Re: [LUG] cheap server hosting

[Edwin Rhodes <edwin_rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi gordon i have a physical server i would like to use but do not have a datacenter place to set it up, are you able to offer a datacenter place where i can install the physical server? thanks ed.

Creation is only a sheer act of will. Edwin.



> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:52:03 +0000
> From: gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LUG] cheap server hosting
>
> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Edwin Rhodes wrote:
>
> > hello i need to find a cheap server hosting company that offers:
> > apache, mysql, php and preferably linux as well, i need to run drupal and it
> > runs with the software packages just mentioned. any ideas?
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> If you've not found anyone soon, give me a shout. Although it's not my
> primary business, I do host servers and sites and somehow seem to have
> amassed over a dozen servers in a managed data centre so-far. (With 2 more
> going in early next year)
>
> I mainly build custom servers for custom purposes for my clients, but do
> have a shared service that would suit your needs. It certianly won't be
> the cheapest, but if you're still stuck and getting desperate, drop me an
> email with things like anticipated disk space and bandwidth, whether you
> need domain name(s), etc. and I'll see what I can do.
>
> Maybe not a good idea if it's to support your VoIP stuff through (which I
> hope is going well!) - might be a bit of a conflict there!!!
>
> Otherwise, hostroute used to be good, but I've not heard from them for a
> while (http://www.hostroute.co.uk/) Gradwell might be the benchmark for
> price/support and general "knowledge", (http://www.gradwell.com/)
> Rackspace get good reviews, but are relatively expensive, google will give
> you 1000's of results, so maybe sit-down and google for reviews of various
> host, etc.
>
> I'd also suggest they you try to retain direct control of your own domain,
> if possible, but some hosting companies will "bundle" a domain and
> web/email - read the small print very carefully - especially with regard
> to termination or transferring a domain out to a new host.
>
> You should be able to register a domain and host it separately, but maybe
> you've already got a domain.... If not, look at 123-reg. They're
> reasonably OK, not perfect, but who is, these days... (I have one client
> with a several 100 domains through them - so that's my basis for thinking
> they're reasonably OK - they have had outages, but seem to fix them. I use
> totalregistrations myself, but they do not do DNS hosting, just
> registration)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gordon
>
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