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Whatever you do, if you are serious about your business do not host with Dreamhost or Servage.
I have many different hosting packages with web hosts all around the globe including a Dreamhost and a Servage account. I use these accounts for extremely low traffic mainstream websites and concept websites that have not reached the live status yet.
Here is what I have to say about Servage for example:
I have heard many horror stories about accounts being shut down as soon as traffic picks up. But that's not the only thing. If you run a database your connection will drop at least a few times a week, causing downtime and severe annoyance. I even had quite a significant database completely wiped out over night. Database backups? That is your own responsibility claims Servage so goodbye 3 days work (the one time I forget to daily backup). Furthermore,the problem with the e-mails not arriving has also been mentioned. I'm not sure which home made version of PHP mail() Servage uses, but half the time scripts sending mail to addresses outside of your Servage account; e-mails don't arrive.
The only reason people recommending Servage or Dreamhost in this thread is because of their incentive of extra free months hosting when they sign up a referral.
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