[clue] Web host recommendations?

[Jim Ockers]

Hi,

If you want to show off your sysadmin skills you can get a VPS from 
Acenet for $15/mo and get some practice doing DNS/apache/postfix 
administration and every other sysadmin task.  I use Acenet VPS and so 
far so good.

www.ace-host.net I think.

With a VPS you get a CentOS box that you can ssh into, and you can yum 
install and do whatever you want with it, subject to their AUP of 
course.  I used their support once and it was better/faster/more 
effective than I expected.

HTH,
Jim

-- 
Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
Contact info: http://www.ockers.net/


foo7775 at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've spent parts of the last several days trying to determine which 
> provider to host my newly-purchased domain with. The site is intended 
> for two primary purposes, the first being to share/highlight/document 
> professional (I.T.) skills that I have developed, some of which I've 
> developed on my own/outside of my 'professional' experience.
>
> The second purpose is to serve as a bit of a communication with one of 
> my nephews who's in his final years of high school & who has an 
> interest in going into the I.T. field - my thought is that I can 
> document (and/or link to) a lot of the basics that he should start 
> learning. So all in all, I'd guess that this sounds a bit "bloggish" 
> (although I'm *hoping* to present it in a way that's a bit more 
> professional than that!) if that helps with the determination of who 
> to suggest.
>
> I've quickly learned that there is a *LOT* of absolute *crap* out 
> there when it comes to reviews of different hosting providers, & some 
> of it looks believable.  So far, I've found whoishostingthis.com & 
> dslreports.com, each of which appear to have relatively 
> straightforward information (yes, I knew of dslreports before this week).
>
> Additionally, I'm also looking to refresh some skills that I haven't 
> used in a while (say DNS), or develop some that I simply haven't had a 
> chance to in my professional life (Apache, Postfix).  It seems that 
> the "easy" thing to do would be to self-host which I have no problem 
> with, except that trying to host a domain's email with dynamic DNS 
> sounds like more hassle than it's worth.  (Not to mention trying to 
> get my ISP to cooperate, without upgrading to a business plan...)
>
> So - I've said all of that to try & define what I'm hoping to get from 
> the hosting provider, so that anyone who reads this is able to make 
> the best recommendation.  The real requirements that I have are that 
> they offer Linux hosting, US-based support, & (ideally) can do it for 
> less than $10/month (I don't expect a lot of traffic).
>
> At the moment, I'm considering inMotion and BlueHost, but from what 
> I've seen, EVERYONE sucks.  Hostgator is NOT an option (I'm not going 
> to send *strangers* a copy of my photo ID!).  I'm hoping that a few 
> people here will have some solid suggestions to offer, any & all info 
> is appreciated.
>
> Thanks all.
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