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manderly
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Posted: Wed, 2009-05-13 10:15
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Hi, Please forgive this basic question...sadly, I'm not an expert in this field... I just received an email from my hosting company that they are going to drop me in 2 weeks because I've created too many files on their server using Gallery 2. So I've been trying to find a solution to my problem...when reviewing the folders, I noticed that g2data/cache/entity and g2data/cache/derivative are the folders with the most files. Do these files reduce down when I optimize the database? Is there a way to keep these folders small in size even though I have a huge database? Here is my database... http://illinoisancestors.org/cemphotos/main.php It has over 58,000 photos.... It looks like I'll need to move to another hosting site if I can't reduce the number of files in my database. Can anyone recommend a good VPS hosting site? thank you so much, |
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That one you can empty without pain
You shouldn't empty that one
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You might want to look at:
http://gallery.menalto.com/node/73277
but DB size and number of files is different. In the end I suspect you will want to find a new host if they don't offer you an upgrade path with your hosting company now.
Dave
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you for your help! You're absolutely right...there isn't any way I can get the database under the 50,000 file limit the hosting company has imposed on us.
I know this question is out of the range of this forum, but does anyone have suggestions on which hosting company I should switch to? I'm afraid of making a wrong decision here...
It's obvious I made a bad choice with the hosting company I picked and I only have 2 weeks in getting my data off of their server...
very worried,
manderly
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P.S. - Is there someone I can hire to backup my gallery and move it to the new server?
many thanks,
manderly
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I'm also in the same boat with Hostmonster. They advertise as having unlimited diskspace, etc., but of course, in the fine print you have a limit of 50,000 files. Go figure. So I have 300,000+ files and most of them are from the caches in Gallery 2. I have deleted them, but each time a picture is accessed, the associated cache file is recreated.
To answer your question -- I have been googling for hosts to switch to. I found this one -- but you may want to read a bit about the company and also look for reviews online (they are located in Canada).
http://www.layeronline.com/
Highlights:
- cheap
- the company will buy out your old hosting contract (if I recall correctly, they will refund you up to 10 months of subscription fee you've paid to your former host)
- the company will move all your files for free
I haven't contacted them -- but since coming across your post, I've been thinking about moving to a better host so ... will continue researching and contacting other web hosts.
Good luck! Please share here when you've found a new web host to go with and kindly provide links. Thanks!
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Hi,
Thank you for your suggestions!
I did find another hosting compnay...I haven't been there for very long but I think it might be a good fit for us...
www.justhost.com
They might be worth your while...and they will transfer all of your data for $49.95.
take care,
manderly