BackupBuddy: Hosts
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1and1
- Servers sometimes overloaded causing browsing sites hosted on them to take a very long time to load or time out.
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.
According to response from tech support these limits are based on whether the customer has a dedicated IP address or uses the shared address.
- Apache/Web (HTML/PHP/Downloads): With Dedicated IP: 12 Hours | Without: 10 Minutes (up from 5 minutes)
- SSH/Shell: With Dedicated IP: 2 Hours | Without: 1 Hour
- Cron Jobs: With Dedicated IP: 30 Minutes | Without: 30 Minutes
- Deamons: With Dedicated IP: Unlimited | Without: 10 Minutes
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.
Told a customer that they don't support linux command line zip.
ipowerweb
Minimal issues.
Rackspace Cloud Hosting
- Currently fails path/directory detection preventing backups.
- We are working with Rackspace to try and get this issue resolved.
