I finally decided to upgrade my hosting account from a reseller account to a VPS (Virtual Private Server). That’s the reason why I haven’t posted here for quite some time. It took me quite some time to do a bit of research on the VPS offerings around that would fit in to the sites I host and most importantly my budget. 
As a Linux/Unix administrator and a software developer, I just felt like I am so helpless without having full root access to the server hosting my sites. It’s not that my previous reseller host Gazzin wasn’t great, actually it’s support and server uptime are really up to most people’s expectations so I would really recommend them. I had a few glitches with Apache/Tomcat modules with them a few times, but they were able to fix it quickly. I just needed more hands-on control to a server so I decided to look for a suitable VPS for me.
So far so good with my new VPS host Tektonic. I just got their unmanaged plan UM1 for $15/mo since I think I am capable enough to manage my own servers and won’t be needing that much help from their support team. As long as I am the super-user (root), I guess I’m good with it. I just hope Tektonik would be a good host for me. 
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