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JerryMungo

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Hi, can anyone recommend affordable US based hosting? What I would really like is to get .Net and PHP hosting in a single package for around $30 a month. Is that doable? Who do you recommend?
 
The only way to get that kind of hosting is if you take Windows based hosting, but since PHP is more native to Linux than Windows, you may miss out on some features, depending on what you need todo. $30 is a lot of money. What do you want to host?
 
Windows is not required - you can configure a LAMP setup and use Apache to serve ASP.NET, however it is not a common configuration and there are known limitations. We sometimes set it up for VPS (Virtual Private Server) clients on their request.
 
RavenServers said:
Windows is not required - you can configure a LAMP setup and use Apache to serve ASP.NET, however it is not a common configuration and there are known limitations. We sometimes set it up for VPS (Virtual Private Server) clients on their request.
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Not interested in non MS based ASP - too much headache with compatibility, we want to be on the .Net 4 bleeding edge, silverlight etc. I am looking for a provider who can offer us .Net as well as Php within the $30 range - they do exist, I just want to hear opinions in here about who to try... There seem like so many fly-by-nights and the categories range from home user (so many out there) to dedicated freaking expensive....
 
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SoftDux-Rudi said:
The only way to get that kind of hosting is if you take Windows based hosting, but since PHP is more native to Linux than Windows, you may miss out on some features, depending on what you need todo. $30 is a lot of money. What do you want to host?
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Er, of course it's possible?

MrsBBL said:
Hi, can anyone recommend affordable US based hosting? What I would really like is to get .Net and PHP hosting in a single package for around $30 a month. Is that doable? Who do you recommend?
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Check out RackSpace Cloud... it runs PHP natively on Linux and .NET natively on Windows and you only push the files in the same directory etc like you want. Also usage based pricing so you might benefit off of the scalability of it all
 
AcidRaZor said:
Er, of course it's possible?


Check out RackSpace Cloud... it runs PHP natively on Linux and .NET natively on Windows and you only push the files in the same directory etc like you want. Also usage based pricing so you might benefit off of the scalability of it all
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Thanks - we use dedicated rack space at HQ and pay over $1k per server. I tried asking them for a quote re: cloud but they didn't bother replying. They don't seem to have pricing online. Perhaps I should try again...
 
MrsBBL said:
Thanks - we use dedicated rack space at HQ and pay over $1k per server. I tried asking them for a quote re: cloud but they didn't bother replying. They don't seem to have pricing online. Perhaps I should try again...
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I may just try their Beta Windows cloud platform at $30 a month. Traffic is very cheap too...
 
MrsBBL said:
Thanks - we use dedicated rack space at HQ and pay over $1k per server. I tried asking them for a quote re: cloud but they didn't bother replying. They don't seem to have pricing online. Perhaps I should try again...
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You sure you spoke with RACKSPACE? Because those guys don't just "don't bother replying".
 
AcidRaZor said:
You sure you spoke with RACKSPACE? Because those guys don't just "don't bother replying".
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It was an email submission - yep, no reply and nothing in my spam folder. I did get hold of an agent via their live chat - that was awesome and worked well. I have heard very good reports from our HQ regarding them too, so I am sure this will be the solution...
 
MrsBBL said:
It was an email submission - yep, no reply and nothing in my spam folder. I did get hold of an agent via their live chat - that was awesome and worked well. I have heard very good reports from our HQ regarding them too, so I am sure this will be the solution...
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Yea, I'm a bit surprised at you not hearing back from them because RackSpace ROCK. They pick up the phone within 3 rings, they have a local 0800 number so you don't pay premium for phoning and if they say they'll call you back in 10 minutes they mean it. I even had an issue installing Apache on the same server IIS was on and with a stab in the dark asked their support why it is... I got back a detailed explanation as to why (IIS hogs all IP's), how to fix it, how to install Apache on a different IP and all without url forwarding or any crap like that.

Was truly amazing. If everyone could afford having servers with them then I'd recommend them all the time, because unlike other local companies that strives to be the best at support, RackSpace really does deliver EVERY time
 
MrsBBL said:
Hi, can anyone recommend affordable US based hosting? What I would really like is to get .Net and PHP hosting in a single package for around $30 a month. Is that doable? Who do you recommend?
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MrsBBL, setting up a windows server with php is simple. The php setup itself only takes a few minutes.

If you need assistance with hosting prices, setting up of the server or even some hands on (remote assistance) let me know and I'll gladly assist where possible.
 
Off topic, but cant find any relevant threads.

Does anyone know if the traffic charges for local data centres will come down, now that there seems to be an abundance of cheap bandwidth in SA ?

Shot
 
Coza said:
Off topic, but cant find any relevant threads.

Does anyone know if the traffic charges for local data centres will come down, now that there seems to be an abundance of cheap bandwidth in SA ?

Shot
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I believe WebAfria has some good local hosting deals. AcidRaZor was talking about them recently if my memory serves me correctly...
 
Yea, so far Web Africa's hosting packages offers the best bandwidth for your $ locally. Followed by Afrihost and then Hetzner.

If money is more important to you than uptime or availability, I'd go with Web Africa's Linux Hosting (their Windows packages is just as cheap)
If uptime or availability is more important, I'd go with Afrihost and also grab yourself an ADSL account while you're at it.
If flexibility/uptime and availability is important, I'd go with a dedicated server from Hetzner :)

Web Africa also offers dedicated servers but it is very limited in hardware seeing as they supply X type of hardware and nothing else
With Afrihost it's also a no-name 1U type dedicated server you're getting, which I'm not a fan of just because it's not THAT redundant
With Hetzner you know you're getting quality **** (Dell Racked FTW)

Preferably I would host my dedicated server with Web Africa, seeing as their data center is Teraco (currently I doubt IS or MTN Business DC's are worth much at all and they're also limited to their own bandwidth, where Teraco is vendor neutral)

However, until Teraco OR Web Africa pulls their heads out their asses re: Hardware choices, possible self-provisioning of server/co-location, I'd choose Hetzner tbh
 
AcidRaZor said:
Yea, so far Web Africa's hosting packages offers the best bandwidth for your $ locally..
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hi, are you talking about their reseller hosting prices or just per website pricing, cause their reseller pricing sucks if you have allot of domains ect
 
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