GoDaddy FTP
 

Has anyone else had a problem with GoDaddy FTP for their site? It usually works great but about once a month it stops connecting and says Time Zone Synchronization Failed when trying to reconnect. It usually happens when I am trying to upload new files to my server such as new products. and it seems after i call them it magically works again like they reset my server, it is getting annoying. It really sucks because I cant update pricing and i desperately have to. Thanks for any input you guys might have because the godaddy drones are useless.

Jesus Tapdancing Christ get off Godaddy hosting ASAP. If you're serious about your business, get a real host.

I am in the process of that now because their keyboard monkeys still dont know what to do other than "you have too many files in your root directory" first i have ever heard of that and said if i dont fix it my account might get flagged

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Thanks for the referrals i will check them out as I have 4 sites to move hosting on.

Ditto on Hostgator. Excellent service and very reliable. Not saying there isn't downtime, because all virtual hosting places have some - you get what you pay for (for 99.9%+ uptime, I've found that only dedicated / colocation can truly provide that), but, with that said, HostGator, for the money, is been the best virtual host I've ever used - I'm on their $14.95 monthly (and that's the month to month rate; they have even lower pricing for pre-pay) business plan and its works great. Some of my friends use HostGator too, inlcuding some running Vbulletin and all sorts of other stuff with no probs; very happy with the service.

In regards to file limits, it's best to limit the number of files, including sub-directories, in any directory to under 2000, or preferribly less. It's strange that GoDaddy hosting would make a big deal of too many files in the "root" directory when it's just a virtual root for hosting. On a related note, there is a limit on the total number of files one can have on most virtual hosts / VPSes to around 100,000 - 250,000 or so. Not an isssue for most folks, but if you're storing lots of smallish files, such as thumbnails, you might hit that limit on some services - HostGator's dashboard tracks all this stuff so it's easy to spot potential probs / limits way ahead of time and to take corrective action, including upgrading and/or working with tech support for a free to low cost work-around.

Ron

Sounds like you're using your hosting account FTP interface.
Use any third-party FTP client and you'll have no problems.

"This client is best used for moderate amounts of data. If you are uploading large files or have non-ASCII characters in directory or file names, we recommend using a third-party FTP client."

i'm happy w/ hostgator since not running anything major. phatservers getting huge props across the board as well. good luck. if you go w/ hostgator, let me know. damodt(at)gmail.com. can hook you up w/ a promo.

There's anybody else here that use CuteFTP

Stay away from Godaddy as a host...

I am using CuteFTP to upload my information. It will not log in with CuteFTP or WSFTP. And it only does it maybe once a month but this month its locked up twice. One of the errors is Time Zone Synchronization failed. Luckily i could log into file manager in my hosting control panel to fix an item before more got ordered. Thanks for all your suggestions for hosting.

decent virtual hosts:
- DWHS.
- ATCIHosting.
- Phatservers.