05.08.06
Moving
No, I’m not moving, but this blog is. Actually, it’s already moved.
For the past several years I’ve had a dedicated server to play with—I’ve gone through three different companies, run a small (read: unprofitable) hosting business, and learned a lot about server administration. Now it’s time to downsize.
There are some major changes happening in my life right now—most of my readers already know about them, I think, so I won’t go into them here—and I’ve decided to move to a shared server to save both time and money. I decided on DreamHost because, for the money, they come closest to what I and my friends, family, and clients have become accustomed to. In fact, for a fifth of what I was paying before, we’ll get the same amount of disk space and twice as much bandwidth—and still get all the useful software installs like SpamAssassin, MySQL, and WordPress. Most importantly, the whole thing will involve a lot less work for me. No longer will I need to deal with keeping software up-to-date, for example—a chore on which I’ve consistently fallen behind of late.
The site may not always respond quite as quickly, since we’re now sharing CPU time with whoever else happens to be on our shared server, instead of about a dozen relatively sleepy domains on a ridiculously overpowered server for our meager needs. So far, however, I’ve been pleased with the responsive and intuitive account control panel, and have had no major problems with the transition of my domain from the old host to the new one.
If your site is hosted with me, expect to get an email soon detailing when your domain’s transition will take place and what configuration changes, if any, you’ll need to make. I think in the long run we’ll all be better off in our new home.
