The Big Noob

Damn. You guys are selling out. Everyone knows that (mt) Media Temple is for (ht) Hip Tards. Sure, they offered some great hosting during the first half of the decade, but their current service is busted and pales in comparison to some of the awesome providers that have sprung up in the last 2-4 years. Remember, just because a whore is pretty and can carry a conversation doesn't mean that she won't give you an STD. Your server might burn, but so will your crotch.

Dear Jacques Sartre,

I like (mt) and haven't found a better host to date. If you can advise of a better hosting provider who is more reliable, as reasonably priced and has better support – let me know.

Yours lovingly,

Hip Tard.

@Jacques Sartre

coxy just about summed up what I wanted to say, but (mt) is not a "trend for Hip Tard's" They are a fantastic hosting company that works with you, gives you a lot of resources to burn though.

Sure the Gird Server has it bump, when they where having trouble with other servers, did mine go down? No, and if it did, it was well within the 99% uptime guarantee. But nonetheless, they gave me another month of free hosting just because something may have happened.

Not many companies do that kind of thing anymore, but I sure am glad I host with one. Customer for life!

I've gotta agree with Sir Coxy and Mr. Korecky all the way. The proof's in the pudding, Jacques. The Noob has run seamlessly on (mt) for quite some time now. If there's one thing they do better than making hosting attractive, it's support. I challenge you to find better.

Besides, "I'm a tard" just ain't as classy as "I'm a noob".

@Jacques Sartre Have you never "sold out" to friends and dotcomrades? I think everyone has allegiance placed somewhere, and (mt) is a fine partner to have.

I had to call (mt) support the same day I signed up, and they answered in under 2 minutes. I made a noob mistake, and they fixed it. That's service I value.

I co-sign on behalf of MT. BTW I didn't get Mr. Sartre's analogy. Did he get an STD as a Media Temple customer?

Let me clarify by saying that while I never had a bad experience with MT, I have had much better elsewhere. In terms of support, MT is ok, but I find their ticket system to be slow. Also, while I don't run on their GS, I have heard horror stories both in terms of performance and in terms of MT trying to up-sell their 'containers'. Speaking of those 'containers', am I the only one who finds it ridiculous that their GS service, which is supposed to scale to your needs, actually requires dedicated resources (at a higher price of course) when you want to do anything remotely demanding?

Well, there is always the DV right? The fact is, their DV line is overpriced and bloated, but I guess they are ok if you need a managed VPS and are hard up for Plesk. If you know the first thing about setting up and managing a server then I wouldn't even give them a look.

Regarding hosts I am liking in 09, I have to say Slicehost takes the prize. Their infrastructure is incredibly reliable, flexible, and cost effective. They are really good with support and the core team is always on their boards if you need some lightweight help and consultation. On top of that, the community is highly active and knowledgeable. Also, they were just bought buy Rackspace, so they will continue to grow and now have access to serious resources. You can set up a 256MB instance for $25/month and choose from a variety of Linux flavors. You can scale an instance up to 15.5GB for $800/month – talk about a server on fire.

Discalimer: I work for no man.

Disclaimer: Discalimer means Disclaimer.

I can't remember what I used to argue about alone at my desk before the internets.

:)

Elf or Human?

Eh, I love mt's look, but they've given me plenty of problems these days. Their service has been intermittent at best, and it has taken days for them to look into support tickets. It sounds like my experience is in the minority though, which is encouraging.

And I love the nitro graphic – who knew servers could be so sexy?

@Jacques Sartre

While I think Slicehost has a good thing going, I still have to say they are MORE expensive. When you look at things like bandwidth, with (mt) you get 1TB with the GS which for me is a must since I'm getting into the podcast game.

Also, with (mt) I like knowing that 24/7/365 on Christmas Day, I can call them and someone will be there to help. Not send out an email and hope to get something resolved later that day.

Some Other Things…

When the community asks for something (Like GIT Version Control) they install it, and make user guides to show people how to do it.

Working with their engineers on beta stuff has been fantastic, they work right with you to make sure your stuff is working.

All in all, I think they are doing everything right as a hosting company. I'm not saying they are perfect, no one is, but they are very open about any problems they are having, and they are learning like anyone else. Plus with the Cluster Service (cs) coming out soon, it looks like that will take off from the (gs) very nicely.

p.s.

I can't understand why someone that has had a *good* experience with (mt) dislikes them so much. Talk about them from YOUR experience, not others. If you do, use my experience with them: Awesome!

@Stephen Korecky

Have fun serving 1TB data with 256MB ram.

@Jacques Sartre

Actually, things are going well. Plus I'm on the grid server, which doesn't have set RAM amounts. I don't want this to turn into any sort of flame wars of hosting companies, so this will be my last post on the subject.

Sigh…

I have a (dv) and love it. It's worth the extra cost to have support like theirs, plus Plesk actually does give me a hard on.

This site, zeldman.com mootools.net and any other Media Temple hosted sites have all been going up/down for the past 15min or so (failing name servers at Media Temple).

Anyway, when this site came back up, I couldn't help but chuckle at this entry and the banner at the top. Not an evil chickle, just a "whoah, that's ironic" chuckle.

ns1.mediatemple.net returned (SERVFAIL) ns2.mediatemple.net returned (SERVFAIL)

Jacques Sartre spits hot fire. Word is bond.

