Decent Co-Location or Virtual Server Hosting? 145
gclef writes "Speakeasy announced recently that they're being bought by Best Buy. Despite all the promises to the contrary, I suspect my ability to host servers in my home is going away soon. Does anyone have hints as to where I can get a reasonable co-lo space or virtual hosting? I don't want to outsource the management of my domains entirely, nor will 'webhosting' be good enough, since I like having control of my own stuff (and like running my own DNS, IMAPS, and other assorted network services). Is there some place that will give me a blank box with an unfiltered connection to the net?"
That really depends. (Score:3, Informative)
A lot of places are running "Specials" right now, giving you a relatively decent piece of iron but very little bandwidth for ~$100/mo
Other places give you less impressive hardware but more bandwidth for about the same price.
I personally host with Cyberwurx [cyberwurx.com], a p4 3.0, 512mb ram, 80gb hd and 500gb bandwidth for $95/mo, and they'll install your choice of Linux on it, or even boot you into a gentoo live cd so you can roll your own.
If you go that route, put "vanamar" in your referral code!
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Slicehost [slicehost.com] will give you a virtual box (root access, choice of distro) with decent specs for about $20/month.
TekTonic.net [tektonic.net] (whom I found through www.unixshell.com [unixshell.com]) gives you an unmanaged virtual host for $15/month.
Again, I've used both and have been very happy with the services. Bandwidth hasn't been an issue, uptime and performance have been great.
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My plan is $125/year for 1 gig disk and 24 gig bandwith/month. You can buy more of either as needed, host 5 domains and up to 50 subdomains, again buying more if needed.
-nB
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I'm running on Slicehost's 256MB plan, and I'll throw in a huge recommendation for them. Uptime has been stellar and the community and the company are amazing.
For 256MB, you can run MySQL just fine, along with Apache and a few other services as well. My server consistently has ~100 MB free with MySQL, Apache (mod_php5/mod_python), Postfix/courier for email, and more. When web requests spike it can use the memory up, but doesn't do too badly.
I figure if I ever need it I can always upgrade to 512 MB for $
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Then again, I own GuaranteedVPS, so whatever.
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The base price is the price before time or quantity discounts apply. The price I cite in the slashdot post as "if you pay for a long time" and the price on the price chart for two-year payment are the same. The prices in that post are correct; they're just phrased in a confusing fashion. My apologies. I will endeavour to be clearer in the future.
No, it isn't coincidence that I updated the prices
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's actually why I put the money back guarantee in PayPal's ha
I Have Been Looking For a New Dedicated Server Too (Score:2)
If someone was only going to use 1000Gigs, then why would they need that type of machine?
I currently do 500GB+/month on a 2.4Ghz Celeron with 512Mb RAM and a regular IDE drive. And it has worked well for the past two years, but I have started having some annoying outages and am shopping around for other possibilities.
Also, reading the TOS on tho
Nearly Free Speech .net (Score:2)
EV1Servers.Net (Score:3, Informative)
Jason
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Re:EV1Servers.Net (Score:5, Informative)
I've hosted w/EV1Servers, JaguarVPS, Vaultnetworks (Score:1)
I've recently "downscaled" my webhosting business to friends-family only, and I was in need of something smaller with the
Waveform (Score:2)
When I was recently looking, I found these guys and discovered that they are in my back yard (Troy, Michigan).
$50/month to colo 1U (or a mid tower) and that includes 1000GB of transfer. If you are going to be using more than that, then you might want to look further into the unit cost per GB.
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They do offer dial-in backup lines, so if things are critical I suggest sticking a modem in your server and having them plug into a POTS line. Then configure your server for providing a terminal on serial via the modem.
I'm not sure if they offer remote reboot. I ne
Personal Colo (Score:5, Informative)
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I can't thank you enough. Bless you.
WebHostingTalk.com (Score:2, Informative)
Or you could just google for "vps hosting" or "dedicated hosting" and start working through the plethora of results
VPSLand (Score:2, Informative)
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IRC servers attract DOS attacks. It's better or worse depending on which particular IRC network they connect to, but it's no wonder that the providers find it easier to just blanket ban IRC.
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Same deal -- worries about attacks. Why not run the irc client from home? (Actually I run my IRC client on my server, so I'm one of the weird ones.)
