Recommend Hosting Providers - Who do you use?

[andreas5605]

Leaseweb is a good company in a safe harbor (Netherlands) Music, Porn etc. Law is nice for filesharing

First of all get a safe harbor for your host like a .to domain! Only in the Netherlands or Romania it is allowed to run such a critical service these days. Do not use USA or German servers even if the offer is very good!

Many good hosts use .com and .net domains. Uploaded.net is one good example of this. I think the file servers are not a issue since people will just send the complaints to your main server where the download page is.

With big sites we had around $20k/month on server costs for space & BW with 10GB ports etc.

I think that in this level it's better to maintain your own servers and connect them to IXPs. At least here all IXPs are free and anyone can setup any number of physical connections with them. Here in our office we have a 100mbps link to 2 major IXPs paying nothing.

You should think about "NOT ignoring" DMCA because the FBI will sooner or later close your service or takes your website.

If you are not american, don't use american payment methods and don't use american servers you should not worry about the FBI or DMCA. You must follow the law on your country only.

sure you can use your own servers. that is up to you. of course it also depends on your country's law. but the most copyright owners are from the usa. and believe me you should worry about the fbi if you're out of europe.

look at megaupload. he had his company in Hong Kong at the end. And what happened? We know it all...

don't think you're safe because others have .net .com domains.

uploaded.net could have their domains seized too if the time is there... There is always one point where it's enough.

If there's one judge that hates you he will find a way. 10 years it works good and from on to another day your domain is gone and your service is closed.

that's why I tell you to think about not to ignore the DMCA. At the end it's up to you... World is small you cannot hide forever

 

[enricodias4654]

sure you can use your own servers. that is up to you. of course it also depends on your country's law. but the most copyright owners are from the usa. and believe me you should worry about the fbi if you're out of europe.

I'm not in Europe and the laws on my country prevent me to delete user's content without a court order. I just can't comply with DMCA. The laws also state that sites are not responsible for contents uploaded by third parties.

look at megaupload. he had his company in Hong Kong at the end. And what happened? We know it all...

Yes we know: filesharing sites started to pop everywhere and Kim himself came back with another filesharing site.

If there's one judge that hates you he will find a way. 10 years it works good and from on to another day your domain is gone and your service is closed.

Well, if the judge hates you he can't judge you
But yes, if most of your content is illegal they will find a way to bother you, but it depends on many things. Facebook for example have a ton of copyrighted content (freebooting) and make more money with this than all filesharing sites together.

I just think that having your own servers with your own links will save you from problems with datacenters and ISPs, and can also save you money.

 

[paypal1352]

i'm looking for recommendations for ftp hosting (not 100gb, i'm talking alot of ftp storage) maybe a few TB at a reasonable rate, seems all ftp hosting i can find is super expensive.

also, does anyone have any recommendations for setting up a media conversion server, where do you host it and how much is it approx.

thanks

 

[paypal1352]

for ftp hosting it almost looks much cheaper for me to pay for a static ip and just setup a server at home, unfortunately i'm in canada and we're like the US when it comes to file sharing, file sharing here is almost a synonym for illegal activity, what a world we live in, bananas have more trade regulations imposed on them than firearms and you'll go to jail for backing up your files

 

[enricodias4654]

i'm looking for recommendations for ftp hosting (not 100gb, i'm talking alot of ftp storage) maybe a few TB at a reasonable rate, seems all ftp hosting i can find is super expensive.

also, does anyone have any recommendations for setting up a media conversion server, where do you host it and how much is it approx.

thanks

Why don't you use dedicated servers?

 

[iguanashare4743]

what do you think about https://www.webtropia.com

any problems with them ?

 

[paypal1352]

thanks looks great, decent prices too

 

[crysiscat]

what do you think about https://www.webtropia.com

any problems with them ?

I use Webtropia now for 5 months and everything is going fine, the support is very good and the server reliable.

 

[paypal1352]

i just set up a direct file server from webtropia based on iguanashare4743's recommendation, everything works well, the only issue i'm having is remote url uploads are uploading at less than 200kbps, not sure why its so slow

 

[alexandreweb123407]

(translated by google translate haha)

I not recommend webtropia.

On the 13th early days had three distinct problems.
1- I paid for 250GB HD, and my VPS was created with 120GB, I sent an email to the support, it took two days to respond and resolve my problem.
2 - They shutdown my VPS, they claimed that I was attacking cloudflare servers (ddos attack). End of story, I lost countless files.
3- The backups for their panel take very, very much, and scheduled no work.
But, there are cases and cases. Maybe I've been lucky to have these problems(ironic mode)

I I have an dedicated server since September 2015 with worldstream, and have not had a single problem!

