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ProPain 06-09-2011 10:47

We need to move
 
The server issues we had last week reminded me we still have to move to another ISP. I talked to swingue and he has no other significant sites on this server so he wants to terminate the contract and I agree with that decision.

That said that means our years of free hosting are over [cry] and we need to find another ISP to host on. I'd like to have your opinion and help with that.

First I'd like to ask you if you know any good and not to expensive ISP's. At the moment we're using up 16GB of serverspace (yes, that's quite a bit indeed) although I suspect we can prune in old uploads and reduce that with 25%-50% or so. Still I suspect we'll be pushing the 10GB limit still and should we host at my regular ISP we'd be facing a € 70,- a month (excluding VAT). I think cheaper options are available and hope you can help.

VB forum software is a second issue. We're running a rather old version atm and it seems smart to upgrade, even for security reasons only. Here we'll be facing a $195 investment as well, although I feel that's worth it for the quality of the VB software. We could look at other free alternatives (like the phpBB I installed on the temp site) but we'd face another difficult migration then and I feel VB is easier and better in terms of admin and mod control as well. But before I buy anything I'd like to hear your opinion on VB and better alternatives should you know any.

Finally I'd like to say that I really like CDZ for what it is, a small fun community where rules can be relax and I'm willing to keep paying for that. But looking at the total costs we're gonna face I would appreciate people chipping in. Just like it was in the very old days when CDZ had a donation programma it will be on a voluntarily basis only. I'll start a new paypal account for this soon and post details. For the really old crowd PLEASE DO NOT USE THE OLD PAYPAL ACCOUNT WE HAD BACK IN 2005!!! I can't access that anymore, only anarres has the log in credentials and he's disappeared from the face of the earth.


Regards PP

Shabbaman 06-09-2011 12:01

I'm more than happy to chip in, but 70 euros a month seems like a steep price.

Kingreno 06-09-2011 12:03

I garee with Shabba.

There are perhaps 15-20 people wiilling to pay something?

Shabbaman 06-09-2011 12:06

BTW, the website of my TF2 clan is hosted here.

Lt. Killer M 06-09-2011 13:39

As always I am willing to chip in. And vb seems best, gareed.

Beam 06-09-2011 14:10

+ 1. Would be nice if it has e-mail / webmail facilities as well.

barbu1977 06-09-2011 16:17

I also want to chip in.

I'm getting .70 EUR per CAD right now. Although not as good as the 0.80 of last year, it's way better than the 0.60. I had in December 2008 the last time i travelled in Europe.

Maybe I can wait until Greece goes bankrupt. I may be able to play twice as mutch.

ProPain 06-09-2011 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shabbaman (Post 134626)
I'm more than happy to chip in, but 70 euros a month seems like a steep price.

I agree 70 euros is a lot that's why I'm asking your help finding a cheaper option :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shabbaman (Post 134628)
BTW, the website of my TF2 clan is hosted here.

Interestingly enough that ISP is more expensive than my ISP. Your TF2 clan host is offering 5GB server space for 70 €/month, while mine gets you 25GB for that. Also you get more traffic at my ISP.

@Beam
I really like that too, so I'll be looking into email options as well. I don't expect that to be a problem though as most hosting packages include a lot of pop accounts these days as does VPS hosting.

Shabbaman 06-09-2011 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProPain (Post 134654)
Interestingly enough that ISP is more expensive than my ISP. Your TF2 clan host is offering 5GB server space for 70 €/month, while mine gets you 25GB for that. Also you get more traffic at my ISP.

Dunno, we get it for free.

Kingreno 06-09-2011 23:08

I am not a techy nerdish freak like all of you guys but Googling ISP vergelijken (Comparing in Dutch) got me dozens of results. Some for € 25 a year! That sounds realy cheap compared to € 840,- a year, but hey!


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