Snerk. Okay, how 'bout as people jump on you?

Heh. You were right though, Helen. It's just that whenever I hear one of those "Now! For a limited time!" type offers, my sceptic-o-meter jumps into the red. Doesn't mean that there aren't occasionally good reasons for the deadline.

Seriously though, why would we want a bigger drive and more memory? Aren't we still better off with iStrata?

These are really the crucial (and only answerable, imo) questions.

If the issue is connections vs money, does the additional hardware close the gap sufficiently between what we have now and what we want?

does the additional hardware close the gap sufficiently between what we have now and what we want?

If only we agreed on what we wanted. Extra memory gives us more room we can use if we run up major connections. Extra HD, not so much.

Seriously though, why would we want a bigger drive and more memory?

Well, the more memory makes the server faster and to my way of thinking, a faster server processes queries faster which leaves connections open for a shorter span of time which allows for less overlap of connections used. But, admittedly, I could be wrong about that. More storage would give you more extra space to sell off to friends and relatives and let you reduce your costs even further.

Aren't we still better off with iStrata?

I honestly don't know. Their numbers are so very much lower than everyone else out there. I don't understand how they provide a truly managed dedicated server for that price. And it's one of those situations where we probably won't know unless we try and something goes wrong and there's, like, no backup.

Fruity Pebbles:

We have an extension until Thursday.

Their numbers are so very much lower than everyone else out there.

I mentioned upthread that I received a similar offer today from Hostway.

t edit The Thursday deadline is great, Kristen. Thanks!

My opinions on the matter are mixed. Dealing with Kristen and Steve is a known quantity, but iStrata looks like a better deal for our needs -- at least on paper. I share Kristen's suspicions. There's lots of stuff that isn't spelled out on their web page. I was particularly surprised that I couldn't find an AUP anywhere on their site.

What's an AUP?

If only we agreed on what we wanted. Extra memory gives us more room we can use if we run up major connections. Extra HD, not so much.

But, whether or not the extras are shiny, isn't Steve's offer what we want? We're getting (if I've got it right) no limit on the number of SQL connections we're allowed to have. Which means Kristen can take out the measure that prevents us from going over our allowed number of connections, so we won't be getting the error message. Why we're going over our connection limit with virtually zero traffic would still be nice to find out, but it takes the urgency away. And when we need something technical done to the server, and ask Kristen, she can just go and do it, instead of going to our hosts and trying to get them to do it.

Do we want other technical things, or are the money and commitment the main issues?

And, yay for the Thursday deadline!