 

[paypal1352]

thats funny i had the same problem as you for #1, my vps that i intend on using as a remote file server for ys, i ordered a 1TB and it was created with 200GB, i'll have to give them credit as they resolved this in about a day. unfortunately most of their website is in german and i thought germany lost the war, jk, i dont speak german, so it was hard to figure out their site

i think eventually im just going to purchase a few powerful servers, get a few dedicated ip's at home and just run it all myself

 

[alexandreweb123407]

Is a great idea >> (i think eventually im just going to purchase a few powerful servers, get a few dedicated ip's at home and just run it all myself)
- The manipulation of the services where I live is huge. The energy and the dedicated link becomes a nonsense!

 

[iguanashare4743]

For Vps

www.sparknode.com

For Dedicated

https://www.hivelocity.net


Same guys .

 

[enricodias4654]

thats funny i had the same problem as you for #1, my vps that i intend on using as a remote file server for ys, i ordered a 1TB and it was created with 200GB, i'll have to give them credit as they resolved this in about a day. unfortunately most of their website is in german and i thought germany lost the war, jk, i dont speak german, so it was hard to figure out their site

i think eventually im just going to purchase a few powerful servers, get a few dedicated ip's at home and just run it all myself

Your ISP probably block ports and limit the number of concurrent connections on your network. Hosting servers at home is not a good idea. There are cooling issues, energy costs and the noise.

If you want to host your own servers you should rent an office, get a transit contract with one or more ISPs and connect your office to the nearest IX.

 

[fakhfakhhassen]

Hi,
I use WebCare360 since 3 months, good servers and support, and the most important they ignore DMCA !

 

[iguanashare4743]

Hi,
I use WebCare360 since 3 months, good servers and support, and the most important they ignore DMCA !

It seems a good host specialy they are saying they are DMCA IGNORE , most web host are DMCA ignore but they don't say it in public , it seems like a thief posted on his facebook am a thief

anyways hope they are real . Do you know if they accept paypal ? and can you pay in us$ ?

 

[fakhfakhhassen]

Hi,
I use WebCare360 since 3 months, good servers and support, and the most important they ignore DMCA !

It seems a good host specialy they are saying they are DMCA IGNORE , most web host are DMCA ignore but they don't say it in public , it seems like a thief posted on his facebook am a thief

anyways hope they are real . Do you know if they accept paypal ? and can you pay in us$ ?

Yes they accept differents methods of payment and accept paypal with us$

 

[rexcarnation5449]

Hey guys,

this is my first post. I had several one click hosters in the past.

I'm in this business since 2005. I will not go into more detail. So don't ask.

I will give yetishare a try now for a non greyzone project but I think I can help you to find the perfect host.

From what I can tell you there are just a few datacenters/companies that allow file sharing/OCH's etc..

This is from my personal experience with high bandwith/performance/dmca etc.

First of all get a safe harbor for your host like a .to domain! Only in the Netherlands or Romania it is allowed to run such a critical service these days. Do not use USA or German servers even if the offer is very good!

Before you start such a service think about the costs. If you offer bad service/performance users will not use your service.

With big sites we had around $20k/month on server costs for space & BW with 10GB ports etc.

Ok let's start:

1. Leaseweb.com (Netherlands) - 65k servers worldwide (Earlier main provider for uploaded.net) - porn / music allowed (not the cheapest for gb ports)

2. OVH.com (France) - (Host of Zippyshare.com) file sharing allowed on dedicated servers. maybe also on VPS dont know. Good prices for big storage servers. good port speeds. if you want a custom server you must pay for the hardware like HDD's in advance! Could be very expensive.

3. Voxility.com (Romania) - (Streamcloud.eu is hosting piracy there, and a lot of illegal music sites I know). gb ports unmetered but not during european evening hours. 6pm -1 am max 300mb/s

4. nforce.com (Netherlands) - Small private company with their own servers but without own DC. (IGNORE DMCA) They hosted some file sharing projects before. But Maybe they have changed their company policy. Just ask them.

5. webzilla.com (Netherlands/Russian Company) (Google for "webazilla" ) - Only if you want to host sick illegal porn or other bad stuff, protect your privacy but will charge massive $$$ for it. Own DC in Amsterdam. They would also host file sharing sites/file hosters but it would be too expensive I think because a small server starts at $600.

Forget all the others like webtropia, godaddy, hostgator etc.

At the end they will pull the plug and delete the files or whatever report you to the police or so if they don't like what you do or if you scam them.

If you care about the dmca those companies will work with you.

The only company that ignores the DMCA totally from what I know is Voxility in Romania.

You should think about "NOT ignoring" DMCA because the FBI will sooner or later close your service or takes your website.

I mean you can also react within 14 days. Most of you know what I mean. If you get 10k emails a day with complaints you just have less employes to delete the files...

Let me know what you think...

Thank you for your great advice Andreas
Could you give more advice for promoting the new filehosting service ?

 

[yandexuser]

Hello!

So I'm planning to set up a small filesharingsite, mainly for myself and a couple of friends.
Our monthly usage is estimated to be about 40.000 downloads and filesize up to 200 Mb.
Can anyone advice me about server requirements for this?

 

[andreas5605]

@rexcarnation5449

open a support thread of your filehost at wjunction