[Phpwm] Recommendations for Hosting

[Alex Mace]

Indeed:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/fasthost_police_hack_investigation/

My rule of thumb is to avoid any company with "fast" in it's name  
because they are invariably crap. Don't use UKFast either.


On 26 Feb 2008, at 09:44, Ian Munday wrote:

> On 26 Feb 2008, at 07:36, Lester Caine wrote:
>
>> Tony Lovering wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a good hosting company?
>>> I need a company that can offer both shared and dedicated hosts  
>>> with tightly administered servers and a professional  
>>> administration to ensure that all known vulnerabilities and holes  
>>> are patched and closed and regularly checking of intrusion  
>>> detection and other system logs for operational irregularities and  
>>> oddities.
>>> Oh, and they mustn't cost the earth!
>>
>> I've just got to the same point :)
>>
>> The ADSL line here is becoming overloaded so I need a bit more  
>> bandwidth. SDSL is not available, but at £200 per month a machine  
>> somewhere else is looking attractive. ( The other quote for a line  
>> was £36k per year ... )
>>
>> Personally I need something that will support a current Apache/PHP  
>> set-up along with Firebird. I'd prefer an AMD64 based Linux  
>> machine, but that seems as elusive as shared hosting of a REAL  
>> database like Firebird ;)
>>
>> Current short list is Fasthosts down at Gloucester. I know WHERE it  
>> is does not matter, but I've 30Gb of data to push in initially, so  
>> dropping DVD's down seems a good idea.
>>
>> Any body got a better option?
>>
>> -- 
>> Lester Caine - G8HFL
>
> We've used Rackspace (www.rackspace.co.uk) for the last 3 years and  
> they've been nothing short of excellent.  Their support is superb  
> and they're truly a 24x7x365 operation.  Our whole LAMP  
> configuration is totally supported by them - hardware and software.   
> Of course we can also do exactly as we please to configuration, but  
> prefer to stay within a fairly standard setup for ease.  It frees up  
> a lot of time we previously spent managing our own server to  
> concentrate on the things we do best (I'm no Linux guru).  As an  
> existing customer I should be able to get you a discount (and I  
> benefit also) through their partner programme.  You're probably  
> looking nearer £300 than £200 per month though.
>
> I've not had personal experience of Fasthosts, but a colleague has  
> and from what I've heard I'd stay well clear.  He's had outages  
> lasting days and rubbish support where he's been unable to get hold  
> of a single human being during that time.  They also badly managed a  
> security issue and implemented a massive password change without  
> proper consultation.  His shared solution is also woefully slow and  
> unresponsive at times (though it has got better of late).  A couple  
> of months hosting costs at Rackspace should get you a full year at  
> Fasthosts though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ian
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