Ok... next question for my geek friends. I'm thinking about going with a different web host.
Currently I have my own physical server connected to a 10mbs internet connection which costs me about $281 / year. There are no bandwidth limits (at least I have never hit it in the 11 years its been there). Its running an older linux (I redid the server once) and I would love to upgrade, however, the server is in Kansas so not really accessible. Its a 3ghz Intel with Hyper Threading, 1gb Ram, 120gb Sata hard drive (5gb used). I'm currently hosting 10 domains on it some running MySql.
I've heard good things about 1and1.com , dreamhost.com and slicehost.com. My personal preference would be a private server (virtual or otherwise) but not tied to that. Would like to stay within the $300 / year price range.
Anyone have any recomendations?
I don't think you will very easily find anything that powerful (or with "unlimited" bandwidth) for that price. However, I don't think you NEED anything that powerful or unlimited bandwidth for what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteLocally, I have experience with both the dedicated server hosting and the cloud services at Netsonic and have found them to be not bad. The cloud service is really just a Virtual Private Server.
For national carriers, I've had active 1and1 shared hosting for about 5 years and had no real issues to speak of, but I don't use it much. Likewise, I've had a Linode VPS for about 3-4 years and been pretty happy with that.
For your needs, I think you will find a VPS much more satisfying than shared hosting, and I think you will find coloc too pricey, so I guess I'd nudge you in that direction.
I have hear a lot of good things about DreamHost though, if you do go shared hosting that might be the one to go with.
Oh, and if you are going to go with a VPS, I would probably choose Linode over Netsonic, although Netsonic gives you more pricing options They've only been doing this for a few months, and Linode has been for a few years so I'd give them the advantage for service and stability.
ReplyDeleteI've been using godaddy for a couple years. they've been very reliable. (no down time at all)
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