Riley ,'Potential'
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Okay, can we re-open the re-hosting topic?
It seems like the cloud options out there are not like the clouds with which I'm familiar, and have usage-related pricing in units that I don't understand.
I think we clearly should move, and I don't really care if it's to a cloud or a shared server, but if the cloud is too complex a migration or maintenance, or an increase in cost, I vote nay.
First thing I need to be remembered of (deliberate) is our current costs. Moneymaster J-Dog?
I think the cloud migration would be too complex.
How about [link] ? The level 3 vps would be a very similar machine to the current server so porting over should be easy. The cost looks like about half what we're paying right now. And it looks like they'll take care of security issues as long as we have a server running plesk.
I was just looking at adjusting my plan with Dreamhost, and they offer this: [link]
They have had a security issue recently, but according to Polgara (she was affected, I was not) they were responsive--they refuse to help with anything remotely resembling code, as is fair, but have been stable for me when they don't move me without warning (I have shared hosting).
That looks fine too. Not plesk, which will be a little bit of a learning curve, but even cheaper for the 300mb vps.
ND and I use Dreamhost for all of our sites and have had generally good luck with them. They are very responsive.
Moneymaster J-Dog?
That's me, right? $99/month.
I don't think the lack of Plesk is an issue--Tom certainly doesn't need an interface, and I've been using Dreamhost for my personal sites since 2005.
My main issue will be making sure the code works fine in PHP 5.
And we need to make sure Jon has the same access he has now. And email migration.
Oh, god, this feels like my real job all of a sudden. Please don't make me create tickets for change control, or I'll have an episode.
That's me, right? $99/month.
You know it, Cowgirl.
So we could cut that pretty dramatically in the end.
Just the migration makes me want to cry. But I'll put on my big girl panties.
I think that looks like a good option.
And we need to make sure Jon has the same access he has now.
As long as I can get FTP access, I'm good.