• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

programming web host

J

Journer

Banned
i posted this here because i figured programmers would know this better than OT. anyways, what i'm looking for is a webhost that offers everything i need to test, distribute, and run my programs. obviously this means basic hosting services, but i also require php, asp, mysql, mssql, etc. I know it is kind of rare to find a host that provides both ASP and PHP on the same plan, but surely there is something out there.

on another note: are any programmers here interested in this? If i can't find anything i was thinking about renting a cheap private server and configuring it in such a way that customers could have pretty high level access so they could install the crap they need to debug/run. how much would you pay for a service that basically allows you do test and distribute your online apps?
 
Most of the hosts I'm familiar with offer .Net on the Windows platform, and php on Linux. I haven't seen one that did both on Windows. Probably not a huge market for it. You could always get one Windows and one Linux server, and probably still be under $25 a month.
 
I would happily host PHP, Python, Ruby, ASP.Net, MySQL, SQLServer all on a Server 2008 box if I had a dedicated line. Why oh why can't I get FIOS? 🙁

The best I can do is all of the above on my home cable (10Mbps/1Mbps), but then there's limitations of DHCP, SMTP relay blocking due to DHCP host blocks, etc. It's good, yet it sucks at the same time.
 
mark: i know i could just get two hosts, and actually i already have one that does PHP, but i just thought it would be nice to have one site to do all my dev on and not have to split things up

milehigh: mosso looks like a really neat services, but it is pretty pricey for what you get. Also, while i think their approach is neat (load balances to a win or lin box) it will soon be outdated when win2008 becomes the standard. i've worked with the win2k8 virtual services and i was able to get it to run linux programs pretty simplistically. so that leads me to believe it should be workable for a dev environment

ace: i've been skimming WHT and some of their search features but i haven't found anyone yet that was in my price range for shared hosting. i found some decent private server hosts that can offer what i want, but i would have to get some people as customers

sunnyD: actually, i've got a box at the house running win2k8 and i could install anything i wanted, but i'm in the same predicament as you are. I'm on cable and thus DHCP. I suppose i could order a static IP but it just isn't what i want in a web server. I'd like it to be hosted at a real datacenter with ent grade equipment and bandwidth. not that downtime would hurt me...just, who likes down time? and my ISP is reliable (comcrap) but the biggest thing is i would probably have to reconfigure my home network so that i could access the website via URL instead of internal IP. when i try to debug some of my stuff internally it always gets pissy because of security settings. i suppose i could changes these and edit my hosts file, but, meh...

what i'd really like to do is rent a box from one of these companies, but at $200/mo i'de have to find about 8 or 9 devs that are willing to shell out $20/mo for the service. but, if it were me, i'de easily shell it out considering what you get. just imagine almost root access and you can install any packages and compilers that will run on the box...space wouldn't be a problem and so long as the usage isn't crazy, usage should be fine too...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top