Hello,
I am Cydex, the administrator of a growing forum that provides its users with .torrent-files to (pirated) content that we do not host on our own server. We only distribute the .torrent-files needed that point towards the specific content.
Even with this, a lot of hosters I have contacted over the past few days do not want to host my forum. Therefore, I am taking my chances here and would like to ask the WJunction community to help me in my search for a decent VPS provider.
Currently, I am hosted on a Windows dedicated and unmanaged server for $ 39,99 a month of which I don't even use half of the resources. Because of this, I would like to make the switch to a VPS. Also, I have lots of issues managing the back-end of the forum (Apache, MySQL, security audits, etc.) with which I really need help. The downtime lately is so much that I'm losing pageviews every day. That's why I would like a managed VPS server. CPanel is a must because I am familiar with it.
If you as a provider are interested in providing me with hosting, these are the guidelines:
- Disk space: 30-40 GB
- Bandwidth: 1 TB
- RAM: 1 GB
- Managed? Fully managed
- Control panel preference? CPanel
- Monthly budget? Max. $ 50
- Payment types that you can pay in? PayPal
With "fully managed" I mean the following:
- You will help me setting up DNS records and pointers correctly (what I have now works, but I don't think it's the right way to do it)
- You will set-up the outgoing SMTP server correctly so the mails do not get blocked by Hotmail and Google (not for spam, I only use it to send out newsletters and activation mails)
- You will monitor the VPS 24/7 for any downtime and if any services fail, you will reboot and fix as needed
- You will perform frequent software updates and security audits
- You will secure the server, install measures against viruses, rootkits, brute-force attempts, etc.
- You will install additional plug-ins for Apache and make php.ini changes as well as optimize Apache & MySQL to work fast on the VPS
- DMCA & copyright complaints will be forwarded to me, I will remove any content that I'm asked to if I receive a legal complaint. I do not want the host to remove any content himself or for that matter even remove the server. I remove content on request so you don't have to worry about anything
I do not need help with the forum software, I will take care of that myself, I only want the back-end to be stable. Also, I do need SSH access as I will be installing a legitimate version of TeamSpeak Server on the side. (Support not required but would be great)
For the record, I run a legitimate IP.Board license on the forum.
Please read this post thoroughly before making an offer as I wasted a lot of time writing mails to hosters that in the end could not provide me with the above or ask insane prices. I found a lot of managed VPS's in that category under $ 50 incl. CPanel but not one of them supported my request to forward DMCA notices but allow .torrent-files to be hosted.
Thanks in advance for your replies & kind regards,
Cydex
I am Cydex, the administrator of a growing forum that provides its users with .torrent-files to (pirated) content that we do not host on our own server. We only distribute the .torrent-files needed that point towards the specific content.
Even with this, a lot of hosters I have contacted over the past few days do not want to host my forum. Therefore, I am taking my chances here and would like to ask the WJunction community to help me in my search for a decent VPS provider.
Currently, I am hosted on a Windows dedicated and unmanaged server for $ 39,99 a month of which I don't even use half of the resources. Because of this, I would like to make the switch to a VPS. Also, I have lots of issues managing the back-end of the forum (Apache, MySQL, security audits, etc.) with which I really need help. The downtime lately is so much that I'm losing pageviews every day. That's why I would like a managed VPS server. CPanel is a must because I am familiar with it.
If you as a provider are interested in providing me with hosting, these are the guidelines:
- Disk space: 30-40 GB
- Bandwidth: 1 TB
- RAM: 1 GB
- Managed? Fully managed
- Control panel preference? CPanel
- Monthly budget? Max. $ 50
- Payment types that you can pay in? PayPal
With "fully managed" I mean the following:
- You will help me setting up DNS records and pointers correctly (what I have now works, but I don't think it's the right way to do it)
- You will set-up the outgoing SMTP server correctly so the mails do not get blocked by Hotmail and Google (not for spam, I only use it to send out newsletters and activation mails)
- You will monitor the VPS 24/7 for any downtime and if any services fail, you will reboot and fix as needed
- You will perform frequent software updates and security audits
- You will secure the server, install measures against viruses, rootkits, brute-force attempts, etc.
- You will install additional plug-ins for Apache and make php.ini changes as well as optimize Apache & MySQL to work fast on the VPS
- DMCA & copyright complaints will be forwarded to me, I will remove any content that I'm asked to if I receive a legal complaint. I do not want the host to remove any content himself or for that matter even remove the server. I remove content on request so you don't have to worry about anything
I do not need help with the forum software, I will take care of that myself, I only want the back-end to be stable. Also, I do need SSH access as I will be installing a legitimate version of TeamSpeak Server on the side. (Support not required but would be great)
For the record, I run a legitimate IP.Board license on the forum.
Please read this post thoroughly before making an offer as I wasted a lot of time writing mails to hosters that in the end could not provide me with the above or ask insane prices. I found a lot of managed VPS's in that category under $ 50 incl. CPanel but not one of them supported my request to forward DMCA notices but allow .torrent-files to be hosted.
Thanks in advance for your replies & kind regards,
Cydex