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[Nostrada]

> If so, the first thing you'll need to do is sign up with Dixiesys. You should get an "All set!" email from Dixiesys in a few hours. .
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> How long does it takes to get the "All set!" email from them? I sing up yesterday afternoon and I haven't gotten yet! Anyone knows if the email could take more than one day or maybe two?

Normally only a few hours. Why don't you drop in at their IRC channel and check with Gary? They must be getting heaps of business these days - so maybe your request could have been lost? I doubt it, but it would be worthwhile to check.... Their 1-800 number is down due to some move related issues.

http://www.dixiesys.com/index.php?display=contact

 

[MAYAN]

Originally posted by: Nostrada
> If so, the first thing you'll need to do is sign up with Dixiesys. You should get an "All set!" email from Dixiesys in a few hours. .
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> How long does it takes to get the "All set!" email from them? I sing up yesterday afternoon and I haven't gotten yet! Anyone knows if the email could take more than one day or maybe two?

Normally only a few hours. Why don't you drop in at their IRC channel and check with Gary? They must be getting heaps of business these days - so maybe your request could have been lost? I doubt it, but it would be worthwhile to check.... Their 1-800 number is down due to some move related issues.

http://www.dixiesys.com/index.php?display=contact

Thanks, I am going to wait until tomorrow, maybe becuase is a weekend is taking a little longer ,so I will wait!

Thanks.

 

[dakata24]

Thanks, I am going to wait until tomorrow, maybe becuase is a weekend is taking a little longer ,so I will wait!

i wouldnt worry. i bet you'll be setup by tomorrow. i signed up for a small site plan on friday night and was setup when i woke up the next morning.

im in #help and looks like gary is going to be creating some accounts on server 12 (probably the one you're on which im also on) so i'd check alittle later to see if you get the All Set email.

 

[Pothead]

I signed up for my domain at 9, then proceeded to sign up at Dixiesys at 9:05, got my "All Set" email at 9:54.


Happy camper.

 

[hapahaole]

I'm set up and installed. Setup email came within a day, which was great. Also the server is GZIP enabled which saves loading time on my PHP-based portal which makes calls to mod_gzip... HOWEVER this is somewhat offset by the fact that the throughput is slower than when I was hosting on Cyberwings, unfortunately... so the page html snaps up fast due to the compression..... but the browser sits there for about 2-3 times as long on image loading compared to CW. It almost seems like their pipe/backbone isnt quite as large as Cyberwings', or the server I'm on is oversold on capacity, etc.. Overall I'm happy, just wish they had better throughput...

 

[vlad]

Let's not all cream our panties about dixiesys just yet. Yes, it's very cheap, but there are drawbacks. I paid them $100 a few days ago and planned on transferring a couple medium-sized sites (5GB/month traffic) to them, but now I'm having doubts. It seems that every time I try to do something major, I find a dixiesys limitation.

1) There is no SSH access (or any shell access). I can't believe that people don't care about this, and that somebody in the DS forums actually supported the admins and said this was a good idea. What are they smoking?! SSH access facilitates web development and site administration much better than installing slow HTML-interface CGI scripts (which is what dixiesys suggests doing). You can quickly tar/gz directories, move them around, edit a few lines in a file, chmod, chown, run command line Perl...you know, everything you're supposed to be able to do on a web server! It's true that some of these things can be done through installed scripts, but it really slows the process down.

1.5) It seems as if your password isn't encrypted. Since I registered, I've seen my password courteously displayed to me in plaintext more than I'd cared to.

2) Your site will not have a unique IP. OK, maybe I've been too spoiled at my old host (www.communitech.net), and I guess most cheap hosts don't give you a unique IP. But this just illustrates that dixiesys is a budget host, not a seriously professional one.

3) Get ready to use the support ticket system a lot. A good host (again, me spoiled by communitech.net, which is expensive but solid) gives you access to controlling many aspects of your site. Dixiesys has Plesk....which sucks. You will have to open a support ticket every time you want to create a subdomain pointer (files.yourdomain.com for example)

4) Just received notice from one of their techs, which pretty much ruined my plans for hosting with them. Read this if you planned to buy a whole bunch of webspace and host several domains there:

Quoting tech: "A forwarded subdomain won't have mailboxes."

