Hosting (yeah I know)
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- sparker0
look, i'm gonna say this plainly...i don't care what host you pay...YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE DOWNTIME.
five nines uptime, better known as 99.999% (or 24/7 if you like) is a MYTH.
i've managed server environments large and small in 3 corporate offices over my 6+ years in IT and there will always be a time when shit breaks and will need to be taken offline for repair.
failed drives in a raid. failed nic. failed processor. ram chip goes bad.
if any host tells you they can guarantee total uptime they're a liar.
i had dreamhost for many years without 'major' trouble. sure, there were times when a server went down...but it happens. and they scrambled to fix the issue and get things back online.
i would recommend dreamhost to anyone.
the only reason i dropped their service is because i finally got my servers back online at home.