[wp-hackers] WPMU gets b*tch-slapped on DreamHost

Frank Helmschrott fhelmschrott at gmail.com
Sun May 31 07:18:59 GMT 2009


How senseless. I can't imagine how WPMU itself could use so much more
resources than WP. Of course it uses more when you run 1000 blogs with
it, but i thinkg that wouldn't be easier with 1000 installations of WP
:-)

2009/5/30 Bernard D. Tremblay <ab006 at chebucto.ns.ca>:
> *Yes, this is probably the wrong list. But I couldn't think of a better place.*
>
> I was surprised to see this in the Personal Server section of DreamHost's
> (always humorous) newsletter:
>
> ====
> And, if you want to use WordPress MU (Multi-User edition), we're going
> to have to ask you do it on DreamHost PS .. it's just a CRAZY resource
> hog and it looks like the most common thing people use it for is shady
> search engine shenanigans anyway!
> ====
>
> I happen to have installed MU on DreamHost. I haven't been asked to remove it,
> but it's very idle ... little more than a place-holder at the moment ... and
> I'm not going to rouse sleeping dogs by inquiring ... but in any case this
> isn't positive ink.
>
> ben
>
>
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Frank


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