Be aware that even if you don't exceed (or even come close) to the bandwidth you're paying for, if Tera-Byte decides you're using up "too many resources" (ie, having too much traffic -- even though you're paying for the bandwidth), they will shut you down with NO warning. They will then tell you your only recourse is to get a dedicated Raq -- and then they will admit they don't have any spare dedicated Raq's. All of this will take about of week of waiting for replies (at one per day) before you figure out what's happening.

Bottom line is they'll shut you down until you get a dedicated Raq -- but they don't have one to rent you!

Within the last 33 days I opened two seperate accounts with tera-byte. With both accounts, they turned off scripts I was running with NO warning. To be clear, they did not turn off the accounts, simply the scripts that they said were too demanding on their servers.

The first time they gave ZERO warning even though the script was running for 3 weeks with no problems. That upset me, because if they let it go for three weeks, how about a 24 hour warning? Although I understand the need to ultimately shut it down - the script was a banner serving script which was VERY busy.

The second time was much worse. It was a classified ads script which was running for several days with no problems. I had run the same script on another server and no one ever said anything. I moved it to tera-byte, spent LOTS of time customizing the html output, etc., then they just shut it down. The script was not getting much use at all at the time they did it. As with the first time, it was only after I asked what happened did I get a brief note saying that the script was too demanding on their server.

I would think they have some pretty over-extended servers and I would warn anyone that is going to be serving anything other than static pages to be very cautious before proceeding with tera-byte.

Never again. The beauty of paying a higher price for a better service (I know these two don't always go together) is flexibility. If I want anything isntalled or tweaked on the server, just a quick message to support and it's considered done.

Be aware that even if you don't exceed (or even come close) to the bandwidth you're paying for, if Tera-Byte decides you're using up "too many resources" (ie, having too much traffic -- even though you're paying for the bandwidth), they will shut you down with NO warning. They will then tell you your only recourse is to get a dedicated Raq -- and then they will admit they don't have any spare dedicated Raq's. All of this will take about of week of waiting for replies (at one per day) before you figure out what's happening.

Bottom line is they'll shut you down until you get a dedicated Raq -- but they don't have one to rent you!

You may wish to refer to our Acceptable Use Policy at: http://tera-
byte.com/aup.html

We have the right to shut down a site for violating that policy. We do not
shut down any sites for no reason. If someone runs an out of control script
that crashes an entire server and affects all the ppl on that server - we are
certainly not going to give them a 24 hours notice while the rest of the
clients on that server are going crazy because they can't get their e-mail or
their sites are non-functioning. Which one do you think you would be if you
hosted with us ? The guy that got shut down, or the guy that appreciated we
shut down the owner of the script that disabled your site and your e-mail,
etc. ?

We have a 24/7 support, we have commited and knowledgable staff that will do
their best in assisting you at any time you may require that.
If you believe your resources will be excessive - get a dedicated server.
The reason we don't have the raQs - is because they are discontinued and hard
to get. We have other dedicated servers at all times. Check our website for
dedicated and colocated packages. You don't get the nice interface of course.

We are moving away from raQs for hosting accounts. They are underpowered for
the price we pay per server. We are transitioning to our own hardware ( 1 GHz
or more CPU, 1GB or more RAM) and ensim interface (www.ensim.com).

I hope that helps. It's 4:49 AM and I still have some clients to assist.

I had the same troubles: my page was twice suspended without prior notice, due to "exhaustive use of server resources". Well, that won't happen at VO.

By the way, would it be possible to host one domain name on different hosts? If not, what would be the best way to host contents of a site on differnent machines/hosts without having to rent a dedicated server?