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[carla74]

My main concern is being shut down later on down the road for using too much CPU resources.  However, because I'm almost ignorant to how much CPU resources I'm going to be using, I don't want to over do it, either.

I've been reading that some hosts just shut you down without warning if you use too many CPU resources.  Is this true?

Here's what the problem is.  Right now, space used is about 100mb or so.  Bandwidth is minimal.  However, we're running a campaign in October that will shoot our registered users over 550 (at least) with each of them using blogs, chat room, forums, uploading images/biographies, etc.  Then beginning in January, we'll have members and non-members voting, blogging, chatting, etc.  By that time, if I'm going to err on the side of caution, we could have as many as 100,000 registered users.  This is a site run on databases and we want to eventually use a CMS.  (which will be even more database focused with dynamic pages).

Should I even bother with HostPapa? Is there another host that offers automatic upgrades if you exceed the CPU resources limit? Or AT LEAST an email before they shut you down so you have a chance to throttle some databases?

Thanks in advance for any and all help!!

[Merlin]

As a possible new customer here, I'm interested in this as well.  What say you HostPapa?

[late664]

I'm a customer.  From my own experiences, the people behind Hostpapa, are actually REAL people.  What I mean by that, is that whether through email, or over the phone, they will actually communicate with you and try their best to suit your needs.  As a hosting company, I can't see why they wouldn't have an "upgrade" option as your site gets bigger. . .  but then again, I see how this question was brought up.  There's no mention of it on their website.   

[amy66]

I'm a customer.  From my own experiences, the people behind Hostpapa, are actually REAL people.  What I mean by that, is that whether through email, or over the phone, they will actually communicate with you and try their best to suit your needs.  As a hosting company, I can't see why they wouldn't have an "upgrade" option as your site gets bigger. . .  but then again, I see how this question was brought up.  There's no mention of it on their website.   

Good to know.