In the past, I had a very good experience with mags.net in Connecticut. Lately, I've been using interserver.net and I've been very happy with them (thanks to Porkchop for the recommendation after The Space went away). They're dedicated hosting, I don't know if they do colocation per se (i.e. your server, their site). I would be inclined to try linode if I were in the market.
I agree with Russell, I think these days you're better off not having your own hardware. Let somebody else deal with the backups and fried mobos. Most of us just want a safe place to run our apps. Russell Polo wrote: > though work (azimuth) I've got a server at http://www.mosso.com/ > > Rather than a hosted server , it's a industrial strength cluster. > Personally I like it better than being burdened with managing a specific > server . > > What I get : as many web sites as I want, I think it's 80 Gig of > storage. as many email addresses and databases that I want. (mysql ) > Great support and a location on rackspace's massive bandwidth. (more > than I could ever imagine hitting) . Sights hosted there could actually > endure a slashdotting. > > What I don't get , (compared to a hosted server) root access. or even > ssh access (they say it's coming ) and the ability to install and test > new or different versions of software. But I actually view that as a > plus, cause I don't have to manage anything weird as well. > > If you have web sites that are built on standard LAMP (you can chose > versions of php on a domain name basis) this is a no-brainer solution > for me. > > At $100/month , for what you are getting (particularly when compared to > hosted servers) it's a bargain. > > > If that price point is too high or you need to tweek the server in funny > ways I'd look into a virtual server or a hosted server at a cheaper site. > I have had other stuff @ http://www.webintellects.com/ for more than a > year now. ( on a VPS) I think I pay $39/month on a annual contract. > > They have been ok. At times it took longer than I would like to get a > response. but that service is worth what I pay for it. That server is > slow, and could not put up with a high demand. I see that their hosted > servers start at more than mosso's cluster. > > In the past I had a single server directly at rackspace > (www.rackspace.com) but the price point got just to high for me. and > it's a pain to upgrade versions on a remote machine. I think they start > @ $400/month to host a server. > > I'll gladly answer any other questions you have. > > --Russell Polo > > > > John Mort wrote: > > Anyone know of any decent local server colocations? My brother has a > > business venture that's starting to take off and would like to move > > his server out of his house. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > ============================================================================= michaelMuller = [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.mindhog.net/~mmuller ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. - Thomas Paine ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
