[NTLUG:Discuss] Web hosting.

[Preston Hagar]

On 8/31/06, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
>
> Stuart Johnston wrote:
> > Robert Pearson wrote:
> >> On 8/31/06, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
> >>> Stuart Johnston wrote:
> >>>> On 10:52 pm 08/30/2006 steve <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> wrote:
> >>>>> I've always hosted my personal web site on a PC at home - but
> >>>>> I just volunteered to set up hosting for my local car club.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Who are the "good guys" for web hosting these days?
> >>>>> [...snip...]
> >>> [...snip...]
> >>>
> >>> Love to get a good Linux VPS style solution...
> >> How does the VPS solution look at:
> >> <<http://www.a2hosting.com/vps_hosting.php>>
> >
> > That's three times more than UnixShell.  I don't understand why someone
> > would pay $75/month for a 192M VPS when you can get an actual dedicated
> > server with 512M for the same.
>
> Yes and no.. it gets complicated.  A lot of dedicated hosting or
> colo's will have some bandwidth or other restrictions that make
> life difficult.  Not saying there aren't some good deals out there...
> just haven't found one... so everyone... continue to share!!!
>
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I would highly recommend VPSLink (www.vpslink.com)   They have great prices
and great services.  They are a basically a "no-frills, no-support" Linux
VPS.  By no-frills and no support I mean they basically let you choose from
several different Linux distros, make sure you have ssh access and a fairly
base install and then it is up to you to install everything else (websever,
mta, ftp server, etc).  If you are comfortable with that, you can get really
good plans with great reliability for really low prices.  When you go to
their page, always make sure to check to upper right hand corner of the
homepage, they usually have a discount code you can enter at checkout.  I
signed up a couple of months ago when they were doing a 50% off special,
prepaid for 12 months, and got a Link-3 (10GB diskspace, 256MB dedicated
RAM, 300GB monthly bandwidth) for about $11 a month (if you divide it out).
They are owned by spry, a colo/server reseller that has been around for a
while.  (I think the setup is kind of like The Planet and Server Matrix).
Anyway, if you are looking for a good, cheap VPS, I cannot recommend them
enough.

Preston