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allsimple.net VPS Review

Rowan — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:56:47 +0000

Time certainly does fly… as such this is a three month review of the VPS service at allsimple. I picked up one of their VPS via LEB to host this blog and a few bits and pieces and have been pleasantly surprised with the results.

The closest equivalent retail package would be at a somewhat [...]

Slicehost 2.5 Year Review

Rowan — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:43:54 +0000

Most of what I said here stands. In the time I was with Slicehost the hardware I was on had an issue requiring a reboot once, other than that the service and network was solid across the entire two and a half years. I didn’t have much reason to call on their support so can’t [...]

Thoughts on Green Hosting

Rowan — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:20:52 +0000

At work we had a query recently asking if we offered any “green” hosting packages. My initial reaction was a roll of the eyes and slight annoyance. This is because in my book “green hosting” sounds like a total oxymoron. Computers, for a variety of reasons aren’t exactly the most environmentally friendly things in the [...]

Slicehost Review – Initial Impressions

Rowan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:24:50 +0000

I Decided back in the Summer that I would ditch Servage when my renewal came around in the Autumn, I’ll discuss why in a separate updated final review. In short I wanted a system I had as near to 100% control over as possible, so that meant a VPS. Hosting my own and my family’s [...]

Google Stats Tools

Rowan — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:03:46 +0000

Because of the lack of any decent statistics tools at Servage.net (as mentioned in my review) – I’m going to be looking at the various statistics packages offered for free by third parties, the first of which will be Google’s Webmaster Tools and Analytics offerings. As the attentive will note, the tracking code is [...]