I have been loving Dreamhost. If you are interested I do have a discount code I can send your way. On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 4:48 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > The vast majority of shared hosting providers will not give you access to > a command-line interface. > > Also, most are running a control panel like cPanel. They don’t give you > root access on a shared machine. > > Your best bet for that is a VPS where you’ll get some fraction of a > physical machine’s resources. > > More and more folks are using proprietary control panels. I had a > WHM/cPanel reseller account with Eleven2 for quite a while and liked them. > But on Sept 2nd of last year, they suddenly, and without warning, switched > everybody over from WHM/cPanel to some cPanel clone that had a lot of > problems. I hear cPanel jacked up their costs, and I guess these guys > didn’t want to keep paying them. They said it’s b/c cPanel stopped > improving their platform and it was getting slow. They said this other > clone had added a lot of new features that users have been demanding to see > added to cPanel. Also, cPanel is written in Perl, and the clone one is in > php. I paid for 12 months of cPanel hosting, and they had no right to just > swap it out without any notice; after a month of headaches, I started > looking around. I eventually did switch to WHW — described next. > > I’m currently using WebHostingWorld.net simply because I was able to snag > a great discount on Black Friday for a one-year deal on a Reseller type > account (WHM/cPanel). They WILL give you rsh access on a given account if > you ask. Their support is ok given how little I’ve needed it. The sites > I’ve got there sometimes are slow to load, and I’m not sure why, but it’s > not a big problem at the moment. They have servers in several cities and > you can request a particular one, so if you get one in a place like > Phoenix, you won’t have to worry about hurricanes. (Monsoon storms can be > another matter, but usually they’ll fire up their standby generator to > ensure there’s no power loss.) > > I would not go with HostGator. I used them for a long time, but when they > got taken over by that big conglomerate, their support went down the tubes > and they started overloading all of their servers. In general, I avoid > hosts that are with the outfit that owns HG, as they route support for all > of them through the same place overseas. > > NameCheap provides good generic cPanel hosting, although their policies > are very “conservative”. They disable a lot of things that I use under the > guise of “security risk” but I think it’s just to reduce support calls. I > think they’re best for consumers who don’t really know what they’re doing, > not devs. I felt like I was wearing a straightjacket working with them. But > their hosting is fine for simple sites. > > I have a Windows VPS at VirMach, and discovered they’ve been having > problems for a while internally. They sell cheap hosting and push upgraded > support plans by stripping out commonly configured stuff and charging you > to get their Support team to reactivate them. Their support system sucks — > they have an FAQ for really basic issues, and if you have a question > outside of that, it can be challenging to post it. Their response times > aren’t very good either. I can’t recommend them. But for what I’m paying > for a Win VPS, it’s tolerable. (I’m doing dev work and I wanted a basic > Windows server hosted somewhere that allows me to test out my software. At > some point I’ll need a dedicated host or something with a more reliable > vendor, but for now this is meeting my needs, more or less. > > -David Schwartz > > > > > On Jul 3, 2023, at 6:09 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > For many years Troubleshooters.Com has been hosted by the spectacular > Futurequest in Orlando Florida. Sadly, because of hurricanes, the > pandemic, inflation, and insanely skyrocketing rents in Orlando, > they're going out of business within a few days, so I need a new web > host. > > What I absolutely need: > > * Reliability > * ssh access > * Already installed http, smtp, and firewall > * At least 500 MB of space > * Somewhere around 5 GB transfer per month > * A reasonably effective way to get tech support > * Ability to have Javascript in my web pages > * A way to quickly redirect my whole site, such as .htaccess. > I need this ability because I need to shut down before every > hurricane. To see an example of what I'd redirect to, see > http://troubleshooters.com/troubleshooters_during_ian.htm > > What I'd also really like: > > * A non-distopian Terms of Service > * Ability to run server side scripts (Perl etc) > * Ability to serve https > * Ability to serve multiple domain names with one contract > * Good mailing list software that doesn't throttle too much > > I prioritize the preceding over price. Price is a secondary concern. > > I used Bluehost in the past, but found them not good enough, so I'm > hoping for somebody better than Bluehost. > > If anyone knows of any good web hosts, please let me know. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen