Dreamhost True to The Name

I have been meaning to blog about this for a while now (~2 weeks) but I haven’t had the time to get around to it. Someone recently told me about a Dreamhost deal for a hosted Linux server for 2 years for $47. Now that’s a heck of a deal I thought, but I wasn’t so sure I would get all the functionality I needed. Still, not wanting to pass up the good price, I signed up for a 2 year account. I have two domains I currently use (dataplex.org and dataplextechnology.net). My .org domain is more for personal stuff and my .net domain is more for my consulting work. I have my .org account hosted on a friend’s system with CPanel and it is a nice setup. However, I switched my dataplextechnology.net site to Dreamhost…

…and wow. This hosting provider has their stuff together. They have automated everything from subversion repositories to popular open source projects. It’s very easy to manage domains, and they even tie into Google Apps if you want. I chose to do that because I trust Google’s uptime more than most services (and definitely more than anything I could host myself) and I’m used to their interfaces.

Seriously, if you need some linux hosting this is the place to look. Take a look at the Dreamhost Blog and their Support Wiki if I haven’t convinced you!