[PLUG-TALK] Cascading Hosting Services

[Richard C. Steffens]

> On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 12:37:17PM -0800, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
>> I don't know what to call this so I picked Cascading Hosting Services.
>> What I'm looking for is the kind of hosting service that expects you to
>> use their service to host your clients' web sites -- the ones you build
>> for them.
>>
>> Does that go by a particular name?
> "Whitebox" or "Professional" hosting.  However, in most cases, your clients
> aren't technical enough to figure out how you're hosting their sites anyway.

True. That's the kind of client I'd expect to serve. The ones that are 
technical enough also know more about being a web master than I do. :-)

>> Who do those of you who set up web sites in this fashion use?
> I usually use DreamHost, though I don't do it professionally.
> I've been warned away from RackSpace due to reliability issues.
> Media Temple seems to have a good rep, but they're pricy.

Thanks. I'll check them out.

>> What are the issues to watch out for?
> Outages (check netcraft and ask around), slow response to support tickets
> or change requests.
>


Thanks a lot.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens