http://www.aiso.net/
They are carbon free and have provided great service since 2000. They use 100% solar power and have bio-diesel backup generators. Have used them for 4 months and have had a great experience.
Ask YC: What web hosting service do you use?
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Re: Ask YC: What web hosting service do you use?
#32My own.
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#33Shared hosting? Depends heavily on what technologies you want to use.
VPS? Slicehost
Dedicated server(s)? Softlayer
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#34I support my buddy's business by using one of his dedicated servers: http://wdservers.com
He runs his own sites and needs a lot of server power, but also leases out to his contacts (me) and the people they refer.
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#35I've been using vpslink.com for a few months for a few servers. One of my virtual servers has been rebooted without warning (which they say up front can happen, it's true) three or four times in the last two months. If I had anything important on that machine, I'd be somewhat unhappy, but it's hard to complain at their prices.
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#36our startup uses JEE technology so our choices were limited, but we are currently deploying on Amazon's EC2.
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#37I use http://mosso.com which is an experimental cloud hosting provider backed by http://rackspace.com
I always get complimented on how fast my site loads and performs on it and have never had any problems that haven't been taken care of rather quickly.
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#38Slicehost. Love them.
Seconded. Just started with them too. Steep learning curve getting everything done myself (other hosts really pamper their customers!) but dang are the servers fast. And besides, every true web hacker needs to know how to set up a server from scratch!
I think "pamper" might be looking at it the wrong way. Other providers do provide nice click interfaces, but compared to slicehost, they are very limited. I would say slicehost pampers their customers with their fantastic service and unlimited possibilities.
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#39Hurricane Electric shared hosting.
Pros: super low latency connections, ssh access, decent setup, no frills, $10/month.
Cons: they don't keep their installations in the bleeding edge version-wise. I use Perl a lot. They are at 5.8.0, which is not bad, but not the very latest. Of course you can install your own anything (perl, python, ruby, etc.) in user space, which makes library management more simple too.
Unknowns: I've never had it tested under a serious load. Just playing around.
I WISH there was a host that gave me the speed, simplicity and low price of HE but also supported more than one domain name on the same account (for the same price). There are sites that do that, but typically they have something else wrong with them, such as having the "feature" of being control-panel based.
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#40Media Temple. They are great for the price.
We use MT's Dedicated Virtual offering - it's "in the cloud", but it gives us full on root access. If you go that way, however, get a box without Plesk pre-installed. Ugh.