DreamHost Web Hosting Plans Review
Dreamhost offers several web hosting plans with lots of features.
Shared Hosting
Great for bloggers and personal sites. There is only one shared hosting plan available with the following features: unlimited storage, bandwidth, host unlimited domains/subdomains on one account, unlimited mysql databases, e-mail accounts, php, perl, python support, ruby on rails, ssl (secure socket layer – https) and much more – check all features here: http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting-features.html
VPS hosting
Vps stands for Virtual Private Server. These servers exist virtually (actually it is software manipulation) in physical servers. These type of hosting is suitable for mid-size sites with occasional bursts in traffic. There are two vps plans available: Dreamhost PS and DreamHost PS MySQL. PS is available as one-click addon to your shared hosting account. PS MySQL is Virtual privata server designed for high performance mysql databases. Every feature from shared hosting plans is available inluding the unlimited space and bandwidth. Plans start from $15/month/150mb RAM up to $400 a month with 4 Gigabytes of RAM. You get protected CPU and memory, full root access and more.
Dedicated Server hosting
Dedicated hosting is actually a physical server located in data-center leased for monthly fee and not shared with other customers. This type of hosting is best for large traffic websites or web services that require dedicated memory, cpu, space and/or bandwidth and net traffic. After acquiring large equity stake in Alchemy Communications, Inc dreamhost started offering dedicated servers.
Colocation hosting
This type of hosting allows users to lease space and place their own servers in web hosting data-centers where internet connectivity is provided by the data-center. Dreamhost is offering this type of hosting via Alchemy Communications, Inc. The servers are secured with 3 megawatts UPS (Uninterpretable Power Supply), redundant fire suppression, cooling systems etc.