Re: Web/Email Hosting Suggestions?
Jason Klein <jrklein-RGQ/[email protected]> Tue, 17 Nov 2015 21:47:33 -0600
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--Apple-Mail=_ED5BCC99-0BDE-4731-959D-4846C1A59812 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hosted virtual servers at Rack Space, Digital Ocean, Amazon, Google, Azure,= etc are usually available as bare installs of your OS of choice (Debian, C= entOS, etc). You have full root access to the server and are responsible f= or installing the packages you need, configuring the system, and keeping up= on OS updates. If you don=E2=80=99t want to setup everything from scratch= , some hosts will offer a very basic web-based control panel option for fre= e, or a very nice web-based commercial control panel for a small fee. The virtual servers are meant to be up and running 24/7 and their performan= ce is usually good to excellent. Some of the lower cost hosts will oversubs= cribe their hardware too much. As a result, performance can be spotty at t= imes. You can check reviews for a specific host to determine if performance= is a common issue. Jason > On Nov 17, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Dale W Hodge <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Your reasons and mine are the same, nothing wrong with hosting my own, bu= t I'd really rather somebody else be responsible for keeping it running 24/= 7. :-) What I may end up doing is let whatever web host I pick provide th= e initial mailbox and then use fetchmail or getmail to pull it to a local s= erver so I can archive and do proper sorting. While it doesn't keep me fro= m having to run a local mail spool it does provide for a way to continue to= get email if something goes horribly wrong on my end. Not to mention tha= t if I can run things on something that uses 10 watts instead of 400 watts = I might save enough on power to pay for the hosting. ;-) >=20 > I don't have any experience with hosted virtual servers, are they configu= rable for whatever services and available 24/7? =20 >=20 > Thanks Jonathan! >=20 >=20 > On 11/17/2015 3:08 PM, Jonathan Hall wrote: >> I spent some significant time researching this about 6 months ago. I dec= ided I was tired of being a sys admin for my low volume of web and email tr= affic. >>=20 >> In the end, I decided I couldn't find good email hosting I was happy wit= h (if you find something, though, please share!). So I ended up with: >>=20 >> siteground.com to host my Wordpress blog >> Godaddy to do my DNS >> A cheap Linux virtual server to host my email (and for the occasional re= mote shell access, etc), and some throw-away file web/ftp hosting (i.e. poo= r man's dropbox) >>=20 >> I'm paying roughly $13 to Rackspace for my virtual server which includes= 256mb RAM and 10gb storage. There are much cheaper options available these= days (in fact today I signed up to try a Digital Ocean Xen-based virtual s= erver for $5/mo for 512mb RAM and 24gb SSD storage). >>=20 >> Depending on the reasons you're considering moving away from your own se= rver, some of this info may or may not be helpful :) >>=20 >> -- Jonathan >>=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 > ---=20 > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "ACLUG Discussion" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an= email to aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected] <mailto:aclug-discu= ssion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://group= s.google.com/d/optout>. --=20 ---=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= ACLUG Discussion" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/[email protected] For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --Apple-Mail=_ED5BCC99-0BDE-4731-959D-4846C1A59812 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: s= pace; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div class=3D"">Ho= sted virtual servers at Rack Space, Digital Ocean, Amazon, Google, Azure, e= tc are usually available as bare installs of your OS of choice (Debian, Cen= tOS, etc). You have full root access to the server and are responsibl= e for installing the packages you need, configuring the system, and keeping= up on OS updates. If you don=E2=80=99t want to setup everything from= scratch, some hosts will offer a very basic web-based control panel option= for free, or a very nice web-based commercial control panel for a small fe= e.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">The virtual se= rvers are meant to be up and running 24/7 and their performance is usually = good to excellent. Some of the lower cost hosts will oversubscribe their ha= rdware too much. As a result, performance can be spotty at times. You= can check reviews for a specific host to determine if performance is a com= mon issue.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Jason<= /div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><div><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Nov 17, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Dale W= Hodge <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">dwh@neuralmat= rix.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div cl= ass=3D""> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000" class=3D""> Your reasons and mine are the same, nothing wrong with hosting my own, but I'd really rather somebody else be responsible for keeping it running 24/7. :-) What I may end up doing is let whateve= r web host I pick provide the initial mailbox and then use fetchmail or getmail to pull it to a local server so I can archive and do proper sorting. While it doesn't keep me from having to run a local mail spool it does provide for a way to continue to get email if something goes horribly wrong on my end. Not to mention that if = I can run things on something that uses 10 watts instead of 400 watts I might save enough on power to pay for the hosting. ;-)<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> I don't have any experience with hosted virtual servers, are they configurable for whatever services and available 24/7? <br class= =3D""> <br class=3D""> Thanks Jonathan!<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 11/17/2015 3:08 PM, Jonathan Hall wrote:<br class=3D""> </div> <blockquote cite=3D"mid:[email protected]" type=3D"cite" clas= s=3D""> =20 <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">I spent some significant time researching this about 6 months ago. I decided I was tired of being a sys admin for my low volume of web and email traffic.<br cl= ass=3D""> <br class=3D""> In the end, I decided I couldn't find good email hosting I was happy with (if you find something, though, please share!). So I ended up with:<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> <a href=3D"http://siteground.com" class=3D"">siteground.com</a> to = host my Wordpress blog<br class=3D""> Godaddy to do my DNS<br class=3D""> A cheap Linux virtual server to host my email (and for the occasional remote shell access, etc), and some throw-away file web/ftp hosting (i.e. poor man's dropbox)<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> I'm paying roughly $13 to Rackspace for my virtual server which includes 256mb RAM and 10gb storage. There are much cheaper options available these days (in fact today I signed up to try a Digital Ocean Xen-based virtual server for $5/mo for 512mb RAM and 24gb SSD storage).<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> Depending on the reasons you're considering moving away from your own server, some of this info may or may not be helpful :)<br = class=3D""> <br class=3D""> -- Jonathan<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> </div> </blockquote> <br class=3D""> </div><div class=3D""><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div> -- <br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> --- <br class=3D""> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= ACLUG Discussion" group.<br class=3D""> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]" cl= ass=3D"">aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]</a>.<br class=3D""> For more options, visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/optout" clas= s=3D"">https://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br class=3D""> </div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></body></html> <p></p> -- <br /> <br /> --- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;ACLUG Discussion" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:aclug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]">ac= lug-discussion+unsubscribe-/[email protected]</a>.<br /> For more options, visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/optout">http= s://groups.google.com/d/optout</a>.<br /> --Apple-Mail=_ED5BCC99-0BDE-4731-959D-4846C1A59812--