MediaTemple (gs) SQL Out of Memory?

So it appears MediaTemple has striked once again! I am so glad I am not hosted with them. I have been working on a client’s zencart, which is hosted on mediatemple (gs) server. Aside from all of the downtimes and really amazingly slow connections at other times, I have gotten a new error!

5 Out of memory (Needed 2091012 bytes)

I was a bit puzzled at first. I had not touched the site in a few days. The last time I had checked the site, everything was in working order. The error was on a sql statement. I couldnt figure this out. So I decided to ask google! (You got to love asking Google, they know everything). 

Anyways, I ran into this post, by mediatemple. It appears the sql server they are running has been moved to a limited container. No warning, just lets move this and maybe no one will notice. I had read this was to reduce abusive users, but I fail to see how running a out-of-the-box zencart consitutes as “abusive”.  Well a quick bandaid fix was to remove the banner calls on the tpl_main_page.php from the template folder. They are not using banners so it was a quick fix. It seems to find ways to reduce the sql calls being made at least allows the page to load.

Ah, I love AN Hosting.  I will sing their praises forever!