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[s91066]

Dear all,
Searching for an ssh hosting I found Pandela.com. I found no reviews/comments in the forums. Does anyone knows anything about them? My choices are Pandela, Hawk Host and (any recommendation?)

Thank you,
Peter

[Sparrow-Sean]

Hi Peter,

here is a quote from a Client:

Pandela advertised a free basic hosting to try their service and hosting. I figured I would give it a try as I wanted to make a mockup of the website before going live with it. I setup a small basic perl script for classified ads and was working on the html pages and style. I haven't even put any ads up online or started with the site live. It was up for about a week and Pandela closed the site down. Their reason for closing it, was that it was using too much bandwidth from their servers and they said that I could switch to their paid hosting.
I had also lost all my "weeks" work as I couldn't recover it from the server. This FREE hosting offer they have is a typical bait and switch scam. What a total waste of time using Pandela. I guess it just shows that nothing is for free and free offers wind up costing more.

Though on a Good Note:

They are so nice to talk too, and they take time and listen to me. I'm a noob to the website hosting field and they have helped me allot.

[MikeDVB]

By SSH Hosting, do you mean Web Hosting that allows SSH or are you actually looking for a Shell Account?

[s91066]

Originally Posted by MikeDVB

By SSH Hosting, do you mean Web Hosting that allows SSH or are you actually looking for a Shell Account?

Actually SSH access, to a full working shell.
Generally, I need:
At least 2GB disk space for my files (php, html, images, etc)
At least 1 parked domain,
At least 20 subdomains,
SSL/TLS enabled mail,
At least 25 email accounts,
Mysql 5, PHP 5
mod_deflate/gzip in Apache,
Apache 2.x
Query cache enabled in mysql,

Optionally, SSL connections to Mysql are a plus.

[iHubNet-Matt]

You are looking at free hosting or paid hosting?

[s91066]

Paid. Actually I have pre-selected Pandela and Hawk Host.

[MikeDVB]

I'm not sure, but you might want to make sure they offer regular SSH and not just JailedSSH, unless JailedSSH is ok for what you need.

I know that often times it's listed as "SSH Access" but doesn't specify if it's Jailed or not.

[iHubNet-Matt]

Most of the host provide jailshell access. But very few only allow direct shell access to the accounts.

[s91066]

Is there any way to determine the shell type? My current host provides me with ssh access but I do not know if it's jailshell or not. And I cannot contact him. He is disappeared!