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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#663300'>Personally I would agree that shared hosting can be a mixed bag,
however I wouldn’t blanket write off shared hosting. I’ve had
success with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#663300'>Sorry I can’t recommend any hosts in the US, assuming that’s
what you want. I’ve used <a href="http://www.newsprout.com.au">www.newsprout.com.au</a>
with success in Australia, definitely enough resources allocated, but if you’ve
got a generic domain (.com etc) site you should make sure you host it in the
country you are primarily targeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#663300'>If you have access to PhpMyAdmin or similar make sure the
mysql_query_cache is enabled and set to a non-zero value. Once a host failed to
enable that and it caused major performance issues. Also you might narrow the
problem down to logged-in-users vs non logged-in-users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#663300'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#663300'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> consulting-bounces@drupal.org
[mailto:consulting-bounces@drupal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sam Cohen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 5 March 2009 5:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [consulting] Sluggishness Concern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<br>
<br>
Sorry if this if off-topic ...<br>
<br>
I've got a new client that I'm implementing a solution for, but based on the
number of modules needed, I'm a bit concerned about sluggishness -- something
I've been hearing complaints from my clients about with Drupal 6. <br>
<br>
All my Drupal 5 sites work really fast. But the 4 Drupal 6 sites I've set
up are all sluggish, especially for logged in users. <br>
<br>
A dedicated server is definitely a possibility if the client's business works
out, but in the beginning they want to start with a shared host.<br>
<br>
So my question is, has anyone found any shared hosts that a
heavily-module-loaded Drupal 6 site can really fly on? <br>
<br>
I've tried 3 or 4 hosts by now, and all seem equally slow.<br>
<br>
Or is just luck of the draw? You get on a shared server without a lot of
other sites and the site works great. If it's a busy server, you're out
of luck?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Sam <o:p></o:p></p>
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