Perhaps consider talking w/me. You know me from the midimag-ex list. www.brighter-vision.com has ways to contact me, should you wish. On 7/7/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Ken, > Will explore the resources you provide here. > As stated, i have absolute zero interest in managing the setup on my own. > i wish to know they will manage the servers, upgrade the software and > everything else. > shellworld is a good example of the sort of service I wish, with my > preferring to keep our organization's various hosting needs apart from > where I do things personally. > I admit space is important, especially if we are going to put sites > there, we have several hours of radio materials that will go there at some > point. Thankful beyond measure dreamhost never got that stuff. getting > our archived mail and files will be pain enough laughs. > Thanks, > karen > > > > On Sat, 7 Jul 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Tim here. >> >> First, my condolences regarding Dreamhost. They used to be good, but >> they were bought out by EIG (Endurance International Group). That's >> EIG's MO. They buy good hosting companies to obtain the customers >> and then ruin the property. Twice now I've found a great hosting >> company and migrated there, only to have EIG buy them out and turn >> it to [stream of profanity here]. So my first word of advice is to >> check lists of EIG-owned properties and avoid them like the plague. >> Here's one such list >> >> https://researchasahobby.com/full-list-eig-hosting-companies-brands/ >> >> I'd also avoid "1&1" hosting based on my past experiences with them. >> >> Once you know who *not* to pick, it depends on how much management you >> want the hosting company to do. There's managed (often called >> "shared" hosting) and unmanaged "VPS" (virtual private server) >> hosting. It sounds like you currently have managed hosting where the >> hosting service takes care of email, configuring your web-server & >> database, and you just customize with your domain-name, >> web-content/applications, and mail-addresses. It can usually be >> found cheaper than VPS hosting because they share one server's >> resources across a LOT of customers. >> >> With a VPS it's more like tou get a virtual machine and you're >> responsible for administering it. You can usually choose the OS >> (usually from popular Linux distributions, but some also provide >> FreeBSD or OpenBSD which I've come to prefer), choose which servers >> you want to run (mail, web-server, database, IRC, whatever), install >> those, and you are responsible for upgrades too. For these, I've been >> pleased with (or heard good things from people I trust about) OVH, >> Vultr, Digital Ocean, and Linode. For basic email and light >> web-hosting, any of their low-end plans should suffice, including >> Vultr's $2.50/mo which is about the lowest-price-for-best-features >> I've seen. Most of the others have reasonable starter plans around >> $5/mo which may be a better price-point for you. With 1GB of RAM and >> 20-30GB of disk-space, you shouldn't have any issues (unless you're >> hosting large files). >> >> For managed/shared hosting, here are a couple recent reviews of such >> services: >> >> https://www.cnet.com/web-hosting/ >> >> https://researchasahobby.com/best-website-hosting-companies-fooling/reliable-web-hosting-recommend/ >> >> though I'd eliminate any EIG properties from consideration. There >> are lots of such services and they vary in cost depending on how much >> hand-holding you need, phone-support, whether you want SSH access (I >> consider this a must-have), disk space, number of databases and email >> addresses, etc. You should be able to get something pretty >> reasonable for $5/month. >> >> -tim >> >> >> >> >> On July 7, 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> I realize many of you do your own servers and the like, so I am >>> going to ask this question with great care. My needs are rather >>> specific, and even if they seem old fashioned, they are rooted in >>> part in how my specific disability experiences manifest just now. >>> I work with a nonprofit organization with several program areas in >>> more than one country. >>> presently our web needs are housed with dreamhost. >>> www.dreamhost.com >>> Their hosting accounts include a fairly solid shell structure, in >>> Ubuntu, including programs like alpine. I use ssh telnet to reach >>> these services and must have comparative access where ever i go. >>> Dreamhost made security changes about a week ago which now block my >>> ssh access. while I may discover a work around, their mail server >>> behavior has been loopy for a while so...a blessing lies in all >>> this mayhem. I am going to contact one shell service of which I am >>> already aware, preferring not to bring all of my Internet life here >>> to shellworld. So, yes there is a question laughs. >>> Can you suggest a comparative hosting service that >>> a, provides a functional shell as apart of their account. >>> b allows for more than one domain to be hosted with them, including >>> sftp access and a great deal of account space. >>> c. has good customer service >>> and >>> d, is reasonably priced? >>> dreamhost donates hosting accounts to 501c3 organizations, so it >>> has been a free ride. >>> I do not expect that to continue, but I do hope to find something >>> reasonable. >>> >>> Thanks for your ideas if any. >>> Oh, I have no interest whatsoever in hosting my needs on my own. I >>> lack both the resources and talent for such a venture here in >>> Toronto. 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