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Another reason is covering their asses legally. If you have someone hosting an IRC server in your facility and a botmaster decides to stop by on that network and herd his zombies from from there, there are pretty much no limits to what a law enforcement agency could take from the facility. Sad but true.
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Most anything can be used for evil in some way, but IRC is just one of those things where it'd be easier to just disallow the whole thing.
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While there are many legal uses for IRC networks, all the main illegal content starts via IRC. Now-a-days most people using IRC are Gamers and Hackers.
Plus, is there really a need for more IRC servers? Most of the big ones can handle them selfs...
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IRC kids can play very nicely sometimes. When they play rough, they don't hold back on anything. Think netsplit.
We had some IRC junkies at one place I worked. I was impressed with what the other kids would accomplish. They'd take advantage of any remote exploits they could, just to knock someone they didn't like (for whatever reason) off. Then there's the battles over control of a channel. Read up on "net
I like web.com's BSD VPS setup myself (Score:1)
details here. [web.com]
Virtual hosting option (Score:1)
Linode.com (Score:4, Informative)
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Thanks for the heads up.
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I'm yet another happy Linode user. I have two: one for personal use and one that I administrate for my employer.
I was a Speakeasy subscriber as well, hosting my personal mail server at home. But, when I switched to Verizon FIOS, the additional cost for "business" service (static IP and no port 80/25 blocking) was significant, and I could rent a decent-sized Linode for less.
I'm actually happier with the off-site hosting, as it's more reliable. And, Linode'
ThePlanet (Score:2)
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VPS Hosting (Score:2)
linode.com (Score:1)
The cheapest plans are under $20/mo. and provide plenty of what I need for a box that hosts light web, email and ssh trafic. Connectivity is good and the customer service is great for such a cheap option. The only thing I had to do was get over the mental block of sharing hardware, but over the years they keep raising the amount of memory and other resources (and not the cost) so it performs pretty well. Their remote management tools a
Rackspace, 1and1 (Score:2)
For the important stuff, I use Rackspace [rackspace.com]. Starts at about $300/month for a decently-specced linux/freebsd box. Network, reliability, and support are top-notch. In the case of major problems like hard drive failures (which are going to happen eventually when you have enough boxes for enough time), they have been incredibly responsive and done everything I could have hoped for in order to get me back up and running ASAP.
For everything else, I use 1and1 [1and1.com]. Starts at about $100/month for a decent linux/freebsd
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RimuHosting (Score:2)
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I have not used the support staff much, but the few times I've interacted with them they've been knowledgeable and always get stuff done quickly.
John Companies (Score:1)
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Seconded. Johncompanies is awesome.
The virtual servers are responsive, and they provide secondary DNS for as many domains as you want to run off it. Linux server with 10 gigs of disk space (which the base OS doesn't eat due to virtual file system trickiness), 75 Gigs/month, $79 on a month-to-month basis, cheaper if you buy in larger blocks. The FreeBSD is cheaper and if you're hosting an open source project on it, they cut a pretty big discount, too. I've got multiple instances of Drupal and SMF runni
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cooplabs.net (Score:1)
The things I require of a colo a
PowerVPS (Score:2)
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For what I pay, however, having my own server is nice.
Jumping the gun a little? (Score:2)
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Additionally, as a Fortune 100 company, management must mainta
I've had good luck with Cari.net (Score:2)
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One of my customers specified their box to be behind Cari's hardware firewall. Turns out in this config Cari charges an extra $50 month for 'multiple MAC' support (ie: VMWARE). We just pulled it from the firewall and all was well with the world.
So, cari is a nice
Johncompanies.com (Score:2)
They're great. They offer the choice of Linux VMs with RedHat or Debian, or FreeBSD VMs. They also support the open source tools that run their stuff by giving discounts to contributors.
Even through I am no longer with them (decided I didn't need a full VHost anymore so I am just with dreamhost.com) I highly recommend them.
http://www.johncompanies.com [johncompanies.com]
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Frankly, in a virtual host, I want to set it and forget it, except for security patches. If I have to update config files 2x a week because you're continuously tweaking the system, that's annoying.
Plus, if they're still charging $75/mo for a Redhat vserver, that's a bit rich.
Quality Virtual Hosting (Score:1)
Superb... (Score:1)
Take a look at their network. It is amazingly good:
http://ns [superb.net]
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They put the KVM up so you could do it yourself, because it saves them money, and half their
Colo4Jax (Score:2)
Try a VPS (Score:1)
There are tons of offers and advice at www.webhostingtalk.com , your question has been asked a million times there already.
