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
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