Westhost 4.0

[WestHost - CReeves]

andz,

VPS.NET is continually evolving to meet the needs of new clients. I would recommend checking out this blog post: http://vps.net/blog/reselling-the-vps-cloud/

While it may not meet the exact pricing of the current WH setup it does allow more flexibility and scalability. I would encourage you to continue to watch for new updates that may help you through the upcoming changes if the WH 4.0 platform will not meet your needs.

aberg,

When you say you have a semi-delicate account I assume you are referring to our semi-dedicated accounts currently being offered. We will continue to offer a semi-dedicated plan in the WH 4.0 environment. I’ll forward your specific question on to our development team to get a better answer on make maps.

[WestHost - JFillmore]

Originally Posted by aberg

I don't see the answer on my question of my website wil work on the new plan.
I mean this:
I have now a semi- delicate account and several websites.
I have make maps on the server for sepearate websites.
As example
The first website (domainname) is linking as example to /var/www/html/map1
The second website (domainname) is linking to /var/www/html/map2
Will this still work with the new westhost 4.0 plan?

aberg,

Yes, you will still be able to host multiple Web sites in a single account, each pulling their content from a different location (or even the same location if you wish).

[aberg]

Thanks for this answer!
This was very important for me.
Now I wait and see what will happen with the new webhost platforms.

[davemon]

I think I've done my homework and read all the information available from Westhost on this switchover. I know that WH has received a lot of criticism regarding this, but in my opinion WH has been very forthright about the whole thing and should be commended for that. WH has always been a cut above the rest with regard to Customer Satisfaction and this seems no different to me.

I have a couple questions to add to this long thread:

1. In 3.0 a custom addition was needed to httpd.conf in order to get WebDAV to work correctly, and even after making that change myself I cannot get Outlook 2007 to use the Calendar sharing feature, I get a returned error from the server. I probably did something wrong, but regardless - the question is: Will WebDAV be a standard feature of WH4.0?
   
   
2. I have read some previous statements on these threads about projecting server up/down time (i.e. reliability) after the switchover. My own personal domains I'm not worried about with shared WH hosting, but I do manage an account for a professional society. They pay the bills, and I give them monthly reports on their web service. This question is directed to any Administrator or capable Moderator: Please give a statement I can take back to those I report to, specifically addressing anticipated reliability after the switchover. I'd like to put them at ease.
   
   
3. I can't even pronounce Uebimiau much less spell it without copying (like I just did), so I renamed it on the server to Umail for the simple minded. Please confirm that "Umail" is being deleted as an option in WH4.0, and if so, can you point me the in the right direction for a good POP3 server that I can use. While you're at it, if you'd recommend something more powerful please do so, since Umail is kind of lousy anyway in my opinion. I just don't want to be caught at the last minute trying to switch all my archived items over without a plan in place.

Thanks!

[wildjokerdesign]

Just because Uebimiau is no longer going to be an install option as a PHP program does not mean that a current install of Uebimiau is not going to work. In fact since it is a PHP program you would still be able to install it manually and use it if you wanted to. Even if you did switch to a different webmail application it would not mean you would have to move archive and such. The only thing Uebimiau is doing is reading the email "files" that are on your server. These files are actually controlled by sendmail and procmail which is still something that well be used on WH 4.0.

Hopefully that at least answers your third question. I'll let the WestHost employees handle the others.

[davemon]

Thank you for the input Shawn. I will probably change email systems, but I thought it would be more difficult so that's good news.


Admin, any response to the other questions?

[cmichaelis]

[QUOTE=davemon;46239]I think I've done my homework and read all the information available from Westhost on this switchover. I know that WH has received a lot of criticism regarding this, but in my opinion WH has been very forthright about the whole thing and should be commended for that. WH has always been a cut above the rest with regard to Customer Satisfaction and this seems no different to me.

I have a couple questions to add to this long thread:

Hi Davemon,

Here are a few quick answers --
[list=1][*]In 3.0 a custom addition was needed to httpd.conf in order to get WebDAV to work correctly, and even after making that change myself I cannot get Outlook 2007 to use the Calendar sharing feature, I get a returned error from the server. I probably did something wrong, but regardless - the question is: Will WebDAV be a standard feature of WH4.0?

--- Yes, WebDAV is a standard feature of WH4.0. It's actually referred to as "Web Drive" under the control panel interface, since it can also be attached to a local Windows box as a "web location" - but it is present and available for other uses (e.g. calendars) as well.

[*]I have read some previous statements on these threads about projecting server up/down time (i.e. reliability) after the switchover. My own personal domains I'm not worried about with shared WH hosting, but I do manage an account for a professional society. They pay the bills, and I give them monthly reports on their web service. This question is directed to any Administrator or capable Moderator: Please give a statement I can take back to those I report to, specifically addressing anticipated reliability after the switchover. I'd like to put them at ease.

--- We have some excellent server monitoring tools in place in 4.0 which are even better than the 3.0 environment's monitoring, so our reliability in 4.0 should at least match what we see in 3.0 (which is already extremely good). I can't quote any historical figures for 4.0 yet since there isn't much history to draw on - but you can tell your superiors that maintaining rock-solid uptime is one of our key goals in 4.0 as it was in 3.0.

[*]I can't even pronounce Uebimiau much less spell it without copying (like I just did), so I renamed it on the server to Umail for the simple minded. Please confirm that "Umail" is being deleted as an option in WH4.0, and if so, can you point me the in the right direction for a good POP3 server that I can use. While you're at it, if you'd recommend something more powerful please do so, since Umail is kind of lousy anyway in my opinion. I just don't want to be caught at the last minute trying to switch all my archived items over without a plan in place.

--- It's pronounced "way bee meow". It is getting a bit dated as a webmail client, to be sure. It is still available in 4.0, since there are many people who do prefer it despite its relative antiquity. We will be offering a variety of webmail applications in 4.0 that you can choose from, and of course any third party PHP or Perl-based webmail application would run just fine in your account.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!

Thanks,
--Chris

[davemon]

Chris thank you so much for those thorough replies, much appreciated.

I had asked another question in another thread a while ago that no one ever responded to. I am wondering with the upgrade to WH4.0 if anyone can now answer that question? Here's the thread:

http://forums.westhost.com/showthread.php?t=12250

[cmichaelis]

Hi Davemon,

I just answered this question over at the original thread - http://forums.westhost.com/showthrea...6259#post46259

Thanks!
--Chris

Originally Posted by davemon

Chris thank you so much for those thorough replies, much appreciated.

I had asked another question in another thread a while ago that no one ever responded to. I am wondering with the upgrade to WH4.0 if anyone can now answer that question? Here's the thread:

http://forums.westhost.com/showthread.php?t=12250

[davemon]

Thanks!