By tarvid on

We have recently co-located our service with EasySpeedy. We wanted a hosting environment which met our needs and desires and in the process we have capacity we would like to share with others on an equitable basis.

  • more than adequate bandwidth. We found bringing a fast connection in to our facilities was much more expensive than locating in a data center with good bandwidth.
  • more than adequate hardware. EasySpeedy's ES3020 qualifies.
  • operating system of our choice. We use Ubuntu on our desktops and in-house servers. The latest versions of PHP and MySQL were critical to our sense of security
  • emphasis on web serving. To that end we run no MTAs, no mailing lists, just the services required by current PHP practice. Outgoing email to a smart host via esmtp.
  • restricted shell. Most of us are addicted to shell access; some of us are aware of the risk of sharing a system with unlimited shell. We run with shell disabled except for brief periods when necessary.
  • safe PHP. Vulnerable functions will be disabled.
  • email support. Tech support queue is monitored by a small staff which normally responds within minutes and always within 24 hours. Server facing support is free, account/site support is at current NRC rate ($1/min).
  • good neighbor AUP. We inherit EasySpeedy's AUP. Our aspiration is to be a good host. Our expectation is that our users will be gracious guests.
  • Current thought is $5/month per account plus $2 per month per domain plus $1/min site support will provide for cost recovery.

    Suggestions and inquiries welcome.

    Jim Tarvid

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