Sorry, are we talking about web server or host? ----------------------------- 孟祥宇 Shawn Meng blog: http://mengxy.net twitter: @mengxy
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Victor Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > For different kinds of sites, I use different providers. > > 0. Linode rocks, rocks, rocks. I have used it for three years and never had > a problem. Of course, as pointed out in this thread, it's a strictly DIY > approach, so someone who knows what they are doing has to participate in the > process. > > Interesting alternatives are: > > 1. Liquid Web VPS > This gives a great managed alternative on CentOS, great service, a VPS with > CPanel and WHS > > 2. Funnily enough, Site5... It was great 3 years ago, horrible up to 12 > months ago, but since it has been on Planet, I have found that a Reseller > account has rocked for simple shared-hosting kinds of sites. I recently > created a site for a friend, and I could install drush and have full ssh > access, and everything just worked, with decent performance. > > Victor Kane > http://awebfactory.com.ar > http://projectflowandtracker.com > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Justin Ellison <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm partial to Linode - they're affordable, and performance is top-notch. >> I've written quite a few articles about them on my blog: >> http://sysadminsjourney.com/category/linode >> >> You mention security - Linode is a hands-off provider. They give you a >> VPS, and a distro, and that's about it. Security is up to you. You don't >> get a CPanel, but you're free to install your own if you like. They also >> have StackScripts, which allow you to have "click-n-run servers". There's >> plenty of Drupal StackScripts, check them out at >> http://www.linode.com/stackscripts. >> >> Many others are happy with Amazon AWS and Rackspace, but I can't speak for >> them myself. I have less than stellar personal opinions of running Drupal >> on Aplus.net and Dreamhost shared hosting. >> >> HTH, >> >> Justin >> > >
