On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Paul Hill paulroberthill@gmail.com wrote:
In fact I was put off by Dave's suggestion because it is 'free'.
Totally agree. My first thought was, if it is free to the users, where is it they make their money? Bandwidth is not free.
A reasonable amount. £120 a month (assuming a dozen users) seems a bit high. We could host a server in our office (100Mb/s bandwidth up and down) but I don't want to chance it, hence a 3rd party solution would be ideal.
My favorite hosting company, Linode, offers: London, UK, $10/mo (£7.72), 30 Gb storage, 2 TB monthly transfer, you might need a bit more, plus some fees for daily log review, maintenance, upkeep, markup, overhead, plus the one-time costs of configuring the app (inclined to think it could be done with VSFTP over SSL/TLS) plus configure the SSL cert, as I don't think a free cert would work, though a self-signed might...
It shouldn't cost an arm-and-a-leg, but the biggest challenge will be getting a reliable host and a reliable hostmaster willing to charge an hour a month. I'd suggest you troll around for a local Linux hostmaster, or someone who has the ability to work in UK and knows how to spell VAT (*shudder*).
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