Web Hosting

I could do with some suggestions on web hosting, if this is not an
appropriate place to ask please move me on!

I want to host a site that will have lots(hundreds, perhaps eventually a
few thousand) pictures - jpeg format 300x300 pixels. They will be good
quality and need to display as such. It could be updated several times a
day 6/7 days a week.

My own site is with Heart Internet and I have noticed recently they are
beginning to creak a bit and suffer from breakdowns/down-time, I know I
can't get 100% but I need as near as possible.

Any thoughts? I can' say money is *no* object but it is secondary to
reliability and speed.

Many thanks.

--
Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
640k ought to be enough for anyone.
(Bill Gates, 1981)

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Jeff Gaines <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>I could do with some suggestions on web hosting, if this is not an
>appropriate place to ask please move me on!
>
>I want to host a site that will have lots(hundreds, perhaps eventually a
>few thousand) pictures - jpeg format 300x300 pixels. They will be good
>quality and need to display as such. It could be updated several times a
>day 6/7 days a week.

The web host should have nothing to do with the quality or display of
your images. If your current ISP is mangling them on the way out then
whinge bitterly.

However, disk space isn't usually the issue - it's bandwidth. If you've
got logs or graphs, drop me an email and I'll send you a quote including
links to some sites I currently host so you can get an idea. I'm not
"general purpose" though, so won't be the cheapest.

Gordon

Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I could do with some suggestions on web hosting, if this is not an
> appropriate place to ask please move me on!
>
> I want to host a site that will have lots(hundreds, perhaps eventually a
> few thousand) pictures - jpeg format 300x300 pixels. They will be good
> quality and need to display as such. It could be updated several times a
> day 6/7 days a week.
>
> My own site is with Heart Internet and I have noticed recently they are
> beginning to creak a bit and suffer from breakdowns/down-time,

Loss of service you mean ?


> I know I can't get 100% but I need as near as possible.
>
> Any thoughts? I can' say money is *no* object but it is secondary to
> reliability and speed.

How much do you pay now ? My brother in law does hosting if you want a
quote. He's also looking at a limited back-up server to maintain vital
aspects like email and a basic web presence should the main server go down
(as they do from time to time).

Graham

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Eeyore <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>> I could do with some suggestions on web hosting, if this is not an
>> appropriate place to ask please move me on!
>>
>> I want to host a site that will have lots(hundreds, perhaps eventually a
>> few thousand) pictures - jpeg format 300x300 pixels. They will be good
>> quality and need to display as such. It could be updated several times a
>> day 6/7 days a week.
>>
>> My own site is with Heart Internet and I have noticed recently they are
>> beginning to creak a bit and suffer from breakdowns/down-time,
>
>Loss of service you mean ?
>
>
>> I know I can't get 100% but I need as near as possible.
>>
>> Any thoughts? I can' say money is *no* object but it is secondary to
>> reliability and speed.
>
>How much do you pay now ? My brother in law does hosting if you want a
>quote. He's also looking at a limited back-up server to maintain vital
>aspects like email and a basic web presence should the main server go down
>(as they do from time to time).

One of my servers:

18:51:06 up 1075 days, 4:53, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.03, 0.01

Just 20 days until its 3-year birthday

Gordon

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
Andy Burns <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On 28/09/2008 18:50, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
>> One of my servers:
>>
>> 18:51:06 up 1075 days, 4:53, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.03, 0.01
>>
>> Just 20 days until its 3-year birthday
>
>Are you going to let it have lots of patches as a present?

Why wait until then?

# apt-get update
... etc ... including
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages
...
Fetched 346B in 2s (154B/s)
Reading Package Lists... Done
# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

It's fine. It's running a few fairly specific applications and low-volume
websites, it's firewalled and not really that general-purpose, but other
than that, it's sitting conencted to the Internet at large and humming
quietely to itself.

Debian Sarge is still being maintained, so I'm happy. I do still have
a server on Debian Woody which had over 3 years uptime until just a few
weeks ago when the motherboard Ethernet failed for no apparent reason )-:
However it's not exactly doing anything critical these days.

Gordon

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
Andy Burns <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On 28/09/2008 19:43, Gordon Henderson wrote:
>
>> Why wait until then?
>>
>> # apt-get update
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>
>I only run one Debian box, had to upgrade to Etch to use a newer version
>of iptables, it has been very hassle free, but still surprised Sarge
>hasn't needed any kernel update in 3 years.

It's not the default sarge kernel, but one I deemed stable enough at the
time to compile for the hardware. (Dell) Who can actually login and get
a shell is half the battle and that's very tightly controlled here.

Gordon

Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> I could do with some suggestions on web hosting, if this is not an
> appropriate place to ask please move me on!
>
> I want to host a site that will have lots(hundreds, perhaps eventually a
> few thousand) pictures - jpeg format 300x300 pixels. They will be good
> quality and need to display as such. It could be updated several times a
> day 6/7 days a week.
>
> My own site is with Heart Internet and I have noticed recently they are
> beginning to creak a bit and suffer from breakdowns/down-time, I know I
> can't get 100% but I need as near as possible.
>
> Any thoughts? I can' say money is *no* object but it is secondary to
> reliability and speed.
>
> Many thanks.
>
Have a look at claranet: they are fairly professional.

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> Debian Sarge is still being maintained, so I'm happy.

Not by the Debian Project:

<http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/2008/msg00001.html>

In article <gbots9$1ckm$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Paul Cupis <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> Debian Sarge is still being maintained, so I'm happy.
>
>Not by the Debian Project:
>
><http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/2008/msg00001.html>

Hm. Must have missed that one. Oh well, c'est la vie.

The servers still not broke, so I'm still not going to fix it, if that's
what your point is.

Gordon

Gordon Henderson wrote:
> In article <gbots9$1ckm$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Paul Cupis <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>> Debian Sarge is still being maintained, so I'm happy.
>> Not by the Debian Project:
>>
>> <http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/2008/msg00001.html>
>
> Hm. Must have missed that one. Oh well, c'est la vie.
>
> The servers still not broke, so I'm still not going to fix it, if that's
> what your point is.
>
> Gordon
Indeed. Dont. However in a fit of madness to get my dev machine running
what the real machine was I upgraded to etch..I have to say it just
....worked!