My search for hosting is over, this site is now hosted with the great folks at TextDrive. They had a few things going for them:
- Met all my requirements (FreeBSD I can live with)
- Brad Choate works for them
- Very cheap.
The main concern I had about moving to a hosting provider was that I’d lose the flexibility that comes from administering your own server. To try and maximise flexibility, I sought out a nice, small provider, I decided to sign up with Brad’s hosting service, I’d used his software in the past, and he clearly knows what he’s doing. Over the weekend I discussed various things with him in a series of emails, and by the end of the conversation (nicely archived by gmail) I knew that this was exactly what I wanted.
So imagine my surprise when I go to sign up and see that Brad’s now working for Dean Allen at TextDrive. I double checked that I could still get what I wanted, and signed up. The support is, quite simply, fantastic. Brad & Jason know their stuff, and the systems are very impressive. Especially the log analyser.
I’m looking forward to a long stint as a very happy customer. If you’re in the market, check them out.