[Tfug] Affordable hosting suggestions

[Arthur Richards]

Dreamhost won't give you the full control it sounds like you're looking for
(unless they've changed their plans in the last few years). You get a lot
of storage, but if i recall correctly, their systems are generally
overloaded and you have very little control (a true shared host). My
favorite VPS providers, by far, have been Linode (http://www.linode.com/)
and Slicehost (http://www.slicehost.com). Linode has gotten a little bit
cheaper than Slicehost over the last year or so. I've used both extensively
and have been very, very happy with them.

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Dean Jones <dean.jones at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 dreamhost.
>
> I also use them to host domain names where possible.  I prefer their
> DNS interface to godaddy's.  But I find godaddy's interfaces to be
> pretty horrible all around.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Jeff Breadner <jeff at breadner.ca> wrote:
> > I've had a good experience with dreamhost.com, unlimited domain hosting,
> > disk space and bandwidth for about $10/month (yearly domain charges
> > separate).  Shell access to a shared Debian-based server.
> >
> > Cheers
> >   Jeff
> >
> > On May 4, 2012 6:07 AM, "John Gruenenfelder" <jetpackjohn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I would like to ask the TFUG community for suggestions on hosting
> >> providers.  It's been a while since the questions last came up and
> >> it's an area that changes frequently.
> >>
> >> Personally, I'm looking for something fairly inexpensive.  I want to
> >> move my small "home" page off my UA machine onto something that I'm
> >> paying for.  A virtual private server would be nice simply because it
> >> would give me mostly full control to configure it how I like.  The
> >> bandwidth needed for the hosting will be very small.  Also, the
> >> ability to do SSL (https) connections would be nice to have, but I
> >> know that the implementation of SSL has some unfortunate requirements
> >> on separate IP addresses so that may not be possible without paying a
> >> lot more.
> >>
> >> In particular, I have two domains I would like to host on the same
> >> service without needing to pay twice.  My setup is something like
> >> this:
> >>
> >> mydomain1.org - My personal site
> >> mydomain2.org - A hub for my various projects
> >> reader.mydomain2.org - One of those projects, hosted elsewhere
> >> (probably SourceForge)
> >> project.mydomain2.org
> >>
> >> I hope that makes sense.  Would something like this be relatively easy
> >> to set up?  I want to host the two domains on the same service.  There
> >> will be separate hosts on the second domain (such as reader, shown
> >> above), and most of these will be hosted elsewhere because they are
> >> Free software projects and a place like SourceForge will host it for
> >> free.  This is useful because the bandwidth requirements can vary
> >> substantially depending on popularity and new releases.
> >>
> >> Can anybody suggest a provider that could do this and be easy on the
> >> wallet?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> --John Gruenenfelder    Systems Manager, MKS Imaging Technology, LLC.
> >> Try Weasel Reader for Palm OS  --  http://weaselreader.org
> >> "This is the most fun I've had without being drenched in the blood
> >> of my enemies!"
> >>         --Sam of Sam & Max
> >>
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