your thoughts, dudes

I would like to know which features should I take into consideration while choosing a host?
Sorry, guys, I have submitted this thread in the wrong place, plese move it to the right one.

Cost
Amount of storage provided
Amount of bandwidth
Easy to use control panel/additional services provided for the low cost
Reliable Uptime.
And MY personal favorite...Clear English speaking tech support!

What about backup of database?

Well I would hope a good host would backup their systems daily if not more!

MySQL is easy to backup. Just do a MySQL dump. You can always just re upload the dump to the db. I do daily backups complete with the SQL to rebuild all the tables etc.. That way if I move it, ditch the DB etc I can get it back in minutes.

You can do it via software such as CocoaMySQL or through any terminal application such as terminal.app in OS X by doing something like

mysqldump --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXX DB_NAME > /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL

and to re insert it something like

mysql --verbose --user=XXXXXXXX --password=XXXXXXXX DB_NAME < /PATH/TO/DUMPFILE.SQL

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I would recommend site5.com, I think they are a great host with lots of features. Plus loads of bandwidth and disk space, and a wonderful control panel.