[BBLISA] Summary: Dedicated host / Colo provider for personal system?

[Paul Beltrani]

On 7/21/07, Paul Beltrani <spamgrinder at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am looking for an alternative location or solution for my personal
> mail/web server.   I currently have a 1U Linux box at a colo which
> acts as my mail server and hosts a couple of low volume web sites for
> friends. Traffic for this system is extremely light.
>
> Basically, I'm looking for a Linux box on the net that:
>  * is fairly inexpensive
>  * I have full control over
>  * has some expectation of "uptime", e.g. Better than "home ISP" levels.
>
> The two alternatives I am currently looking at are:
> Slice Host, http://www.slicehost.com/. For $20+ per month they will
> provide a dedicated XEN domain.
>
> Moving the 1U to my home and upgrading my net connection to some form
> of, so called, "business class" service.
>
> My questions for the group are:
>  1) Does anyone have any experiences with Slice host they would care to share?
>  2) Any recommendations for an inexpensive,  local (Boston area) colo
> that would host a single 1U system?
>  3) Any recommendations for a dedicated host provider?
>
>   - Paul Beltrani
>

Thank you everyone who replied.  The following is a summary of the
options I received:

Co-Lo:
Alienwebshop, http://www.alienwebshop.com/ The person running the
bblisa.org systems hosts it here.
Av8, http://www.av8.net/, Dean Anderson is a regular on the bblisa list.

Dedicated hosts:
  ServerBeach, http://serverbeach.com/
  The Planet, http://www.theplanet.com
  TWS, http://www.twshosting.com/

Dedicated Virtual Hosts:
  http://www.slicehost.com/
  http://www.linode.com/

>From the Paul Vixie "personal colo list" (Thanks Andrew):
  TowardEX, http://www.towardex.com/
  CluefulColo, http://www.cluefulcolo.com/
  Cambridge Bandwidth Consortium, http://www.cambridge.bandwidth-consortium.us/


I've decided to give SliceHost a try.  It's much less expensive than
the alternatives and appears to be able to meet my simple
requirements.

  - Paul Beltrani