| Re: Host recommendations (slightly OT) [message #172501 is a reply to message #172488] |
Mon, 21 February 2011 13:03   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 2/21/2011 4:58 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Sam Lowry wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I currently run about half a dozen sites (Most flat HTML, but a few use
>> PHP), I'm planning to add another three (PHP based) sites. I could just
>> stuck them with my current host, but thought I'd check with the guru's
>> here
>> first.
>>
>> None of the sites need a load of bandwidth, I just need PHP, and MySQL
>> databases. I'm in the UK if that is relevant.
>>
>
> Consider actually hosting it at the back end of a DSL line on your own
> teeny Linux machine.
>
> I have done this for several sites that really are more 'charity and
> very local' type sites and by writing careful code/HTML, they are only
> noticeably a bit slow on image downloads.
>
> I was considering getting them hosted, but I ran into a few problems in
> that some libraries I used were explicitly not to be used for gain etc
> etc and the ISPs would not install the paid for or 'free' versions.
>
> There are also often issues with sending email from shared hosts. As
> well as getting versions up to date.
>
>
> I have not found that some of the shared sites I am familiar with have
> been any more reliable either.
>
> In short for a small site, the only advantage a shared hosted site has
> is a bit more bandwidth than the typical 448K upload of a UK domestic
> DSL line.
>
> The advantages of being able to organise your own code, timed backups
> between machines and so on, outweighs that in my case. My ideal would be
> a hosted virtual machine that I 'owned' but they cost a bit more.
>
>
>> Any recommendations for good reliable (and not too expensive) hosts?
>>
>> While I'm here what about domain registration, I normally use Joker.
>
> I've used A123reg and its fine.
>
>>
>> ~S
One of the stupidest suggestions ever. All kinds of problems with
self-hosting - such as do you have a generator for when power goes out?
Multiple communications lines when the phone line goes down? Someone
onsite 24/7 (even when you're on vacation) to reboot the machine and/or
correct problems?
This is EXACTLY the type of response you get when you ask in an
inappropriate newsgroup (and exactly what I would expect from a ditch
digger like TNP).
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