Any recommendations (Score: 1) by rocks@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 14:22 (#1KP) I currently use https://www.linode.com/ (Linode) for webhosting, anybody have any recommendations over whether it is worth considering a switch to any of the top 10 given in the parent article? Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 16:18 (#1KW) All of my sites are run from my FreeBSD VPN, so I have no idea. I used to run a site or two off of siteground. I'm not surprised they're not on the list: they are smaller, specializing in PHP template sites you could use to get a Joomla or Drupal or Wordpress site up and running in minimal time. But I get the idea they were over-subscribed, because I started having all sorts of trouble getting even simple pages to load. Finally dumped them for my VPN, so I've saved a lot of money annually and also have my own dedicated bandwidth. On the other hand, I get to administer my own Apache server, which is not easy and is slightly scary. Re: Any recommendations (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-14 18:41 (#1M2) VPS. You mean VPS. :)I finally got myself a VPS at a cheap good provider last year, and I love it. So much more freedom than an ordinary web host. I kept hitting walls at Hostgator -- oh, can't use this package because it's not just a script and the webhost won't let me install software just for me, no way to try LibreOffice Online, can't get WebDav working, etc. -- and it mostly all goes away when you control your own virtual server. I highly recommend it. My VPS costs less than $8 a month. There are all kinds of great deals often published and discussed at lowendtalk.com / lowendbox.com . (THIS IS NOT SPAM. That's a discussion board and deal site.) Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 20:09 (#1M6) Yes, you're right - VPS. Thanks for the correction! I've heard about lowendbox.com and the price is great. I pay a bit more than that - $12/month - but I'm happy with the hardware, the software, and the service, so no complaints. The one thing I've found VPSes aren't good for is offsite replication/storage. I've got many gigs of photos I'd like to backup with an rsync script, and while a Linux or BSD VPS would make that easy, most packages don't provide nearly enough space, thinking what you are probably going to build is a webserver or something.Mine also runs a Usenet node (www.dictatorshandbook.net for the dictator.* newsgroups), but I don't use it for much else than that. It's just so cool how much you can do with a good OS on a dedicated box (OK, virtual, but from my point of view you'd never know it), and a fixed IP address.
Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 16:18 (#1KW) All of my sites are run from my FreeBSD VPN, so I have no idea. I used to run a site or two off of siteground. I'm not surprised they're not on the list: they are smaller, specializing in PHP template sites you could use to get a Joomla or Drupal or Wordpress site up and running in minimal time. But I get the idea they were over-subscribed, because I started having all sorts of trouble getting even simple pages to load. Finally dumped them for my VPN, so I've saved a lot of money annually and also have my own dedicated bandwidth. On the other hand, I get to administer my own Apache server, which is not easy and is slightly scary. Re: Any recommendations (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-14 18:41 (#1M2) VPS. You mean VPS. :)I finally got myself a VPS at a cheap good provider last year, and I love it. So much more freedom than an ordinary web host. I kept hitting walls at Hostgator -- oh, can't use this package because it's not just a script and the webhost won't let me install software just for me, no way to try LibreOffice Online, can't get WebDav working, etc. -- and it mostly all goes away when you control your own virtual server. I highly recommend it. My VPS costs less than $8 a month. There are all kinds of great deals often published and discussed at lowendtalk.com / lowendbox.com . (THIS IS NOT SPAM. That's a discussion board and deal site.) Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 20:09 (#1M6) Yes, you're right - VPS. Thanks for the correction! I've heard about lowendbox.com and the price is great. I pay a bit more than that - $12/month - but I'm happy with the hardware, the software, and the service, so no complaints. The one thing I've found VPSes aren't good for is offsite replication/storage. I've got many gigs of photos I'd like to backup with an rsync script, and while a Linux or BSD VPS would make that easy, most packages don't provide nearly enough space, thinking what you are probably going to build is a webserver or something.Mine also runs a Usenet node (www.dictatorshandbook.net for the dictator.* newsgroups), but I don't use it for much else than that. It's just so cool how much you can do with a good OS on a dedicated box (OK, virtual, but from my point of view you'd never know it), and a fixed IP address.
Re: Any recommendations (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-14 18:41 (#1M2) VPS. You mean VPS. :)I finally got myself a VPS at a cheap good provider last year, and I love it. So much more freedom than an ordinary web host. I kept hitting walls at Hostgator -- oh, can't use this package because it's not just a script and the webhost won't let me install software just for me, no way to try LibreOffice Online, can't get WebDav working, etc. -- and it mostly all goes away when you control your own virtual server. I highly recommend it. My VPS costs less than $8 a month. There are all kinds of great deals often published and discussed at lowendtalk.com / lowendbox.com . (THIS IS NOT SPAM. That's a discussion board and deal site.) Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 20:09 (#1M6) Yes, you're right - VPS. Thanks for the correction! I've heard about lowendbox.com and the price is great. I pay a bit more than that - $12/month - but I'm happy with the hardware, the software, and the service, so no complaints. The one thing I've found VPSes aren't good for is offsite replication/storage. I've got many gigs of photos I'd like to backup with an rsync script, and while a Linux or BSD VPS would make that easy, most packages don't provide nearly enough space, thinking what you are probably going to build is a webserver or something.Mine also runs a Usenet node (www.dictatorshandbook.net for the dictator.* newsgroups), but I don't use it for much else than that. It's just so cool how much you can do with a good OS on a dedicated box (OK, virtual, but from my point of view you'd never know it), and a fixed IP address.
Re: Any recommendations (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-14 20:09 (#1M6) Yes, you're right - VPS. Thanks for the correction! I've heard about lowendbox.com and the price is great. I pay a bit more than that - $12/month - but I'm happy with the hardware, the software, and the service, so no complaints. The one thing I've found VPSes aren't good for is offsite replication/storage. I've got many gigs of photos I'd like to backup with an rsync script, and while a Linux or BSD VPS would make that easy, most packages don't provide nearly enough space, thinking what you are probably going to build is a webserver or something.Mine also runs a Usenet node (www.dictatorshandbook.net for the dictator.* newsgroups), but I don't use it for much else than that. It's just so cool how much you can do with a good OS on a dedicated box (OK, virtual, but from my point of view you'd never know it), and a fixed IP address.