Originally Posted by MasonSquelch

After fiddling with Tumblr and various shared host providers I concluded that a server on Amazon's web services is the best solution. Depending on the chosen server model(s) your first year is cost-free. Will take some time until you've studied the documentation, but you'll learn a lot and you can tailor your servers/services to your needs. Compared to an inexpensive shared host this AWS-based machine I'm using now is lightning-fast and I'm king of my own castle. You should give it a try.