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idzone
January 8th, 2007, 10:40 AM
Guys, do you use unmetered dedicated servers? If yes, can someone tell me, which hosting company are you using and how good is the service?

Unmetered servers have the limitation of 10MBps in the switch. For higher limits, price goes on increasing.

If you aren't using unmetered servers, how many metered servers are you using to ensure no extra bandwidth occurs and 100% uptime is achieved.

Thanks for feedback.
alexisthemovie
January 8th, 2007, 03:49 PM
layeredtech, unmetered 10mbps
dzerv
January 9th, 2007, 01:55 AM
i use fdcservers.net from a reseller (it's cheaper) ... unmetered 100mbps
Cyberkiller
January 9th, 2007, 05:25 AM
i use fdcservers.net from a reseller (it's cheaper) ... unmetered 100mbps

mind sharing the reseller? I checked fdcservers.net and their prices are good, however their hardware is lacking.
Jazzylee77
January 9th, 2007, 07:35 AM
I'm setting up my first vps at servint and I feel like a complete newb! Plesk is unfamiliar. Setting up my own nameserver is foreign. Not used to having to learn before I load a site on a server!
MKInfo
January 9th, 2007, 08:04 AM
I'm going with a Steadfast Networks VPS when they start selling them again (should be tomorrow).I know nothing about running a server but their's seem to be pretty easy.
dzerv
January 9th, 2007, 02:11 PM
mind sharing the reseller? I checked fdcservers.net and their prices are good, however their hardware is lacking.

contact at aim : thewird

just tell him that you are from "dzerv"
silentsummit
January 14th, 2007, 08:23 AM
I just set up at carpaithia host vps.. They are great and their prices are also reasonable.
TripleX
January 15th, 2007, 01:45 AM
spry.com has great service & servers
NYCBORN
January 26th, 2007, 05:31 PM
theplanet.com
treacle
January 27th, 2007, 03:26 AM
Does anyone know any companies offering these in the UK? They seem very expensive when compared with US hosts.
chic09
January 30th, 2007, 10:04 AM
yeah Im switching to theplanet.com soon,
Katie
February 1st, 2007, 01:02 AM
i use startlogic.com, but i am looking for a better place to host, since my site has already been down twice this week =/ might switch to godaddy??
AzBlk
February 1st, 2007, 01:52 AM
stay a million miles away from godaddy
MKInfo
February 1st, 2007, 03:31 AM
stay a million miles away from godaddy
Agreed.I've read quite a lot of things about Godaddy.Not good.Is there any particular reason why you want UK specific?
Ajay
February 11th, 2007, 06:56 AM
yeah Im switching to theplanet.com soon,

i switched from theplanet to steadfast... I found the service at theplanet to be horrible, I was with them for 3 months before the ev1servers merger... and I got billed 2000+ for two servers, because they forgot to cancel one of my services. There is horrible communication between departments... when you cancel stuff, you have to go through 2 days of hell before they do it right...

steadfast has been awesome so far... with gold management they do everything for you.. i.e optimization, transferring stuff.. all that easy stuff I'm too lazy to do. Plus, they reply to a ticket in like 9 seconds. Also, burstable bandwidth is a plus..

damn i'm not getting commission for this sales job
MaxS
February 11th, 2007, 07:03 PM
I'm happy at softlayer...
miller2348
February 11th, 2007, 07:07 PM
I'll second softlayer :)
PGZ
February 11th, 2007, 07:13 PM
I'm setting up my first vps at servint and I feel like a complete newb! Plesk is unfamiliar. Setting up my own nameserver is foreign. Not used to having to learn before I load a site on a server!

Dude stay away from Plesk or you will truly regret it......
YabbaDoo
February 11th, 2007, 07:25 PM
Dude stay away from Plesk or you will truly regret it......


So, this one: http://www.interworx.com/ is the best out there then huh?
I wanna change CPs as I seen people saying cPanel is so last year and to try that or Plesk instead...I dunno, I LOVE my cPanel, I'm gonna miss him :(
PGZ
February 11th, 2007, 07:37 PM
So, this one: http://www.interworx.com/ is the best out there then huh?
I wanna change CPs as I seen people saying cPanel is so last year and to try that or Plesk instead...I dunno, I LOVE my cPanel, I'm gonna miss him :(

Nope I tried interworx and it TOTALLY SUCKS.........You have nowhere near the options you do in CP and Plesk is more of a advanced CP but you have to have a damn LAW and DR to understand its inner workings...

I think the only one on this board that uses it and understands it is Greg.
idzone
February 11th, 2007, 08:28 PM
I have been using plesk on a shared hosting account since 2 years without any problems. Maybe it is complicated for a dedicated server, as PGZ says.
juice
February 11th, 2007, 11:17 PM
I've actually been colo'ing 3 machines at the level3 datacenter in LA through a friend.. I would like the convienence of someone managing my servers but I really appreciate the flexibility of having complete control over my servers.

I recently added a dual opteron 2u server and find myself already growing out of it.. just picked up new parts this week and waiting on the case now.. I'm completely stoked on the new setup.. dual quad-core xeon 1.8's w/ 8gb of mem.. its going to SCREAM..