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In 2006, the company began a ] version ] they call "Files Forever".<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.genbeta.com/web/files-forever-nuevo-servicio-de-dreamhost | accessdate= 2009-07-01 | title= Files Forever, nuevo servicio de DreamHost | language= {{sp}} | first= Javier | last= Penalva | publisher= Genbeta}}</ref> The company states existing customers can store files "forever" after paying a one-time storage fee, and may redistribute or sell them with DreamHost handling the transactions.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php?title=Files_Forever&oldid=7642 | accessdate= 2009-07-01 | title= Files Forever: Revision as of 20:37, 29 November 2006 | publisher= DreamHost | first= Josh | last= Jones | work= DreamHost Wiki}}</ref>
In 2006, the company began a ] version ] they call "Files Forever".<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.genbeta.com/web/files-forever-nuevo-servicio-de-dreamhost | accessdate= 2009-07-01 | title= Files Forever, nuevo servicio de DreamHost | language= {{sp}} | first= Javier | last= Penalva | publisher= Genbeta}}</ref> The company states existing customers can store files "forever" after paying a one-time storage fee, and may redistribute or sell them with DreamHost handling the transactions.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php?title=Files_Forever&oldid=7642 | accessdate= 2009-07-01 | title= Files Forever: Revision as of 20:37, 29 November 2006 | publisher= DreamHost | first= Josh | last= Jones | work= DreamHost Wiki}}</ref>
===Free application hosting===
In 2009, the company began offering free ] hosting. Either with their own domain, or with a free subdomain, customers are able to make use of a number of ] applications, such as ] and ] without charge.<ref name="whir_app">{{cite web | url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/010909_Dreamhost_Offers_Free_Apps_Hosting_Service | title=DreamHost Offers Free Apps Hosting Service | publisher=The Web Host Industry Review | date=January 9, 2009 | accessdate=2009-06-26 | last=Lee | first=Justin}}</ref> The service is similar to, and can be integrated with, the ].<ref name="whir_app"/> Through a control panel, customers are able to manage their applications or upgrade to the standard, fully-managed hosting service.
DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is the web hosting branch of New Dream Network, LLC, founded by 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and registered in 1999 by Michael Rodriguez. DreamHost began hosting customers' sites in 1997.
DreamHost's shared and dedicated hosting network consists of Apache and lighttpd web servers running on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Customers have access to a control panel that includes integrated billing and a support ticket system. DreamHost's staff contribute to an official blog and a customer support wiki. DreamHost recommends Google's Gmail for email services, although the company continues to offer standard email services.
File hosting
In 2006, the company began a beta version file hosting service they call "Files Forever". The company states existing customers can store files "forever" after paying a one-time storage fee, and may redistribute or sell them with DreamHost handling the transactions.
Incidents
In July, 2006, two power outages in the building housing DreamHost's datacenter caused significant disruption to services offered by DreamHost, Media Temple and MySpace. A year later, approximately 700 websites and 3,500 FTP accounts hosted on DreamHost's servers were compromised. In response to the incident, the company made some changes to improve security. The following January, DreamHost accidentally billed some users for an extra year's worth of services, which they initially reported as $7.5 million in extra charges. The company later stated the final total was $2.1 million.
