Hosting support

I have been working on a site hosted by Bryght (Vancouver BC). They are very good and helpful. But I've just found out a worrying thing - I need to be able to control access to pages and forums. For example, I have set up different groups of users, and we'd like to restrict some pages and forums, so that you can only access these pages or forums if you belong to a certain gourp of users. Bryght told me that it can be done but the module is not one of the "supported modules" of Bryght.

We've put a lot of work into building the site up to this stage, and the whole point about using Bryght is that we thought this can be done. It's frustrating ...

I've asked Bryght to see if they can help us do this while staying on with them, but if it really come to it, we will have to switch host. We need a company who can help us set up the Drupal site. We can do quite a bit ourselves, but I am just learning how to do things on the technical side. I have been a designer for a long time but concentrating on the design aspect, not the technical aspect. So I still need a host who is helpful, who can help us set up Drupal in the initial instance and doesn't mind us asking questions, and can help us set up additional modules if necessary.

Can anyone here give us some suggestions? It's been really frustrating as we are just about to go live, and this happens. I hope Bryght can help us, but I am just looking for a backup just in case.

if u using mysql, don't go with dreamhost.. my average page load time is 10-20sec.
i've been communicating with tech support..but it's been a pain in the axx..

dreamhost with good feature(multiple sites, and stuff like that) but the speed is .... very BAD when u connect to mysql :(

When I joined them 9 months ago, Site5 used to have a reputation for being one of the most customer centric, responsive hosting companies. They have been steadily losing that reputation.

I still think they offer great value for money, but there is a limit to what one can put up with- see the latest site5 issues here and think twice before hosting your drupal sites or any sites on them:
http://drupal.org/node/73937

I am Freelancer and i have enourmous linux space which i want to give for drupal hosting. If any body wants, please contact me.

Hi all

This is actually an extension on an earlier posting of mine (http://drupal.org/node/33564) to which I got only VERY little response.

So, I guess I need to rephrase or ask the same question in a more market related way. So here goes .... :-)

We need to host our own international VPN with CMS which we are aiming to base on Drupal. Since I have been following the hosting issue for a long time now, I see that many people are crying for decent Drupal SPs, but are cringing at the cost thereof.

So, NOW is your chance to assist me in doing a decent marketing exercise to establish a good Drupal SP/host.

The question you need to answer is below, but first read through the following, do some maths (aaghh!!) and answer the simple question.

We will offer:
- Option A -
1. Unix based server
2. VPS (OK, for the not so technical - Virtual Private Server) which will allow you:
* root access to your own server
* A choice of PHP 4 or 5
* A choice of mySQL or postgreSQL database server
* Apache 1.3 or 2.x with access to your own config and .htaccess files allowing you multiple domain hosting
* FTP account
* phpMyAdmin
* ability to change php.ini variables
* Fantastico Installer for Drupal (UP TO DATE)
* multiple ssh shell access
* the ability to install your own pre-selected applications
3. 3+ gigs of space
4. unlimited, unshaped bandwidth

I just got an e-mail from my host (http://www.elitehosts.com) complaining that my Drupal site is loading their servers too much. It read as follows: