A question I get asked a lot is to recommend a hosting solution. Most of my experience is with virtual private server (VPS) solutions, but have also used Dreamhost and MediaTemple. Do others have recommendations for free/low-cost web hosting. Specifically, with PHP5 and MySQL support? Additionally, do you have any pointers for low-cost Java Servlet Containers (e.g. Tomcat/Jetty/Glassfish)? A lot of people want to run software we write, but don't have the resources on their campus to implement and support server software like Solr or Geoserver.
Hosting Recomendations
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I have had good luck with asmallorange for basic web hosting. I did get omeka installed there, but the basic option does not support java servlet containers. For people who want a basic omeka install it might work:
You can start out by buying just a single month, so it is cheap to evaluate, and the service (so far, for me) is top notch.
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Replying to @Wayne Graham's post:
Excellent question, Wayne!
I have used Daily Razor for many years now (at least 6, maybe more like 8, I'm not sure). These folks have several different configurations of developer hosting packages (and "regular" ones too). Here's their Java hosting info (shared plans start at $6.95/mo, private at $9.95/mo) and PHP/Ruby info (shared plans start at $2.95/mo.) There are various and sundry configurations one can go for, and they are very responsive with support questions.
Current PHP 5.3.13 on my server right now (this is a Daily Razor default) includes bcmath, bz2, calendar, cgi-fcgi, ctype, curl, date, dom, exif, filter, ftp, gd, gettext, hash, htscaner, iconv, json, libxml, mbstring, mcrypt, mhash, mime_magic, mysql, mysqli, openssl, pcre, PDO, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, posix, pspell, Reflection, session, SimpleXML, snmp, soap, sockets, SPL, SQLite, tidy, tokenizer, wddx, xml, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, Zend Optimizer, zip, zlib
Others I typically recommend are Lunarpages and A Small Orange, for less techie-intense things.
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I don't have much experience shared hosting, but I've been very happy with Slicehost (http://www.slicehost.com/). I think in some situations Linode can be a bit cheaper (http://www.linode.com/). Both do Xen virtualization, which helps guarantee that resources aren't oversubscribed, as often happens with shared hosting. But as you you know, these are shell solutions: you need to build and install your own environment (which really isn't that bad nowadays – it can be more of a hassle to keep up with security updates and so on). In any case, for most Java web apps, I'd probably avoid shared hosting.
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I've used Bluehost for a while. There have been a few times that I've been disappointed with their service and customer support, but it's been generally pretty good for the past couple years.
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I've never had to bug SYN Hosting about anything, and that's just the way I like it. No shell access (though slicehosting is coming, I believe), but otherwise, everything you could ask for.
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Replying to @Dorothea Salo's post:
Joyent's been good for digitalhumanities.org, and their helpdesk/customer support is quite responsive when you need it, but their shared hosting doesn't allow java, so we reverse-proxy stuff that requires that from Slicehost. I'd rate them good if you want web-based administration.
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