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Re: Web server

 

This is almost the ideal solution, except that fpo needs a little bit of
server side functionality to dynamically generate some of its content.

Harish

On 6/30/12 1:56 AM, Florian Rathgeber wrote:
> Just throwing in the idea: Static pages can be hosted free of charge
> on GitHub, via github pages (http://pages.github.com/). The sites are
> served from the Rackspace cloud, which promises high reliability (they
> boast 99.63% uptime over the last 365 days) and low latency.
> 
> Since the FEniCS site is powered by sphinx, deployment is really
> straightforward. There is even a python module for deploying sphinx on
> GitHub pages: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/github-tools/
> 
> Let me know if you'd consider this option and I'll be happy to assist.
> 
> Florian
> 
> On 29/06/12 11:46, Anders Logg wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:03:02PM +0200, Johan Jansson wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> The web server has been down since ca lunch today due to some
>>>> broken cable. I have no information on when it will be back up
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> It seems that the current host (Simula IT services) is
>>>> somewhat unreliable so I'm investigating the possibility of
>>>> moving the server to an external host.
>>>>
>>>> I've had good experience with http://www.scorpiondata.com/ in
>>>> the past. Comments and input on other options are welcome.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> From a web search I found two testimonials which don't look so
>>> good for Scorpion Data:
>>>
>>> http://www.johaneckman.se/tag/sheimo-scorpion-data/ 
>>> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.johaneckman.se%2Ftag%2Fsheimo-scorpion-data%2F
>>>
>>>
> http://www.henrikcarlsson.se/2010/07/12/nytt-webbhotell-ny-doman/
>>> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.henrikcarlsson.se%2F2010%2F07%2F12%2Fnytt-webbhotell-ny-doman%2F
>>>
>>>
>>>
> They recommend Binero instead, which I've also seen get good scores in
>>> tests. They won the Internetworld test for web hotels 2009 and
>>> 2010:
>>>
>>> http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.309237/sveriges-basta-webbhotell---fjolarets-favorit-slar-till-igen
>>>
>>>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Finternetworld.idg.se%2F2.1006%2F1.309237%2Fsveriges-basta-webbhotell---fjolarets-favorit-slar-till-igen
>>>
>>> Maybe that would be a good candidate?
> 
>> Perhaps, but I'm also finding some bad reviews for Binero:
> 
>> http://www.rejta.se/omdome/103517/Binero+AB 
>> http://translate.google.se/translate?sl=en&tl=sv&js=n&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rejta.se%2Fomdome%2F103517%2FBinero%2BAB&act=url
> 
>>  (and many good reviews).
> 
>> A priority will be response time and willingness to arrange
>> billing according to our needs (paying in advance for an extended
>> period). I had a very bad experience with Bahnhof billing (where
>> the domains are registered) last year and moved the registration to
>> nameisp.se (who were very responsive).
> 
>> I emailed scorpionshops this morning and they were very responsive.
>> I'll see how it goes. My suggestion is to try to move the server
>> there quickly (as a test). If all goes well and we find the service
>> is both flexible and reliable, we can pay for an extended period.
> 
>> -- Anders
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