Tim, Whatever other problems dreamhost has, it does not appear on the list of EIG-owned hosting companies that you linked. -joel On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 04:59:59PM -0500, 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. Thanks, > > Karen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list