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Blue Host or Arvixe

Who is the better server to go smoothly with SE yet be affordable for a start up?

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Posted by Tiffany Lampe about April 30, 2012 - in Hosting - Status: open - report

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I've had issues with Arvixe, but all technical, and their support has been mostly great. Online chat reps are worse than useless - don't even try. But the support ticket reps have been very helpful, frankly, putting SE's support to shame. And when there was a customer service problem, I found their QA was superb.

I'll be watching for performance problems as things ramp-up on my network, because I'm definitely already getting the sense that the Arvixe-SE connection is not as seamless as their pre-sale promotional material suggests. If so, my hope is that the good service I've been getting from Arvixe will continue and they will find a solution to any future problems.

Posted by Beanorama about March 27 - report
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- Lailokken I'm using Arvixe as well. I waited 10 days for them to restore a backup from when I did the paid SE Trial through them. They were unable to restore them, and sent me back to SE who did it in 1 day. Arvixe is extremely polite.. but I'm still skeptical abou... more
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I have had nothing but problems with Arvixe and their first-line support is absolutely rubush if you need them to investigate anything in depth.
I am currently looking for an alternative service provider.

Posted by Jonathan Rojas Garcia about March 27 - report
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@Tiffany Lampe

If you have any questions about Arvixe we are available 24/7 to help you, through phone, chat or e-mail.

Posted by Noah S about May 3, 2012 - report
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If you still have a problem with setup on the business.. I will set it all up for about $40!

Posted by none None about May 2, 2012 - report
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Let's be serious. No one needs a dedicated for their social concepts.Why waste the money? It's not like you will get millions (thousands) of members unless you have the NBT...

Business class works great. I have over 5k users, but active? perhaps a 4th.. never a problem.. You can always upgrade, while running a live site.. test.. setup on the DED and then, copy over to get it going...

Posted by none None about May 2, 2012 - report
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- Nick I agree with Martin, test your ideas on VPS. It's not a problem to move to dedicate server later on, when you will really need it.
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This website uses linode.com VPS 512 for ~20usd/month.
Though it comes without any setup, but it's probably the best start option.

You will need either to read tutorials hoe to make basic setup or hire developers to do it for you.

Posted by Nick about May 1, 2012 - report
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- Nick Oh! Check this questions about hosting http://socialenginecamp.com/question/view/4/1/hosting-for-social-engine-4
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I think Arvixe is the way to go as its customized and recommended for SE

Posted by Kapil Jain about April 30, 2012 - report
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- COOL GUY i agree arvixe does me good:)
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arvixe by far.. Choose business class hosting..

Posted by none None about April 30, 2012 - report
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Arvixe for me was a nightmare.. I was using a dedicated server with them for a year and really it was a pain. To many 500 error's and a poor support and server firewall protection. Just my 2 cents :D

Posted by D Lo about April 30, 2012 - report
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- D Lo Hello, Arvixe was a nightmare for me. Since the beginning and at the end when I decided to move they was very rough and no profesional. I was paying a lot and the up time was maybe 80%. I'm sorry I can't recomend them. I have all the support emails.. hun... more
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- Michael Carr D Lo,
  
  I am sorry to hear of your experience. While our dedicated servers are managed, a server does take a bit of finesse to setup and optimize properly. Since you have moved on there is nothing more I can do to help you at this point but we do encourag... more
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- Tiffany Lampe @Michael, I was told by SE that mod_security conflicts with their latest upgrade but Arvixe was not willing to disable the mod unless I jumped up to a dedicated server from my current plan. On the front page of Arvixe and within SE they both advertise to ... more
  May 8, 2012
- Michael Carr Hi Tiffany,
  could you PM me your account username or domain name so I can find where that was done ?
  May 8, 2012

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