Though, one of Slicehost's DCs was DoSed last Friday and was down during two waves that lasted about 5-10 mins each. They had support giving updates in their Campfire room and locked it down quickly. A smaller site I manage was hit, but it was like 7pm Fri. and traffic is low then anyway.

Its hard to be a noob! I have no idea what some of you are saying. anywho… I am with HG and their support along will keep me there.

Your right "Im a tard" does not have that classy feeling.

Suggestion: Speakie english MOFO!

Brad is a good friend of mine but I am a hosting provider that never was given the opportunity to prove myself to his company or referrals. I have nothing against (mt) and have even used them for a couple clients back when I didn't want to mess with RoR hosting. The little guys are just as dependable as the big ones. I'm not a reseller. I own all of my own equipment and it is in an underground data center. I support all of my clients 365/24/7. Hell, a lot of my clients (300+) have my cell phone number.

You don't have to have a fancy web site and a huge amount of clients to do a good job and compete…

In all matters hosting we rely on RackSpace.

They have the best tech support I have ever experienced. If you want quality go Rackspace.

Best, Lautus Design

I'm so hip I only host my websites on hosts that no one's ever heard of before.

Am I the only one who still uses Dreamhost these days :(

Agree with Jacques – I have extremely positive experience with Slicehost – guys are really great technically and no single issue with slow-or-stupid-support-guy-on-other-side.

I'm so noob I use Dreamhost like mkjones. XP

Mediatemple is over priced. It took me 2 yrs of their hosting and reviews of other hosts to make up my mind about it. I am not happy any more. They do have great servers but very pricey and have unnecessary perks for ridiculous costs. not really for the budget conscious.

but, thats just my opinion.

The education (wp) sites aren’t enough. İt is necessory to be developed. Thanks for education.

The picture is ultra-queer, get off the bandwagon. If you're gonna praise media temple then don't take a picture posing like they have a server rack up ur ass.

(mt) is by far the best host i've ever used. i recommended (mt) hosting for the business i currently work for. we have a dv, and never have, and never will look back. i would recommend it to anyone

@Woofun – Um. Hey. It's my blog. Go to hell.
@Joshua – Agreed.

Quality of service aside, you're a bitch for posting this for money. And for making it seem like you tattooed the logo on yourself, well, I can't even think of a word right now that describes that level of gayness.

Media Temple is a bit of a joke. They are seriously skilled at marketing, sponsoring sites like django and jQuery. They sell fancy polished boxes with fire in them, lol. A a glance the grid service look awesome, it's like a buffet.

The truth is they can't actually provide what they are advertising. The grid service is slow, there is some lag between the database and application server, it is unreliable too. So they will try and sell you their (dv) which is really just a way over priced vps. Why is a vps meant to be faster than their grid system anyway, it's supposed to scale and scale some more, yet they charge more for a vps. In reality the grid is just a glorified version of shared hosting.

Their ticket system takes 10 hours + to get a copy-paste response. The phone support is okay, but you shouldn't need to phone them anyway.

They had a clients sites down for 5 days, 5 days, yes days.. while they got their shit together restoring backups.

I've been with slicehost, linode (which are both really fast for the price) and knownhost for managed vps (these guys have great service).

Just don't go with (mt) if you have a mission critical site, the risk is not worth it. They did actually give a years free hosting to my client, but the loss of business (ecommerce website) was much greater.

SoftLayer is one of the amazing hosting companies that're out there in the front. I used to like (mt) but they're increasingly losing their original fizz.

@Josh Stoloda – I can think of a few words that describe a "level of gayness" that makes this posts picture pale in comparison:

Misty Sunrise background Whispy drop shadows Ridiculously flowery script font lavender, yellow, and periwinkle blue semi-transparent grey plastic???

Coincidentally, these words also describe your personal website.

And (mt) is fast and has excellent support.

(mt) is just a pleasure to deal with. This being atypical of hosting companies, you can understand the affection some of us have.

Thought I'd bring this semi dead topic back to life.

Media Temple have a very sexy looking frontend, but the control panel they use (for gs atleast) sucks. They use flashes graphics and so much marketing spiel that you get sucked into buying. Like their iPhone Account Manager.

I haven't tried their dedicated hosting packages, because I wanted to gauge their customer support, knowledge base and control panel before moving to dedi.

Their customer service was useless, any questions I asked, they either said they couldn't fix it, didn't know what it was, or sent me a google link searching the keywords, which I thought was the icing on the cake, because I've never thought of googling before . . .

In an answer to your question about better hosting providers. UK2.net has come along leaps and bounds, and their VPS offers are awesome.

But in the end it's all about choice. Analogy: If your happy dating a hot chick that can't even string a sentence together, then good luck to you.

ps. I hate the fanboyness of "hosted by media temple" like it's gods gift to the internet.

I have to agree with Jacques Sartre. For some reason all designers suck off MT. The only reason I can think of is that they have excellent design in the website, webapps etc but their prices and services arent the best.

I find it comical that people put powered by Media Temple all over their website with no sort of affiliate referral program. Whats the purpose for the link? Do you put Powered by Microsoft or Apple in any of your emails, documents etc?