09-08-2004, 09:48 PM
TPJ,Sep 8 2004, 08:57 AM Wrote:The Amazon Basin's host is EV1Servers.net as well.Lately I've been perusing the wonderful forums at http://www.webhostingtalk.com, which is a huge source of information about hosting plans. EV1 has gotten good reviews there. 1&1 has NOT. I no longer consider 1&1 an option.
Currently I'm looking at ServInit's VPS Plans. Like EV1, they get rave reviews by many at Web Hosting Talk. I really don't think the LL needs a full lone dedicated server; plus, the $40 less a month would be a nice boon to my strapped bottom line. A VPS would fit in well here. The site's too big for any kind of shared plan, and too small for a full dedicated machine. We're not Diabloii.Net, and we don't have the forum activity of a huge guild site like the Basin. The only time the LL would need a full dedicated server would be when we get Slashdotted, which hopefully will never happen again. Even so, I may just take steps on the new host to ban all access from Slashdot.org links.
Everything I read there shows that ServInit is one of the top hosting providers in the industry. 80-90% of the comments about 1&1 are negative, however.
I still wonder how Globat thinks they can charge $159/month with the crappy hardware this server's on. That's a joke. Anyway...
Note: EV1 has an even cheaper VPS Plan. However, the servers are completely unmanaged. I am not familiar enough with Linux to be sure of setting up a fully protected box to prevent DDos and hack attempts. ServInit will take care of that, and yet still give me the power to install programs I want and have root access.
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.