[FX.php List] Web Hosting

Sat May 31 09:52:04 MDT 2008

Several of my clients choose to have their FMSA at their central
location and the same php solution on several decentralized locations.

Example
---

Central FMSA server in Amsterdam, webservers in Singapore, California,
Czech Republic and Japan

There is also a web server running the php solution at central FMSA
location however it is not faster than the one in Prague for the end
user.

ggt

2008/5/31 Gjermund Gusland Thorsen <ggt667 at gmail.com>:
> I agree with the pings, but the bandwidth issue, mainly acts as follows:
>
> For movies; yes
> For the strings that are normally used with database queries to build
> homepages; no
>
> ggt
>
> 2008/5/31 John May <jmaymailing at pointinspace.com>:
>> Some numbers to exemplify:
>>
>> Ping between two local machines here:  .118ms
>>
>> Typical ping from east coast to east coast machine:  35ms best case
>>
>> Typical ping from east coast to west coast machine:  100ms best case
>>
>>
>> And, of course, you've got the bandwidth issue too.  A gigabit between
>> local machines is a helova lot faster than DSL connections.
>>
>>        - John
>>
>>
>> John May wrote:
>>>
>>> Huh?  How could the latency of running the solution on the same machine
>>> possibly be higher?  Note that we do abstract our FMSA boxes from our web
>>> servers, with gigabit ethernet in between, which is going to result in a LOT
>>> less latency than going out over the internet for the connection.
>>>
>>> Perhaps you've been lucky so far, but we have tried connecting to 3rd
>>> party FMSA servers in the past from the web servers here, and when the
>>> connection breaks (FMSA goes down, internet route temporarily fails, etc.)
>>> it can wreak havoc on the web server.
>>>
>>>    - John
>>>
>>>
>>> Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, on the contrary this has never been a problem, and I have done
>>>> several of those,
>>>> the latency of running the solution on the same machine is alot higher,
>>>> than the one you can expect from to remote locations.
>>>>
>>>> Slowest connection I have tried is 2mbit SDSL for webserver and 2 mbit
>>>> SDSL for FMSA,
>>>> and it works a dream!
>>>>
>>>> ggt
>>>>
>>>> 2008/5/31 John May <jmaymailing at pointinspace.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that it sounds like John wants to host his FileMaker database on
>>>>> his
>>>>> own local FMS instance, and connect to it with a 3rd party Web/PHP
>>>>> server.
>>>>>  I personally would highly recommend against this, due to latency issues
>>>>> going between the two over the internet, as well as the tendency for
>>>>> FileMaker to take out the web server if the database becomes
>>>>> unavailable.
>>>>>
>>>>> We offer FileMaker/PHP hosting here, but only allow connection to
>>>>> databases
>>>>> hosted on our local servers:
>>>>>
>>>>>       http://www.pointinspace.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> - John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Patin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I saw your post and wanted to offer our services to you. We have
>>>>>> servers
>>>>>> running FM Server 6, 8 and 9, and can provide first-class service to
>>>>>> you.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> a
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>>>>>> so
>>>>>> that you can see how they perform:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are many others; I'm working on several right now:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> http://penton.longtermsolutions.com
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> they're finished.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would be glad to provide references, or you can ask some of the guys
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the FX mailing list; my clients are very pleased with our services.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions; best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Patin
>>>>>> Longterm Solutions
>>>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com <mailto:bob at longtermsolutions.com>
>>>>>> 615-333-6858
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 30, 2008, at 1:44 PM, CSInfo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am looking for a 3rd party web hosting service that has PHP 5 and is
>>>>>>> FX
>>>>>>> friendly.
>>>>>>> Other requirements:
>>>>>>> - Custom Domain name
>>>>>>> - FTP remote access
>>>>>>> - The FMSA 9 will be NOT be on the web server machine so a static ip
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> configure the router to FMSA for access.
>>>>>>> - Backups
>>>>>>> - Low volume at first but potential to have thousands of hits per day.
>>>>>>> Can the group suggest a few? with experiences?
>>>>>>> Should I stay away from smallbusiness.yahoo.com? (they support PHP but
>>>>>>> some functions disabled)
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> John Funk
>>>>>>> Critical Solution
>>>>>>>
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