08-24-2004, 08:36 PM
Yesterday I got a call from Globat, the web-hosting company used here at the Lounge, for which I have a dedicated server. They "are unable to make money" with their current pricing plan, $99/month, and will be raising the rent, so to say, to $159/month starting in October. "No thanks," I replied, since such a jump is a little ridiculous in my opinion.
Since this thingy you're using here ain't free (in case you weren't aware), that's too steep for costs. It's time to move! To where shall we go?
This is where I'd like some input. It's really hard to evaluate hosting plans on the net. While there are many sites out there that "review" or "rate" web hosting plans, many of them are "fake" in the sense that ad money = good reviews, or their "testimonials" are actually written by shills. What we need here is a dedicated server with:
Since this thingy you're using here ain't free (in case you weren't aware), that's too steep for costs. It's time to move! To where shall we go?
This is where I'd like some input. It's really hard to evaluate hosting plans on the net. While there are many sites out there that "review" or "rate" web hosting plans, many of them are "fake" in the sense that ad money = good reviews, or their "testimonials" are actually written by shills. What we need here is a dedicated server with:
- 500 MB storage space (more is always good, but unnecessary)
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- Email accounts (don't need many, but most everyone offers unlimited)
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- 100 GB/month transfer (more might be needed if this site gets heavily into a new game. Right now it's around 25 GB/month - during LoD Beta, we were clearing that much and more per week)
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- FTP access (standard)
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- MySQL databases (for forum and future site management system)
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- PHP
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- SSI<>
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That's about it. If any of you know of good dedicated server companies, let me know. Something under $100/month is greatly desired. It doesn't need to be the most kick-butt computer out there - in fact, it can be pretty skanky. Right now we're running on a skanky system, for example, and things run pretty well here. Stats:
AMD 1GHz Processor
512 MB RAM
60 GB DISK SPACE
450 GB Monthly Transfer
$99/month (going to $159/month)
So it doesn't need to be great. But it needs to be dedicated, because the moment we get Slashdotted or linked to by Blizzard and we're on some kind of "shared" plan, the plug gets pulled on the site. Those of you who were around last time when the site disappeared for 3 weeks know that all too well.
-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.