Painless GCI info please (esp. hosting)
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Wed Dec 15 00:17:46 EST 2004
Thomas McCarthy wrote:
> I'd like to put some of my work (for teachers-mostly text
> manipulation stuff) onto the web for easy access. My current
> provider doesn't allow much in the way of CGI access.
> My question:
> Is there a provider you'd recommend for Rev CGI hosting. My
> primary concerns are cost and ease in that order. Since I
> don't plan to make any money from my effort, I'd rather not
> pay monthly to make it available.
Hosting services that let you run custom C-based CGIs and don't charge
are hard to find.
If a decent monthy rate becomes acceptable, I can't say enough good
things about TierraNet: <http://www.tierra.net>
I was turned on to them by one of my clients, and I've been very happy:
their fees are in line with market averages, their infrastructure is
solid (redundant T3, on-site generator, nightly backup, etc.), and their
service is among the best I've encountered after six years of reselling
hosting.
TierraNet maintains a server farm pre-configured with the BSD libraries
needed for the Rev engine -- if you sign up with them ask to be a server
farm 2 to run MetaCard (I've been with them a while, so they only know
the engine by its older name <g>).
I have half a dozen domains running Rev CGIs on TierraNet servers, with
more in development. FWIW, their FTP servers give me a really fast
handshake -- that's a small detail, but when you log in as often as I do
to upload scripts it makes a good difference in one's workflow. When I
was hosted with Earthlink and XO the handshake would take several
seconds, but with TierraNet it's rarely more than a second (then again,
we're both in California so there are few hops to make).
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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