I have not used Dreamhost in a long time, but they had a big disadvantage when I did. They split the web app and the database (MySQL) on separate boxes. They did the same thing even if you had a dedicated server with them. Your database would be on a separate box that is shared with many other people's databases. For database intensive applications, such as complex Drupal sites, this proved to be a serious bottleneck.<br>
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