I am done with these people. I pay 200 per month and I have down time EVERY day. So then I will call up and say "Hey, my site is down AGAIN" and then they say "Oh yea, looks like the server is locked up" Then after they fix it, I say "What can be done about this?" Then they say "Not much we can do because we cant seem to pinpoint the problem". I am totally fed up and I must get new hosting ASAP. Please, spam me with your favorites dedicated hosting companies!
What our your requirements? I have a couple servers at ServerBeach. Been there for the past year. I have been happy with it. It is self managed.
Well, honestly I dont even need a dedicated server, but I like the extra speed and quality. But currently my server specs are: » 1600 GB Premium Multi-Homed Bandwidth (800in + 800out) » Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ Hyperthreaded » 1GB DDR PC3200 » 120GB 7200RPM SATA / 8MB Cache » 120GB Backup Drive » Linux - CentOS 4
I'd rather not say, I'm not here to bash them. It wouldn't be hard for you to find out via my sig if you really wanted to. I just need to get off their hosting, enough is enough. I have had shared, VPS, and now dedicated hosting with them. Everytime I upgrade, the service and the quality seems to get downgraded. Very weird.
We are using VPSs from servint, they are damn good and maybe not so cheap, but I can get support within 10 minutes 24/7 ... and yes I have worked 24/7 before. I think the fastest support response was less then 1 minute. They have had 2 major downtimes in the 4 years I've been there, otherwise 100% reliable.
I have no affiliation with these guys, but I've heard good things about them. Fast setup, flexible folks. http://www.shinjiru.com/
I'm using LayeredTech (unmanaged) dedicated servers. Their prices are reasonable and so far it's been stable. Check out their forums for current deals http://layer0.layeredtech.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8 I also have a managed VPS with LiquidWeb, very excellent and FAST support. They have dedicated servers too but Layeredtech's dedicated was cheaper so I went with them in the end. If you're already paying $200/mth then maybe their prices won't be so bad. Plus you get a managed machine.
They suck. who ever get to read this thread while looking for a hosting company, they have a support system just like the one mentioned above. every week the server dies, needs maintenance, power failure, a dinosaur broke their office... you name it. I'm now looking for a different hosting company to leave this shinjiru crap.
Try bytemark.co.uk Fantastic service we've found Servers are uk based tho so won't be ideal if you're SEO'ing for US customers. If you sign up don't forget to put Memotech as your referrer (gotta try at least )
Oh just noticed you said: >honestly I dont even need a dedicated server They will also do a VM for you cheaper if you want to save cash.
toqen.com is good as well. I have dedicated servers with them and there bandwidth is awesome as well as customer support.