[mdlug] Questions about Hosting services

[David Lee Lambert]

Disclosure: I work for IBM.

If you really want a "forgiving" cloud environment, at a fair price,
SoftLayer(IBM service) might be a good option.

For truly static content, Amazon S3 is competitive; but the full array of
Amazon services would probably be confusing to one still learning, and some
of them can rack up charges quick. Similarly for Azure.

For shared hosting that allows php/perl/mysql, which is what the DreamHost
non-vps service might be after the glitzy sales pitch and initial setup,
FatCow has been OK for me.

A Michigan-based option for vps is LiquidWeb.

Returning to IBM, at a low enough usage level BlueMix is free ... no "free
trial", so far that deal is indefinite.

On Jun 24, 2016 10:33 AM, "Mathew May" <mathewmay72 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey gang,
>
> Does anyone have any experience with Dreamhost (dreamhost.com) and
> DigitalOcean for hosting?
>
> I am looking to try a new project to further my education a bit and have
> been recommended both sites from a few people that I know.  I am looking to
> build / maintain a server from the ground up in an environment that is a
> little forgiving so I don't get hacked to hell and back until I can get
> some more knowledge under my belt.
>
> From what I have read so far on each service, it sounds like Dreamhost is
> basically only hosting my web site/application whereas DigitalOcean gives
> me a VM and I take care of the entire thing.
>
> I don't have a ton of experience with firewalls or security, but I do like
> the idea of having total control over the server, and not just my
> application.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts or lessons learned that they would like to share?
>
> Thanks,
> Mat
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