[Hidden-tech] Alternative to SiteGround?

Wed Mar 24 19:53:39 UTC 2021

Good point, Sam.

I haven't used Digital Ocean (except during a weekend Hackathon) but I 
have used Linode.  They do give me access to do a manual restart through 
their interface, AND they let me do a rebuild from a backup.  So neither 
of those actions are support-dependent.

But if I want anything fancier, then yes I do need to get them on chat.

-Bram

On 3/24/2021 2:29 PM, Sam McClellan via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> Hi Bram,
>
> Yes, we actually use Digital Ocean for prototyping more complex 
> systems we're developing before moving them to a dedicated server. The 
> main problem I have with Digital Ocean, and based on reviews it's the 
> same for all those instant VPS systems, is that we have no access to 
> their infrastructure and so are completely dependent on their level of 
> support. We've had instances where we've gone several hours without a 
> response, which is untenable. With a server, we have very quick access 
> to the infrastructure. Also, the storage space is expensive compared 
> to SSD's on a server.
>
> Sam
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> On 3/24/2021 1:57 PM, Bram Moreinis via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>
>> Recommendation:
>>
>> Use Linode instead of AWS.  It isn't managed, but they provide great 
>> service: https://www.linode.com/
>>
>> It's similar to Digital Ocean in that you can duplicate and engineer 
>> different server configurations.
>>
>> If all you want is a command line without the GUI, Linode gives you 
>> that too.
>>
>> You can buy Linode time by the day.
>>
>> -Bram
>>
>> On 3/24/2021 12:56 PM, Sam McClellan via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>>>> I try not to give Jeff Bezos even one more dime, so will likely 
>>>> never wind up on AWS.
>>> That is the issue I face as a host. I know a cloud format is better 
>>> than the single server format for hosting for several reasons, 
>>> principally redundancy, management and distributed content. But in 
>>> my experience, we're in a transition time when all the clouds that 
>>> are affordable enough and could be used for shared hosting are owned 
>>> by the same big companies that are trying to get our information and 
>>> that I don't want to support.
>>>
>>> I do believe private clouds will become more affordable and usable 
>>> over time. In the meantime we do our best -- our servers are hosted 
>>> in relatively green colo's that have direct access to the internet 
>>> backbone, we back up every day and, for any sites that need it for 
>>> bandwidth and global distribution, use a CDN - mainly Cloudflare, or 
>>> Sucuri if they need a firewall too. Love Sucuri.
>>>
>>> Sam
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