[Techtalk] Recommendations for Server Hosting

[Christine]

Can attest for Linode -- I also work there :P
But I used them a year before I worked there. Very solid and affordable. No
hidden costs.

All my best,
Christine


On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:33 PM Ricardo Dalceno <rddalceno at gmail.com>
wrote:

> have you tryed linode ?
> they ahve good and cheap plans for hosting linux vm's...
>
> Em qua, 25 de set de 2019 às 21:28, Michael Carson <
> techtalk at mike-carson.com>
> escreveu:
>
> > Second (third?) the prgmr.com. Been with them for years and years with
> no
> > problems and good prices.
> >
> > Digital ocean is also good - I've only had 'em since August, but I use it
> > for a *very* cheap vpn server, for when I don't want my traffic following
> > me home.
> >
> > You might also consider if having the server at your home with dynamic
> DNS
> > would fit your needs. I also do that, for the things I do want at home,
> and
> > it's been reasonably reliable (not as reliable as prgrmr, but as good as
> my
> > home connection plus one time it failed to update after a change).
> >
> > C.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 19:56 Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Sarah Newman writes:
> > > > On 9/25/19 1:45 PM, Kagan MacTane wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Folks--
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a physical server that's been parked in a place with a
> static
> > IP
> > > > > for a while. It's Ubuntu 16.04, running web, email (POP, IMAP, and
> > > > > SMTP), and DNS for a few domains and a few users. The situation is
> > > > > changing such that I can't keep it there anymore, but I don't have
> a
> > > > > housing situation that includes static IP addresses anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems like I need to set up a cloud or virtual or remote server
> > > situation. Right? And migrate all users, email, etc. over to it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations on good services for this?
> > And/or
> > > on best practices for this migration? Thank you in advance.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > If I may recommend my own service - prgmr.com - we try to keep our
> IP
> > > > address space clean, which is important for email hosting. I helped
> > SVLUG
> > > > perform a forklift migration of their physical server to a virtual
> and
> > > can
> > > > help some with the steps there if you don't have a lot of time and/or
> > an
> > > > easy means to start from a clean install.
> > >
> > > I've used prgmr.com for hosting for many years, and they've been
> great.
> > > I definitely recommend them.
> > >
> > > We moved off a home server like you're planning to do, but it was so
> > > long ago that I don't remember a lot of details. I'm fairly sure we
> > > started with a new Debian installation provided by Sarah and her crew
> > > (which was 64-bit, where our home server had been 32-bit); then
> > > we copied directories and config files for the services we needed,
> > > like apache2, postfix etc. from our old server, getting services
> > > working one by one. If you're migrating to a virtual of the same OS
> > > you were running before, it should all be fairly straightforward. If
> > > it's a different OS, then you'll have all the usual "How has Apache
> > > borked the config file structure this time?" questions you always
> > > have with a system upgrade, but it's no harder on a virtual machine
> > > than it would be on a physical server.
> > >
> > >         ...Akkana
> > >
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