BackupBuddy: Hosts

Revision as of 08:13, December 2, 2010

aPlus.net

Issues

• Problems reported with sites above 450mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit).

BlueHost

On the boards, a few people have complained about BackupBuddy timing out during backup. To resolve this, support recommends editing your php.ini file to change max execution time to 600.

Dreamhost

Issues

• Extremely slow.
• No cPanel (uses custom system)
• No native command-line zip. BackupBuddy will enter the slower, less reliable compatibility mode.
• Problems reported with sites above 22mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit) due to slow processing.
  • Can create a custom php.ini to extend PHP timeout to increase BackupBuddy run-time.

Resources

• File Manager (allows for manual unzipping): https://webftp.dreamhost.com/

GoDaddy

Issues

• Custom control panel. Some changes take up to hours to take effect.
• Slow site load times on some servers.
• Some servers overloaded not leaving processing power for backups.
• System actively kills any PHP process working too hard or too long (ie backups).

HostGator

Benefits

• Fast. Command-line zip available for best BackupBuddy experience.
• CPanel.
• Top technical support.

Issues

• Recently changed PHP runtime limit cap to 30 seconds for shared hosting.
  • Possible work-around: http://ithemes.com/forum/index.php?/topic/5519-hostgator-timeout-fix-available/
  • Only causes issues with large sites ( ~1GB or more )

InMotionHosting

• Slow page loads.
• Problems reported with sites above 85mb (with zip compression on; off increases limit).

iPower

Minimal issues.

ipowerweb

Minimal issues.