Voxel? (Score:2)
Tera-Byte (Score:1)
Local? (Score:2)
Fuss & O'Neil Technologies [offsitenow.com] is a good service in CT.
Eapps.com is not bad (Score:2)
Slicehost (Score:1)
Also a great community on the forums and chat.
GrokThis.net & VPS Village (Score:2)
The difference is that VPS Village lacks the RAID and backups that provides the reliability and assurance that GrokThis.net customers enjoy. GrokThis.net's VPS plans also provide optionally-hosted DNS and email services, useful for customers simply looking to manage their web services.
Mi-Connect.com (Score:2)
My company does that - Mi-Connect.com [mi-connect.com] - cheap colocation with good service. $49.95 a month with a 400 gig a month transfer limit for a 1u. $89.95 a month for a 4u. I can also do a dedicated server (my equipment, your control) starting at $89.95 a month. And no, I don't do "VSP" type hosting - too much potential for performance hits by having a single "host" getting popular.
My connectivity is good: 1 gig to level-3, OC-12 (620 meg) to Saavis and OC-3 (155 meg) to UUNet.
Layered Technologies (Score:2)
Rock solid for me. I've got a dual Xeon 2.8 / 2g ram / 2x500g SATA (RAID1). 10mb internet connection with 2(something) terabytes of transfer.
Check out their specials.
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Never needed any more than that. I've heard that it used to be a bit slower, but they're really on the ball to get things looked @..
1 suggestion, 1 non-suggestion, and 1 warning (Score:1)
I was working with a company called valueweb.net and their DNS took a huge hit, and they came out with the statement "DNS is not a guaranteed service" My opinion of them took a hit.
The cari.net server I just turned up was on an IP address that wasn't on any black lists, but I've been getting bounces like this:
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial conn
Globalservers.com (Score:2)
m5hosting.com (Score:2)
Rackmounted (Score:2)
Try rackmounted.com [rackmounted.com]. For $50/month, this is what I get:
I don't think they offer this configuration anymore, it looks like the cheapest now is $64/month. They do offer colocation for $55/month. You can get any flavor of Linux or BSD and they have very competent techs. You can even have them host a mac mini or xserve for you. Checkout their network setup [rackmounted.com] and fac [rackmounted.com]
Larger scale? (Score:2)
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linuxvps.org (Score:2)
do NOT use Layeredtech or SAVVIS resellers (Score:2)
I like unixshell.com... (Score:2)
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How about cheap and low-end side of things? (Score:2)
I found a place a few years ago that was like $20 for a year, but I lost the info I had on them. It was a minimal account-b
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Tektonic.net (Score:2)
I have a plan that they no longer offer (128MB Ram for $8/month).
The cheapest I've ever seen is vpsvillage.com, where you can get a low-powered VPS for $5. I haven't used them, so I have no idea how good they are.
Try browsing the VPS forums at webhostingtalk.com, and you'll be able to quickly learn who the players in the game are.
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Have You Checked Your Local Phone Book? (Score:2)
I have been colocating my personal server for nine years. At first, it was just a desktop on steroids. When the ISP went from charging by the network port/device to space, I got a 1U server to keep my costs low. (Colos generally bill by the U.)
In every town I have resided, I went to my phone book and started calling local ISPs. Never have I been disappointed. In every case, the local shop has been less expensive or at least competitive with the national players. Best of all, i
tummy.com, source of Linux Weekly News (Score:2)
It's very Linux friendly -- it's the source of Linux Weekly News (lwn) and highly knowledgable if you have questions.
GuaranteedVPS (Score:2)
On the downside, it's a two-man operation, and we both have day-jobs, so the tech support is pret
Jumpline.com nice servers, shame about the site (Score:2)
Jumpline provides a virtual dedicated server, their uptime is excellent and the application management system and accessibility is usable to good. The site is way over engineered and quite slow, and its hard to find stuff. Their customer service guys are helpful, mostly.
Their prices seem reasonable and response times acceptable.
I like em, and have used em for a couple of years, despite their dumb-ass website.
Host in Canada (Score:2)
Prices are good, i think they'll price match too.
OmegaSphere (Score:2)
We have extremely low client churn -- we make a point of treating every customer well and providing them with excellent support.
WestHost and EasySpeedy (Score:2)