / month) I can definitely afford atm. They have pretty good mentions over at webhostingtalk.com too.

What's burstable RAM? It says 512mb guarenteed / 2BG burstable.
I know my GD functions sometimes spike the memory for a short time, so that might be right up my alley.

Thanks for the comments so far.

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i'd say it meant that any one of your services has a cap of 512mb but it will allow it to temporarily go to 2gb before it kills it

@ jasonsplace. I did check that out and I appreciate it. I am looking again. It's almost too good to be true and in my experience if it appears that way it usually is... but I am going to research them over at webhostingtalk etc... right now.

Thanks.

buy a server and put it in one of the data-centers in miami... eh.. hurricanes.. try texas.

http://www.level3.com/558.html#

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Originally Posted by admedia

@ jasonsplace. I did check that out and I appreciate it. I am looking again. It's almost too good to be true and in my experience if it appears that way it usually is... but I am going to research them over at webhostingtalk etc... right now.

Thanks.

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I thought the same thing too but my friend absolutely swears by them. If you want I could probably get you his contact information so that you can ask him questions about it.

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Originally Posted by jasonsplace

I thought the same thing too but my friend absolutely swears by them. If you want I could probably get you his contact information so that you can ask him questions about it.

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@jasonsplace & @admedia:
This is not a dedicated/virtual dedicated host. This is a shared server plan where you will be plopped onto a directory sharing machine resources with 1000 other websites. You will not have telnet access with this, you will not have root access.

While their service may be good, according to your original request admedia, this is not what you are looking for. They have a dedicated solution, which is $99 per month.

Ahhh to hell with all of these other guys.
It's a damn jungle out there!

Looks like I will probably going to end up trying a year of dv rage or extreme at MT.

Anything else I have a feeling will end up basically at the same level I am at....
mediocre hosting at a lower price.

MT is great, we have a client hosted with them. They're expensive, but they're like the BMW of hosting. High quality, great service, impeccable uptime, great and knowledgeable phone support, and well worth the investment.

I can't really speak for their dedicated servers as I use their shared server plan. I can assest however that they are the best, most responsive, most helpful host I've ever used. Screaming fast, redundancy up the ying, great tech support. They even wrote a piece of code for me so I could function more in a chmod environment at no charge.

I will probably never use anyone else and am pleading with my company to upgrade to a dedicated.

I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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:thumbsdow BOOO!

Reading is fundamental, wannabe.

its hard to read through all the tears.

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Originally Posted by silverx2

its hard to read through all the tears.

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Chuckle.

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Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z

I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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Originally Posted by jAQUAN

*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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No, for that I think you should call GenniF5 ;)

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Originally Posted by jAQUAN

*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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Really? I seriously was considering their managed server II plan atm... please expand if you can jAQUAN.

I just signed up for the dv (Dedicated Virtual) Rage Plan at Media Temple.

:thumbsup:

Ive been impressed with my relatively no-name host OLM. I'm not in the set-up-hosting business so its a shared plan for personal use but I see they have dedicated plans. The control panel i have isnt as fancy looking as plesk but I believe most of the same functionality is in there. I only really open the thing once or twice a year anyway. :)

Too late to consider anyway. The MT guys seem pretty cool.

Alright so i have had this damn 1and1 like pro service for years and I have no idea when it will be taken down :) it has been so long since I got it. So my friend is trying to set up a pixel post photoblog and I offered my server to host his stuff since all I have so much space and all I host is my photoblog as well...but after he bought his domain and went through all this bull**** it ends up the account I got only has access to only setup one sql database. So what I am asking is doesn't matter how crappy the interface is or bleh bleh I need a free(if possible) hosting site that we can just through his photoblog onto that has SQL...so anyone?

I found this but seems sketchy www.freesql.org

Wannabe, you can install another Pixelpost that uses the same database...

Put his pixelpost in a different directory, and change the

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$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; 


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on line 44 in the 'includes/pixelpost.php' file to something else... it will append that prefix to his tables in the database... for example

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$pixelpost_db_prefix = "myfriendsdatabase_"; 


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btw the Media Temple Plesk interface rocks.
Setting it up now, I can tell already it's really fast.

media temple is the shizzle fo'shizzle

Well this is what my database listing looks like now. If I change that one line of code ALL those things will change to hissite_ban, hissite_etc, hissite_bleh....?

Yup, that's what I am saying.

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1. Edit the pixelpost.php file (located in /includes/), enter the
database information there:

these are the fields, where you must enter the necessary data:

$pixelpost_db_host = "localhost"; // database host, often "localhost"
$pixelpost_db_user = "replace_me"; // database user
$pixelpost_db_pass = "replace_me"; // database user password
$pixelpost_db_pixelpost = "replace_me"; // database

If you choose another name for your PixelPost-Tables, change it here,
replace "pixelpost_" by the table-name-prefix of your choice:

$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; // table prefix, leave as is unless you want
to install multiple blogs on the same database

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you installed sith the default 'pixelpost_' prefix.
change that, and put it all in a new directory and upload.
Make sure you upload EVERYTHING to a new directory for his site.

Oh, and you might want to make a backup of your current database before you do anything incase you fk it up. Go to the export menu in MyPhpAdmin, save as a sql file structure and data to your computer.

Yeah I go backup crazy. All backed up. I need to go to work soon but I will try that out when I return. Thanks

WannaBe_80z, maybe you can benefit from this tutorial to install and configure Pixelpost:

Pixelpost Tutorial

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by fl00r

WannaBe_80z, maybe you can benefit from this tutorial to install and configure Pixelpost:

Pixelpost Tutorial

Good luck!

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I think I have him squared away, how is it working out btw Wannabe?

It is working PERFECTLY. Thanks again. :)