Fellow Linux Users, Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. Thanks Nick
They are not local, but I've had pretty good luck with HostGator. They are probably not the cheapest, but I get SSH access and they have been good about installing perl modules for me when I needed them (before I had SSH access). ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Nassar To: 'Worcester Linux Users Group' Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:45 PM Subject: [Wlug] web hosting? Fellow Linux Users, Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month. Thanks Nick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug
I have had pretty good luck over the years with DreamHost, but alas, they too are not local. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
Fellow Linux Users,
Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
Thanks
Nick
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Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless latency is an issue for you. And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;) You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer.
Linode.com is $20/month for Xen VPS w/ good specs. They get rave reviews, though I've never used their service. I've seen posts on lowendbox.com mentioning VPS deals as low as $3/month. I'm currently using pairlite.com for shared hosting (FreeBSD). So far no problems. I'm considering switching to nearlyfreespeech.net, because their metered pricing looks to be cheaper for my usage. --Andre
A friend of mine (also on this mailing list) uses Linode for a VPS and he's very pelased with them. On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Andre Lehovich <Andre.Lehovich@gmx.com>wrote:
You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer.
Linode.com is $20/month for Xen VPS w/ good specs. They get rave reviews, though I've never used their service.
I've seen posts on lowendbox.com mentioning VPS deals as low as $3/month.
I'm currently using pairlite.com for shared hosting (FreeBSD). So far no problems. I'm considering switching to nearlyfreespeech.net, because their metered pricing looks to be cheaper for my usage.
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By "local" I guess I really mean small enough that I can get a real person if there's an issue, even if it's email support only. I've had bad luck with large web hosts like Dreamhost and 1and1 in the past. Most of the time they're excellent, but when there is an issue tech support is unresponsive and it takes days to get it resolved. It's been a few years since I've shopped around, and maybe that's not as much of an issue anymore. I'm leaning towards a hosted solution, rather than VPS. Someone else can worry about keeping up to date with security updates for Linux and Apache. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:46 AM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] web hosting? Just curious, why do you want it to be local? If it's a random host out on the Internet, locality probably doesn't matter much unless latency is an issue for you. And what do you mean by local? Are you limiting to just Worcester area, or Eastern MA, or New England, or Eastern US, or ...? ;) You can get a VPS pretty cheap, I seem to recall prices of ~$35/month for a small instance in NYC w/ 100-200G/month transfer. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Nick Nassar <nassar@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap, relatively Apache/MySQL/PHP web and POP/IMAP email host? Preferably someplace local. It doesn’t have to be too powerful. A few gigabytes of storage space and max bandwidth in the range of tens of gigabytes per month.
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