To explain, they treat all domains other than the one you registered with as subdomains.

So if you buy 800mb webspace like me and get ambitious about having mydomain.com point to one directory and anotherdomain.com to another, and so on, only your primary domain will be able to get e-mail! Isn't that grand!?


Conclusion: know what you want. If you want a personal site to host some pictures of your family, or you have one major site that you put all your efforts in, maybe dixiesys is OK. But if you want to host several domains, and want absolute control (good control panel, SSH, secure FTP), look elsewhere. You get what you pay for.

 

[nekote]

vlad, seems like you are a higher end "power" user.
You may well need higher horsepower / hosting.

I would guess Dixiesys is not well matched to high end hosting needs.
But rather to those who match well - medium to low end?

I've been a happy camper there.

As to subdomains, work is in progress for them.
Hopefully, subdomain.domain.tld won't require a support ticket for much longer.

Dunno' about subdomain email stuff.

 

[imported_Grimmy]

Originally posted by: hapahaole
I'm set up and installed. Setup email came within a day, which was great. Also the server is GZIP enabled which saves loading time on my PHP-based portal which makes calls to mod_gzip... HOWEVER this is somewhat offset by the fact that the throughput is slower than when I was hosting on Cyberwings, unfortunately... so the page html snaps up fast due to the compression..... but the browser sits there for about 2-3 times as long on image loading compared to CW. It almost seems like their pipe/backbone isnt quite as large as Cyberwings', or the server I'm on is oversold on capacity, etc.. Overall I'm happy, just wish they had better throughput...

One of my neighbors in the next rack had one of his NT(2k? xp? I don't care) servers hacked and he was running an anonftp site all day yesterday and eating up the bandwidth on the port and causing all kindsa havoc, this is fixed now and everything looks peachy, I'm getting 400-500K per second on my test downloads (2 meg file) to other servers elsewhere, and pings are down from 150-200 to 40-80 like I'm used to seeing.

Good old Windows, quit using it 4 years ago and it still bites me on the butt today.

 

[imported_Grimmy]

Originally posted by: vlad
Let's not all cream our panties about dixiesys just yet. Yes, it's very cheap, but there are drawbacks. I paid them $100 a few days ago and planned on transferring a couple medium-sized sites (5GB/month traffic) to them, but now I'm having doubts. It seems that every time I try to do something major, I find a dixiesys limitation.

1) There is no SSH access (or any shell access). I can't believe that people don't care about this, and that somebody in the DS forums actually supported the admins and said this was a good idea. What are they smoking?! SSH access facilitates web development and site administration much better than installing slow HTML-interface CGI scripts (which is what dixiesys suggests doing). You can quickly tar/gz directories, move them around, edit a few lines in a file, chmod, chown, run command line Perl...you know, everything you're supposed to be able to do on a web server! It's true that some of these things can be done through installed scripts, but it really slows the process down.

1.5) It seems as if your password isn't encrypted. Since I registered, I've seen my password courteously displayed to me in plaintext more than I'd cared to.

2) Your site will not have a unique IP. OK, maybe I've been too spoiled at my old host (www.communitech.net), and I guess most cheap hosts don't give you a unique IP. But this just illustrates that dixiesys is a budget host, not a seriously professional one.

3) Get ready to use the support ticket system a lot. A good host (again, me spoiled by communitech.net, which is expensive but solid) gives you access to controlling many aspects of your site. Dixiesys has Plesk....which sucks. You will have to open a support ticket every time you want to create a subdomain pointer (files.yourdomain.com for example)

4) Just received notice from one of their techs, which pretty much ruined my plans for hosting with them. Read this if you planned to buy a whole bunch of webspace and host several domains there:

Quoting tech: "A forwarded subdomain won't have mailboxes."

To explain, they treat all domains other than the one you registered with as subdomains.

So if you buy 800mb webspace like me and get ambitious about having mydomain.com point to one directory and anotherdomain.com to another, and so on, only your primary domain will be able to get e-mail! Isn't that grand!?


