|
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
|
Re: [PLUG] Looking for a new hosting company
|
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Rob Moore <RMoore@afsc.org> wrote:
>
> We are doing some shopping around for off-site web server (Linux-based)
> hosting in the Philadelphia area. I am wondering if anyone out there in
> PLUG-land has any recommendations? Places to consider or places to avoid? We
> need someplace that is “world class” (i.e., reliable backup, lots of
> bandwidth, high SLA, etc.) yet still affordable.
>
Is it necessary to be in the Philadelphia area? (see my console comment below)
I'm not clear what your requirements are, but for anything smaller
than several boxes, I'd recommend a Linode, which sells VPSes:
http://www.linode.com/ Some of the positives are:
- You can get to a console via AJAX or SSH
- They can (and have) seamlessly migrated running VPSes between
separate host machines when the host machines developed issues
- You get root and your choice of distro
- Pretty good uptime. I've been a customer for a couple of years and
have only had one multi-hour outage in that time period.
Their smallest possible VPS is $20/mo.
As for backup, I'm of the belief that the best way to do it is to do
it yourself. You could do nightly rsyncs to a place like rsync.net,
or any other *NIX machine. (including say, the ones in your office)
-- Doug
http://twitter.com/dmuth
___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
|
|