So, I'll be browsing around this forum for the next few days to find a decent host. I'll start with the stickies and "things you should ask" and all that kinda stuff.
Short story - I get about 20 "mysql server has gone away" messages (Error 2006) a day. I contact NS since every time I see someone ask about it in the support forum it's a "contact your host, it is a problem with their server" response. Well, they come back and tell me not to use persistent connections. I come back and say I'm not using persistent connections and that they need to increase their wait_timeout to 120. They tell me they only allow 10 connections, do not allow persistent connections, and cannot increase their wait_timeout since it would affect all their customers.
So... yeah, not using "nsHosting Shared Large-Unix" anymore. Would strongly not recommend it to anyone considering running vBulletin or any other forum software that will have many connections.
On the bright side I thought I prepaid for 3 years but it was only 1 so I'm only out about 6 months.
Short story - I get about 20 "mysql server has gone away" messages (Error 2006) a day. I contact NS since every time I see someone ask about it in the support forum it's a "contact your host, it is a problem with their server" response. Well, they come back and tell me not to use persistent connections. I come back and say I'm not using persistent connections and that they need to increase their wait_timeout to 120. They tell me they only allow 10 connections, do not allow persistent connections, and cannot increase their wait_timeout since it would affect all their customers.
So... yeah, not using "nsHosting Shared Large-Unix" anymore. Would strongly not recommend it to anyone considering running vBulletin or any other forum software that will have many connections.
On the bright side I thought I prepaid for 3 years but it was only 1 so I'm only out about 6 months.
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