Conclusion: know what you want. If you want a personal site to host some pictures of your family, or you have one major site that you put all your efforts in, maybe dixiesys is OK. But if you want to host several domains, and want absolute control (good control panel, SSH, secure FTP), look elsewhere. You get what you pay for.

#1 yes we removed SSH access, every account that has shell enabled is another account that can be logged into for rootkit fun and games. I've already had to cleanup one server full of rootkits and the attacker got in via an SSH enabled and that prompted no more shells, period. If that's such a major problem then yes, you will need to find a host that allows shell access.

#1.5 yes that is a problem, we send you your password via email and you can also get it on the helpdesk.

#2 No this just illustrates we're on a tier-1 backbone (notice the 12. ips) and that EVERY ip we use has to be justified via a form. And "I want a unique ip because I'm used to it" won't fly. If you need one to do SSL or for name servers those are legitimate reasons and you can be accomodated.

#3 Frankly, you signed up for the wrong plan, simple as that, you wanted a reseller plan, not a hosting plan. Now don't anyone take this the wrong way, but IF we gave the average end user access to things like their DNS and subdomain creation, we'd be answering a never ending flood of tech support tickets concerining broken DNS and screwed up subdomains. Not to offend any end users, but this is a fact. If you want this kind of control get a reseller account and get the access you want.

#4 Several domains? This is a web hosting plan, 1 domain, maybe a couple of redirects if you want "several" domains get a reseller account, that's why we sell them.

As for secure FTP that is available unfortunately it is tied into SSH and wants a valid shell, if I get some time I'll look into making it so it'll work for everyone if possible.

Frankly you make a couple good points, passwords in plain text is an issue we should look into. SFTP is also something we should have for those who are savvy enough to use it.

However, it sounds to me by your complaints that you signed up for the wrong account. You're trying to use a regular web hosting account like a reseller, and you're wanting reseller access. So convert to a reseller plan and solve nearly all your "problems"?

 

[dakata24]

bump for a great company..

opened a support ticket to create a subdomain ~ 1:30am and was setup 20-30min later by mike.. damn. i was happy to get it setup by the next morning, but 20-30min.. that's smokin..

*two thumbs up*

 

[Nostrada]

Don't get too upset if you don't get your account the very same minute... someone is doing good business, as it seems...

http://forums.dixiesys.com/viewtopic.php?p=7256#7256
DixieSys Forum

 

[dakata24]

TTT

 

[Nostrada]

TTT?

I see!

 

[dakata24]

bump! only a few days left..

and here's another great reason to go with Dixiesys.. they now have Daily Downloadable Backups! of your website (/cgi-bin, all databases, and all directories under /httpdocs)which is in response to cyberwings snaffu.. just plain awesome!

 

[Crackabot]

A couple days ago I finally decided I needed to find some one to replace CW, but I had a couple ?'s about dixiesys, so I emailed them... I had an answer back within 10 minutes, I was shocked, so I decided to go with them... I went and signed up and got my "You're all set" notice withing 45 mins...so I went from "questions" to "all set" within an hour, I know this was probably a small exeption, as Gary might have had a little more free time at that moment, but still, I'm impressed.

 

[amdskip]

Actually that fast of service is just the norm

 

[RossMAN]

Today is the last day of July, let's keep this near the top for the rest of today!

 

[Nostrada]

Amen!

 

[dew042]

i have been up for 5 days!!!!

longer than cyberwings

dew.

 

[Pothead]

TTT

 

[slycat]

ttt

got one for my main website

 

[BarneyFife]

Highly recommend them!
800 megs storage
12 gigs transfer
Can host 4 domains

All for 7.90 month! Can't beat that with the awesome customer service.

 

[dakata24]

bump!

 

[namike]

bump because I am a procrastinator

Mike

 

[JeffCutter]

I got my cyberwings refund and went over to Dixiesys, for 2-for-1 of these $4 plans.

I am impressed so far - setup in under 24hrs, plesk control panel, good support.

Best of all, nobody there calls themselves CEO