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Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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We no longer rely on managed shared virtual hosts as application servers. Consider: Setting up your own server: - Pay for the Mac Mini + Time Capsule - Set up Amazon account with credit card - Sign up for AWS/S3 service, with auto-billing - Configured with Apache 2, MySQL 5, PHP 5 - Place behind your firewall on DSL connection, enabling TCP on port 80 - Set your domain's DNS records to point to Mini Capabilities - Bo…

is that http://aws.amazon.com/s3/?

Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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this is another example of why you always need offsite backups (even if it's a server on your DSL line)

People make mistakes. web hosting providers are run by people. Data loss happens.

I go even further and say that you need to make sure that no single person can delete every copy of your essential data (unless that single person owns most of the company) - if nothing else, you should keep backups under the founder's bed.

Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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You need PR, you need the press to know about this abuse (if it's true).

PR, most of our customers do not talk in egnlish. That was real challange

I am curious - where are you and what is your website?

Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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post #11
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We no longer rely on managed shared virtual hosts as application servers. Consider: Setting up your own server: - Pay for the Mac Mini + Time Capsule - Set up Amazon account with credit card - Sign up for AWS/S3 service, with auto-billing - Configured with Apache 2, MySQL 5, PHP 5 - Place behind your firewall on DSL connection, enabling TCP on port 80 - Set your domain's DNS records to point to Mini Capabilities - Bo…

is that http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ ?

yes

Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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post #15
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

is that http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ ?

yes

Donna, we registered with amazon, but totally lost with all complicated system there. Where is admin panel, how to create Data Base, upload our site and files? where is FTP. if you could help me with advices or give right link to look that would be great. Thanks

Re: Our startup website is down. Hosting provider suspended our account

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post #16
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes

Donna, we registered with amazon, but totally lost with all complicated system there. Where is admin panel, how to create Data Base, upload our site and files? where is FTP. if you could help me with advices or give right link to look that would be great. Thanks

Donna, That is my email forisc(at)gmail.com thanks
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