Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Chris Humphries
I use Vultr.com with custom iso support for NetBSD, with the $5/month plan. Rock solid and have ipv4 and ipv6 working great (including reverse DNS). For mail, I self-host though there are many mail vendors that may fit the bill. If you're looking for everything bundled you may be searching for a

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Andrew Luke Nesbit
On 08/05/2019 18:41, Christopher Pinon wrote: > Thanks for your extended comment, but I'm not sure that I would conclude > from it that "Debian is in pretty bad shape these days". (Or, if so, > then that every distribution is in pretty bad shape these days.) You've identified a contradiction in

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote: > On 08/05/2019 10:19, Christopher Pinon wrote: > > > Debian will never be as polished as CentOS or as shiny as Ubuntu, but > > it's pretty good in all other respects. > > I still think it's the best GNU/Linux distribution. It will be the gold > standard for a long

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 05:48:10PM +0100, Andrew Luke Nesbit wrote: > I don't like systemd but I accept it and I embrace > it. And I think it will get better. I am trying to > learn how to operate it. Bingo. I agree completely with everything you say about Debian, the systemd wars (which

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Andrew Luke Nesbit
On 08/05/2019 09:09, Mayuresh wrote: > BTW what is the downside of having IPV6 only? Isn't it the future anyway? I am trying to go IPv6-native. It's been very difficult so far. The worst thing is when an ISP doesn't support IPv6. How does one work around this? Andrew -- OpenPGP key: EB28

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Andrew Luke Nesbit
On 08/05/2019 10:19, Christopher Pinon wrote: > Sijmen J. Mulder wrote: > >> U'll Be King Of The Stars wrote: >>> Debian is in pretty bad shape these days. >> >> At risk of getting OT here, but in what way? Not trying to debate, just >> curiousity. > > I can't say what ullbeking was thinking

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Sijmen J. Mulder
Sad Clouds wrote: > Hello, could anyone recommend web hosting providers for the following cases: I've been happy with TransIP. Official support for OpenBSD and FreeBSD but not NetBSD. Based in the Netherlands. Sijmen

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Sad Clouds wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:40 AM Christopher Pinon > wrote: > > > In my experience, nowadays, KVM and NetBSD play pretty well together, > > but yes, it's always possible for obscure KVM-related issues to arise. > > > > I've not used NetBSD that much on KVM, but I've had

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Sad Clouds
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:40 AM Christopher Pinon wrote: > In my experience, nowadays, KVM and NetBSD play pretty well together, > but yes, it's always possible for obscure KVM-related issues to arise. > I've not used NetBSD that much on KVM, but I've had network and disk performance issues with

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Sijmen J. Mulder wrote: > U'll Be King Of The Stars wrote: > > Debian is in pretty bad shape these days. > > At risk of getting OT here, but in what way? Not trying to debate, just > curiousity. I can't say what ullbeking was thinking of, but some were disappointed by Debian's decision (for

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Mayuresh wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 08:04:05AM +, Christopher Pinon wrote: > > When I ran NetBSD on Vultr over a year ago, the $2.5/m plan included a > > dedicated IPv4 address, but alas this is no longer the case. (That plan > > was also difficult to get, because they were nearly

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Mark Carroll wrote: > On 08 May 2019, mayur...@acm.org wrote: > > > What could be NetBSD-specific issues that would require provider's help? I > > have faced none till now. Just curious. > > At least for VPS sometimes one suffers from the imperfect imitation > provided by the virtualization

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Sijmen J. Mulder
U'll Be King Of The Stars wrote: > Debian is in pretty bad shape these days. At risk of getting OT here, but in what way? Not trying to debate, just curiousity. Sijmen

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Niels Dettenbach (Syndicat IT & Internet) wrote: > if runned with typical, "well" dimensioned and configured business server > hardware (i.e. HP DL or IBM etc. - what many think about if they think > "servers") on top IP uplink with skilled support personal without any > possible restrictions

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 08:04:05AM +, Christopher Pinon wrote: > When I ran NetBSD on Vultr over a year ago, the $2.5/m plan included a > dedicated IPv4 address, but alas this is no longer the case. (That plan > was also difficult to get, because they were nearly always "sold out".) I still

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Mayuresh wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:19:05AM +0100, Sad Clouds wrote: > > UK-SSD-KVM-1024 > > 2 CPU Core (Equal Share) > > 1024 MB Ram > > 10 GB Pure NVMe SSD Disk space > > 1000 GB Bandwidth @ 1 gbit (shared) > > 1 x IPv4 address > > 1 x /64 IPv6 > > Full daily backup > > > > Price is

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Sad Clouds wrote: > On Tue, 07 May 2019 21:20:57 + > Christopher Pinon wrote: > > > For a small, reliable UK-based provider (who offer both web hosting > > and VPSes), I can recommend https://inceptionhosting.com/ . I > > currently run a small NetBSD VPS with them. > > > > C. > > Hi,

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Mark Carroll
On 08 May 2019, mayur...@acm.org wrote: > What could be NetBSD-specific issues that would require provider's help? I > have faced none till now. Just curious. At least for VPS sometimes one suffers from the imperfect imitation provided by the virtualization platform where kernel- or

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:23:29AM +, Christopher Pinon wrote: > Nevertheless, depending on the provider and the question, sometimes > they're willing to help with certain questions regarding well-known > Linux distributions. For example, if your question is "How do I set up > IPv6 on

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Christopher Pinon
Mayuresh wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 09:20:57PM +, Christopher Pinon wrote: > > but naturally the downside is that the provider won't be able to help > > with NetBSD-specific issues. > > What could be NetBSD-specific issues that would require provider's help? I > have faced none till

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Niels Dettenbach (Syndicat IT & Internet)
Am 8. Mai 2019 08:19:05 MESZ schrieb Sad Clouds : >Price is 2.50EUR per month and no setup fees, which sounds rather >cheap. >Last time I looked into web hosting was about 15 years ago, so maybe >prices have come down this much. For such a small price, do they really >offer a reasonable service,

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Mayuresh
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 07:19:05AM +0100, Sad Clouds wrote: > UK-SSD-KVM-1024 > 2 CPU Core (Equal Share) > 1024 MB Ram > 10 GB Pure NVMe SSD Disk space > 1000 GB Bandwidth @ 1 gbit (shared) > 1 x IPv4 address > 1 x /64 IPv6 > Full daily backup > > Price is 2.50EUR per month and no setup fees,

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

2019-05-08 Thread Sad Clouds
On Tue, 07 May 2019 21:20:57 + Christopher Pinon wrote: > For a small, reliable UK-based provider (who offer both web hosting > and VPSes), I can recommend https://inceptionhosting.com/ . I > currently run a small NetBSD VPS with them. > > C. Hi, thanks for the link. This is one of their