Cheap Servlet Hosting?

deander2 asks: "I'm a Web developer specializing in Java servlets. I'm looking for a basic Web-hosting solution that can (cheaply) provide e-mail and the ability to test and run my own personal programs. However, everywhere I go the only packages available with servlet options cost $80+/month, MUCH more than justified for a personal Web site. I ask Slashdot: Are there any hosting companies which offer personal Web hosting with servlet capabilities in the sub $20/month category? Am I asking too much here? Is getting a corporate account the only way to go if I want to show off my work?"

Third Level domain name support??

[SexyJesus]

Does anyone know of an affordable host that has third level domain name support??

I currently own (my-surname).com and I really want to be able to host my pages on (my-firstname).(my-surname).com ->pretty cool, eh?

However, I can't seem to find many affordable hosts that support virtual servers for third level domains. Also, third level domain name support is not a feature that I can find in any of the hosting directories.

Re:8.25 a month

[sahala]

Um....I see NO mention of Java servlet support at paylesswebhosting.com. It's all great that it's linux/apache and it has some "perks", but I think we're trying to identify places with cheap servlet hosting.

www.imaginis.com

[sahala]

$10 / month for basic service with Java Servlet and JSP support. It's $5 for a domain name and another $5 for database support.

This is pretty good.

Re:We do it for $15

[ctran]

I looked at the site and nothing metioned servlet as well as $15?

We do it for $15

[xtremex]

We do servlet hosting for $15 a month...go to
http://www.cguru.com for more info

Re:We do it for $15

[xtremex]

We haven't added it to our site yet, but it IS $15 :)

8.25 a month

[derrickh]

It aint free, but www.paylesswebhosting.com [paylesswebhosting.com] is $8.25 a month and has cgi-bin access,access to your log files among a few other perks. You can add as many email accounts as you need with webbased administration. And best of all, it's Linux/Apache based.

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Servlets on a SIMM

[LKH]

I guess this is kinda off topic, but what you could do is buy a TINI [ibutton.com] for $50US from Dallas Semiconductor Corp [dalsemi.com], and put your servlets on that.

I have one of these , for my final year project, and they're pretty cool. These [smartsc.com] guys have written some GPL code that lets you run servlets. Of course, you'd probably better not plan on getting too many hits - It doesn't seem to handle too many hits too well! Well, it is only 103mm by 32mm by 10mm, so what can you expect

(I know this is kinda off-topic, but, well, so what)

Cheap Servlet Hosting?

[plumby]

try mycgiserver [mycgiserver.com]. They seem to be free.

there are a bunch of things to look out for though

[AugstWest]

Most servlet hosting companies are using a shared VM for all of their hosted accounts. This is really, really bad. If any one account's code crashes, everyone's account goes with it.

It's also extremely insecure to have people sharing the memory space.

This is easily worked around if the hosting company uses JServ, knows about servlet zones and has a boatload of RAM to devote to each account, which is where the expense comes in. To have a secure environment to run your servlets in you need your own chunk of 16+ megs of RAM, which gets pretty expensive for the hosting company.

Cheap Servlet Hosting?

[jasonc95]

I've used HostPro http://www.hostpro.com [hostpro.com] before and found them to be pretty reliable and they have decent features. You get servlets, 200MB space, plus mySQL access for something like $40/mo with a $40 setup.

I used them to actually run a commerical site, but for personal development I just got an old P90 and put RedHat, Apache, jserv and mySQL on it to test my stuff with. It was much easier being able to do anything I wanted to the server and DB for testing, plus I had like 4 GB of space. If you have the time and don't need reliable or fast access, I'd suggest you go that route.

Jason