JK Keller

Ugh, this is the last straw for shared serving via Dreamhost. They’ve lost my blog database twice (luckily refound after prodding), throttled two of my sites on account of increased traffic (popularity), had too many e-mail problems to count, and finally they take down this site because they believe it is under a DDoS attack, which after a full day of downtime they tell me probably wasn’t an attack, but increased traffic due to a significant linkage. I knew this already, as I had been linked on a site that I won’t post here as it is very Not Safe For Work (NSFW). I guess this is what I get for 20$ a month.

I need to find a better solution for hosting, which will probably put me in the dedicated server arena. This is territory I am fully unfamiliar with. First of all is the jump in price. I don’t make money from this or any other site. Sure, some people have donated money to help the cause (which I am truly grateful for), but I’ve put in much more than I have received. Going from 20$ a month to something like 100$ a month is pretty significant. Especially considering that I would be in charge of managing the server somewhat. Seriously, I do not need to be obsessing over that aspect of things as well…

Not sure where I am going with this post. I need to find a better hosting solution, if you have any good leads, leave a comment. Thanks for reading and my apologies for the downtime.