I’ve been using Dreamhost services for a few years now and thought I should finally write about my experiences. They’ve all been positive.
Not surprisingly, Dreamhost are a host provider. They’re a Unix shop with a wealth of support for all my favorite open source technologies. They provide shell access to your domain but also have a very rich web panel for doing almost everything.
The web panel allows you to configure account users, email users, ftp users, database users, databases, applications (one-click installs for various open source apps including CMS, forum, gallery, etc type software). By default, domains are stacked with admin tools, like phpmyadmin and squirrelmail, but Dreamhost also integrate with Google Apps if you prefer to host your email, calendars, documents, and even web pages with Google using the Apps product suite (highly reccomended). In both scenarios, standard, common-sense subdomains are automatically set up on your behalf, like mysql.[domain].com, mail.[domain].com, calendars.[domain].com, documents.[domain].com, etc.
Other dreamhost web panel tools include backup/restore, task scheduling (cron), stats reporting, subversion, htaccess / webdav, etc.
All of that, plus unlimited hard disc, plus unlimited bandwidth, plus support for an unlimited number of domains and emails, plus great service – all for $5.95 US / month. Trust me, it is both too good to be true, and true at the same time.
Dreamhost hosts this site, but I’ve also set up 3 other accounts (1 account hosts 18 domains) on Dreamhost, and in each case there was not a business need that couldn’t be satisfied by their offering quickly and easily.
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