[svlug] VPS recommendations?

[Erik Klein]

I've used both digital ocean and linode for 15 years or so. Both are quite good. I've had a few linode servers that have been up and running for years with no unplanned outages. One recommendation is don't use the VPS company to host the DNS. Find a different company for that so you have easy portability.  

Best of luck. 
Erik

On Thu, Oct 17, 2024, at 6:39 AM, Zack Zatkin-Gold wrote:
> DigitalOcean is an excellent provider for a VPS.  I also used to run my own e-mail server with them, but fighting the spam with Postfix + Dovecot + other software's configuration tweaks started to get taxxing after ten years.  So I moved my e-mail to Fastmail and I've enjoyed it ever since.
> 
> So all in all i would recommend doing DigitalOcean for a shell/files/web service, and Fastmail for e-mail.
> 
> Best of luck,
> Zack
> 
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024, at 01:51, ead-svlug at ixian.com wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> Can anyone recommend a good VPS, a virtual private server, for my domain?
>> 
>> ixian.com has been hosted at sonic.net for maybe 20 years now, but hosting is now a legacy service to them. They took shell access away earlier this year (2024), and their help desk tells me they no longer offer a secure way for domain holders to copy files up to them, only insecure FTP. Ridiculous and disappointing.
>> 
>> So I'm looking for a (BSD or Linux) server where I can:
>> 
>>         - host my domain
>>         - receive domain email (to *@ixian.com)
>>         - from which I download email to home with IMAP or what have you (I don't possess the expertise or inclination to run my own mail server)
>>         - have shell access
>>         - host a simple, basically static web site
>>         - keep some files (less than 1 GB)
>> 
>> I (presently, sadly) get Internet connectivity via Comcast, so I don't need a connectivity solution.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance for your thoughts (or clarifying questions),
>> Eric
>> --
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>> Eric De Mund
>>         email ......... ead-svlug at ixian.com
>>         Google Chat ... ead.ixian at gmail.com
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>>         fax ........... 425.491.4517
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