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*Google App Engine (GAE) - great for infrequently changing sites that you don't want to worry about - [[User:Ms7821|Mark]]
*Google App Engine (GAE) - OK for infrequently changing sites that you don't want to worry about - [[User:Ms7821|Mark]]


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*Idaq - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/3267e6423dc49b26 Yiannis]
*Idaq - [http://groups.google.com/group/london-hack-space/msg/3267e6423dc49b26 Yiannis]
*[https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ Digital Ocean] - very nice service, cheap, APIs [[User:Ms7821|Mark]]
*[https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/ Digital Ocean] - very nice service, cheap, APIs [[User:Ms7821|Mark]]
*[http://www.hetzner.de/en/ Hetzner] - popular
*[http://www.hetzner.de/en/ Hetzner] - popular for VMs or web
 
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Revision as of 23:25, 30 July 2014

Hosting providers

Recommendations for that age-old question of how to host a website once you have an idea. Please provide a justification for your recommendation - spam will be ruthlessly pruned.


Static

  • Github - free, and works well with git, of course - Mark

Free

  • Google App Engine (GAE) - OK for infrequently changing sites that you don't want to worry about - Mark

DNS

  • Zoneedit - free for 2 domains - Mark
  • Portfast - Nat

Basic

  • Amazon EC2
  • Babbage - all members can host under their home directory and request ports to be opened
  • Gradwell - Artag
  • Mythic Beasts - sde
  • Funio - Eithin

VPS

  • Bitfolk - "they provide the server for hackspace.org.uk, their support is ace and they don't enrage me even a little bit" -Alexjs
  • Bytemark - Renski, Nat, Alexjs
  • linode - "I've been using them for a year, no complaints" srimech
  • uk2/vps.net - used for about a year, very good service during that time, occasional bouts of latency but generally worked very well - win2k3 and linux vm's used, all fine.
  • contextshift.eu - a friend's organisation, servers based in .nl, support over IRC and email. Excellent value, brilliant uptime, very little latency. - Tajasel
  • Idaq - Yiannis
  • Digital Ocean - very nice service, cheap, APIs Mark
  • Hetzner - popular for VMs or web