Hi,

we setup all our servers @ thePlanet (great company!) and now we are looking for an host at a different location to backup the data to with these kind of features:
- HD 100GB+
- CPU, RAM etc. dont matter.
- price as low as possible.
- Bandwidth: 400GB+

any ideas?

managed.com would be perfect for backup solution

thx steve... this market is getting crazy: $55 for 1.2T transfer!... is their connectivity any good?

also do they offer custom solutions, e.g. 200G drives or SCSI?

It's actually 1GB transfer, check for all of the hidden fees on the order page. They have 1 Gig-E line right now to AboveNet, and may be getting another to GBLX sometime in the future. For a backup server, Managed.com should be fine.

- Matt

What hidden fees?

like the cpanel hidden fee

Try DV2. For ~$220 you can get Dual Xeon's with 2TB bandwidth and a 73GB SCSI drive. You can add another drive for a moderate fee aswell. I'm personally using DV2 and considering ThePlanet for a backup. :P

Either of them would be fine. But I personally would go with TP as the price is almost the same.

At tranxactglobal.com you can get 200GB IDE drives for a once off setup cost. Just get a low end server and stick in a couple of 200GB drives. :)

vetrun

Originally posted by mainarea
It's actually 1GB transfer...
Matt did I misread your post?

Monthly Fee: $55.00
Data Transfer: 1,200GB * Introductory Special *
Over Usage: $0.50 / 1GB
Set-Up Fee: $0.00
Available: Yes

Originally posted by SpiritAu
Matt did I misread your post?

When did he post that?

The offer is 1200GB and CPanel free the first month. After that, it's 1000GB per month and CPanel is extra.

The bold quote was matt, the plain text quote was from managed.com

Originally posted by DanX
Try DV2. For ~$220 you can get Dual Xeon's with 2TB bandwidth and a 73GB SCSI drive. You can add another drive for a moderate fee aswell. I'm personally using DV2 and considering ThePlanet for a backup. :P DV2's Dual Xeon with 2TB Bandwidth is actually a limit to 1TB up, and 1TB down. If he's looking for the cheapest server with 100+GB, he could always go for the $85/month plan at Managed.com that has the 120GB HD (Which will give you around 99GB space after OS install and their partitioning). I can't check on their upgrade/addon prices, as their site isn't responding to any HTTP requests right now - Let's see how long this goes on for.

- Matt

We have some servers at Cyberwurx, they built us some machines with plenty of HDD space. Perfect for our backup solution and in a different DC to our main servers. Might be worth emailing them your requirements.

Originally posted by SpiritAu
Matt did I misread your post?
Nope :) 1200GB of transfer for the first month, 1000GB after that. I wouldn't say that they offer free CPanel either, since it's only free for the first month. The site is very deceptive until you click onto the order page (https://secure.managed.com/celeron_order.htm).

- Matt

Servermatrix the super celeron w/ 200 gig hd is like $109 a month I believe. Which has 1TB of transfer.

Originally posted by Vamp22
Servermatrix the super celeron w/ 200 gig hd is like $109 a month I believe. Which has 1TB of transfer.
They already have a server at ThePlanet, and want an offsite backup.

- Matt

Originally posted by mainarea
They already have a server at ThePlanet, and want an offsite backup.

- Matt

Whoopsie :D

managed.com is probably a decent dc if you give it a chance. I've been considering getting another server there. Waiting for some more input though.

I don't like how to say they have "free cpanel" and make you pay after the first month, although I did know that before I signed up so that isn't a big problem but its mis-leading. For an off-site backup, why would you need Cpanel on the server? You can just zip all the backups and transfer them in 1 file.

You don' thave to pay for CPanel with managed if you don't want to. Once the first month is over just let the license expire.

yeah exactly. Thats whats good about backup servers.

If you do just let your cPanel licence expire - make sure you disable and firewall up all the services you don't intend on using for security reasons.... Last thing you want is be totally stuffed because you over looked a minor detail.

or just get the server with out cpanel installed, get a bare installation.