newlisp.org os down

[Lutz]

Since about 8:00am ET this morning newlisp.org is down, I hope this can be resolved today. Downloads for the Win32 installer and source are still possible at http://sourceforge.net/projects/newlisp">http://sourceforge.net/projects/newlisp



I wonder if anybody has a good suggestion for a reliable hosting company with good support for dedicated servers? Somebody who is around for the next years to come and takes service really serious? I have been a few years with the current hosting company, but whenever something goes wrong, people are not very helpful.



Lutz

[Lutz]

The site is online again:



http://newlisp.org">http://newlisp.org



Lutz



ps: still interested in hosting suggestions

[cormullion]

i was going to ask about a suitable host too. What do other people use for running their newlisp wikis? Are you currently using dreamhost, Lutz? I thought they were supposed to be good...

[nigelbrown]

My son found hostgator http://www.hostgator.com/">http://www.hostgator.com/ fine for simple site on a shared server http://www.vanitstudios.com/index.php">http://www.vanitstudios.com/index.php running Joomla. Can't comment on support for dedicated.

Nigel

[newdep]

Hi Lutz,



What exactly are you seeking? only content hosting or also server hosting?

(your own server or a local server with access?)



Norman.

[Lutz]

What I am looking for is what they call here a 'dedicatet server hosting'. Basicallly your are renting/using one of your service provider's servers all for yourself. These things run either FreeBSD (preferred), Linux or Windows and have a basic setup pre-installed including a management panel for configuring accounts, web-service, mail-service, SSH shell root access, sometimes DNS, and for rebooting the machine.



Currently I have a 1.8Mhz Pentium with 256MB RAM and 40G harddrive, which costs me about $50+ per month.



Lutz

[HPW]

The both big players in germany '1und1' and 'strato' offer their dedicated servers for 69€.

More expensive but better hardware: Dual core's with 1GB and RAID1 2x160Gb

[tom]

I use a vps on rimuhosting.  Their dedicated stuff is much more expensive, but they have something called "quarter dedicated."  You get a quarter of a machine to yourself.



I am also using dreamhost, btw.  They are nice, but the site I have hosted with them seems slow.

[newdep]

Prices in The Netherlands for Unix/Linux hosting are higher then $50,-



But I could run a mirror newlisp's /download/ ...directory,

depends on the traffic (if its not giga bytes per month people download..:-)

but I could run a script on my shell account (debian) and mirror  downloads/..daily



They can be found then at newlisp.nodep.nl/mirror/ or something...

(which is http only!)



just let me know..



PS: that would be ofcourse a newlisp mirroring script doing that job ;-)



Norman.

[newdep]

btw...if you index your complete newlisp.org at google you have a backup ;-).. Its a bit of a lazy trick but people do it ;-)

[ax0n]

Hey Lutz...



I'm just about ready to move to Wholesale Internet.  They're a competitor of NetStandard.  Their main data center facility is downtown KC, and I'll have physical access.  I think you can get off the ground with a colocated (not dedicated) box for about $40 per month with 100GB transfer.   I'd be willing to be your hands in KC as I'm already preparing to put a system of my own up there.



If all goes as planned, I'll also have tape backup on-site for my own stuff.  Depending on the size of your data, I might be able to help you out with backups, too.



I still have one or two of those old Supermicro nodes laying around, too...

[Lutz]

Thanks Peter, Tom, Norman and Noah for your offers and suggestions. At the moment we are online again :), but I am planning definitely for a move. I found this interesting site: http://www.webhostingunleashed.com/">http://www.webhostingunleashed.com/ evaluating everybody else.



Over the years I have been with several hosting companies. All of them turned out to be a good choice at the beginning. The question is: are they still as reliable and committed one, two or three years after today?



Perhaps I should host in more than one place, so I can switch DNS, quickly if required.



Lutz