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Re: Sponsored web hosting for FIRST teams

Does Sevaa's free FIRST hosting allow shell access through SSH (or telnet I guess...cleartext passwords FTL)? There's an asterisk or two saying "Additional requirements apply".

*nix server? IIS server?

If some flavor of Unix, crontab entries allowed for automated backups/scripting? Similar type of support/functionality under IIS? Something more sophisticated than "ZIP/RAR/TARBZIP2 ALL FILEZ INTO ONE GIANT BLOB" would be ideal

CVS or SVN support for code management?

Does 20GB storage still count as "don't limit your accounts"? 50GB? 500GB? Video and photos can add up incredibly quick (Doug Hitchcock would love to store video clips somewhere other than his hard drive or a truckload of DVD's I'll bet)

Given that this is shared hosting, how bad would the free servers loading be? I've experienced other hosts who allow huge BW/month numbers but response time and actual transfer speeds make it laughable to imagine ever being able to hit the cap.

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth (outdated idioms yay!), but I'm comparing this to another free hosting package and would like to make an informed decision.

All in all, companies like Sevaa who give back to the community should be applauded for their service. Unfortunately there is no "clapping smiley" or I'd give you one here

-Eric