Forum hosting is different from hosting websites or blogs. Forum scripts will consume relatively high server processing and needs complex mysql database connection.
You might have seen forums with poor functionality or poor response time. You can say it is because of their hosting providers. The most common forum scripts are vbulletin, phpbb & smf. When we consider a common vbulletin forum, it will have more than a 100 php files and will normally use a lot of mysql connections at the same time. If you are planning to host forums, it is very necessary to check whether your web hosting provider can provide the capacity you require for your forum and you must be sure that your hosting provider can deliver the necessary processing power.
When testing Fatcow server with different forum scripts like vbulletin, smf, phpbb and bbpress, it is found that the set up process along with all other settings goes very easy and quick and the server responded to all the requests smoothly. The website speed is also fast and there were no errors at all.
The easiest way to know more about a hosting provider is to search for relevant discussion site or forum where the customer community of that specific hosting provider will talk about them. You will know what other people are saying about that specific hosting provider. For Fatcow hosting provider, there are many discussion forum and websites where you can communicate with other customers to know about their service.
