[thelist] virtual private server recommendations

Peter Loron peterl at standingwave.org
Mon Aug 12 17:20:01 CDT 2002


You would be responsible for your own software, but for a virtual
"dedicated" box, check out:

http://www.johncompanies.com/collocation/

-Pete

noah wrote:
> I'm looking for a reasonable solution for hosting and administrating
> multiple sites (about 10 right now, hopefully continuing to grow).
>
> I am currently using a Vserver, but in the year or so that I've had it the
> company has changed hands twice -- I'm now, through no choice of my own, a
> typically unimpressed Interland customer (example: my server runs a
> three-year old beta version of PHP4 which Interland won't upgrade because
> they're not supporting "legacy" hosts).
>
> I'm leaning toward a "virtual private server" -- I've done some research,
> and so far I've been most impressed by Remarkable Hosting
> (http://www.remarkablehosting.com/) and OnSmart (http://www.onsmart.net/).
> Does anyone have any experience (good or bad) with either of these
> companies?
>
> Rackshack (http://www.rackshack.net/) has dedicated servers for not much
> more money, but all of the sites I'm currently hosting are fairly
> low-traffic, and a dedicated server might be overkill. Also, as far as I
> can tell from the Rackshack site, I would be responsible for software
> updates, etc. -- that stuff is taken care of with a virtual private server,
> which is nice.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Noah
>




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