Hosting Recommendations

From: John Chris Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Wed Mar 6 12:32:40 2002

        pair.com has been great for me. And if you want your own server, try
rackspace.com. I chose them for a NHTSA project that demanded 24/7 server
availability. They have 11 backbone providers coming in to the site, IIRC.

        --John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeffrey S. Sharp
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:20 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Hosting Recommendations
>
>
> I need to find a good email/web hosting service. Yes, this is on-topic.
>
> Right now, subatomix.com (my mail server) is a machine in my house,
> connected via residential cable modem service. This has some cool factor
> for me, but there are disadvantages:
>
> (0) The system has to up and stable 24/7; I can't play with it in ways
> that might interrupt that.
>
> (1) The cable modem connection goes down every now and then, sometimes for
> several hours.
>
> (2) I'm not too knowledgeable at mail administration; there's a good
> probability that this machine is not as secure as it could be.
>
> On top of that stuff, a credible source inside the cable company says that
> I will be eventually switched over from RoadRunner to the cable company's
> own network. According to the source, areas where the switches are
> occurring (mostly those served by _at_Home, but RoadRunner is next) are
> experiencing repeated, prolonged outages.
>
> So I need list members' recommendations on a good email/web hosting
> service. If you work for such a service, feel free to suggest it if it is
> a good service. What I want is:
>
> (0) Email hosting for 5 addresses at subatomix.com. It needs to handle
> several hundred emails per day (peak) and the occasional large file mailed
> to me.
>
> (1) Web hosting for my as-yet-unfinished personal web site. The largest
> part of the site will be an exposition of my collection like that of many
> others here. I plan on having a lot of pictures, and the service needs
> the capacity to hold them. (See it *is* on-topic).
>
> (2) Encrypted communications, or at least my passwords not sent over the
> network in cleartext.
>
> (3) The servers running some UNIX and administered by competent people.
>
> (4) A flat fee.
>
> (5) If I use their DNS servers, the ability to point foo.subatomix.com to
> a certain IP address.
>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com
>
>
Received on Wed Mar 06 2002 - 12:32:40 GMT