WebAuthorities HOT Specials

Dedicated Server Special #1

Server Specs:

- 1 GHz Pentium III
- 512 MB PC133 SDRAM
- 40 GB 7200RPM Hard Drive (IBM Brandname)
- 10/100 Integrated NIC
- 100 Justifiable IP's following ARIN's regulations (RFC 2050).
- 300 GB Data Transfer at 95% or
- 100 GB Data Transfer using monthly average (see bandwidth below)
- Redhat 7.1, 7.2, freeBSD (Your Choice)
- 99.5% network uptime guarantee

$150 per month
$150 setup fee


Dedicated Server Special #2

- 1 GHz Pentium III
- 1 GB PC133 SDRAM
- 40 GB 7200RPM Hard Drive (IBM Brandname)
- 10/100 Integrated NIC
- 200 Justifiable IP's following ARIN's regulations (RFC 2050).
- 400 GB Data Transfer at 95% or
- 200 GB Data Transfer using monthly average (see bandwidth below)
- Redhat 7.1, 7.2, freeBSD (Your Choice)
- 99.5% network uptime guarantee

$250 per month
$250 setup fee

- Add Psoft's HSPHERE Control Panel 100 License Pack for $35 monthly
- Add CPANEL for $100 monthly
- Add WEBMIN for a one time fee of $100
- Install your own for free :)

SPECIAL URL -> http://www.webauthorities.com/wa-specials.html

ORDER URL -> https://www.webauthorities.com/wa-specialorder.html

(excuse our mess as we are cleaning up our site)

Fine Print
No limit on the number of systems you can buy. Valid for new servers only, existing or new clients. One month minimum contract. Five reboots per month, each additional one is $15.00. Typical setup times are 5 to 7 business days. Price remains in effect for as long as the client is with us. First month and setup fees billed before server is setup and are non-refundable. All orders are verified by phone.

Bandwidth
WebAuthorities gives you two ways to do bandwidth. Using a 5 minute sampling monthly in /out average or a 5 minute sampling in/out average at 95th percentile. You choose. This allows a server who does spiky bandwidth to not get hit with a higher than normal bandwidth bill. If you decide to switch later, no problem, let us know and we can change you. We don't cap bandwidth, so you are free to use as much as you need.

Our NOC
Why pay for Cogent only bandwidth when you can use UUNET as well? Our GSR12416s (two) use BGP to route your traffic the quickest way through 8 redundant pipes using the following carriers; UUNET, PSINet, AT&T, Qwest, Cogent, Broadwing, Level 3, and Cable & Wireless. Give us a traceroute or ping (webauthorities.com), you won't believe your eyes. Most clients tell us they get less than 100ms with fewer than 9 hops.

Support
We provide you with five reboots per month and basic system support. Basic means that we will help you with minor problems that you may encounter, such as restarting apache or moving files around. Larger support such as figuring out why apache won't restart is billed at a rate of $75.00 per hour. If minor problems seems to happen frequently, several hours a week or month, we may require you to pay an hourly fee as well. You have the option to purchase 5 hour support blocks for $200 per month.

Colocation
Interested in colocation? We have some fantastic prices. Visit our website for more information http://www.webauthorities.com/wa-colocation.html

Give us a try, you won't be disappointed.

Nice deal but the setup fee seems to be a little high. :(

Ok, I changed the setup fee's to $150 for server #1 and $250 for server #2. That should be a better incentive.

Which link is these servers connected to, MAEDulles? Are you colocated there or you have a link at your premises?

Also:
Do you have smaller CPUs, like PIII 750/800?

I would like to have a server @ $120 / mo and no setup fee if possible.

How much wil it cost for a 2nd drive?

And also, do you mind to explain what's the difference between 95th percentile and MRTG average? Interested in your deal but kind of confused by the terms.

I may be interested as well. Like the previous poster, I'd appreciate it if someone could explain the differences between the two bandwidth systems..
Also, what config suite comes with it by default. I saw on your page that you offer webmin/cpanel/hsphere and plesk for extra $, but it wasn't mentionned what (and if) comes with it by default.. Surely there is something?

Originally posted by Belgarion
I may be interested as well. Like the previous poster, I'd appreciate it if someone could explain the differences between the two bandwidth systems..
Also, what config suite comes with it by default. I saw on your page that you offer webmin/cpanel/hsphere and plesk for extra $, but it wasn't mentionned what (and if) comes with it by default.. Surely there is something?

- Add Psoft's HSPHERE Control Panel 100 License Pack for $35 monthly
- Add CPANEL for $100 monthly
- Add WEBMIN for a one time fee of $100

manuchao : Yes, I can get you a smaller server for less money. Send me an e-mail with what you had in mind. Yes, we are colocated with MAEDulles also known as Tag. They primarily make dedicated servers for the military, like subs and aircraft carriers... I and another company are the only non-military hosts they have.

Belgarion: no, no control panel. They come as is. You can add a control panel for extra as listed by Jedito. I tried to get the price low, hence the no control panel.

Don: Depends on what type you want. I just charge a flat rate plus a little for installation for extra drives. I think they start at $120 for a 20GB.

Ok, you should be familiar with 95th%. You take the top 5% off and you get billed for the rest. So if you do spikey traffic, like downloads, you'll get hit with a higher bill.

MRTG Average is where we take your average monthly usage in 5 min samplings. It's sort of like averaging school grades. This is a truer measurment of what you are doing. It's the way MRTG does it's averaging by default.

EXAMPLE:

128 kbps
256 kbps
1000 kbps
100 kbps
800 kbps
300 kbps

AVERAGE: 430 kbps


Let me know if this helps...if not, I can provide a link to one of our MRTG sites that has both 95th and average on the same page so you can maybe get a better idea. But remember that whichever way you choose, you can always change it later.

Yes please, I would really want to take a look at the page. :)

You mentioned that Redhat 7.1 is installed by default, but you stated earlier in this thread that we can choose. Just asking, would it be possible if I want Redhat 7.2 ? Any extra cost etc?

BTW, aren't there a way to reboot in Telnet? Or is it necessary to go through you for rebootings?

How many left?

Originally posted by Donovan
You mentioned that Redhat 7.1 is installed by default, but you stated earlier in this thread that we can choose. Just asking, would it be possible if I want Redhat 7.2 ? Any extra cost etc?

BTW, aren't there a way to reboot in Telnet? Or is it necessary to go through you for rebootings?

How many left?

No cost to load 7.2 or freeBSD...Just make sure that whatever control panel you use supports either one. I'll be honest. We don't have any freeBSD, just ordered a copy of it from compusa to have on hand and install on my test machine to get used to.

Yes, you can reboot a server from SSH (7.1 and above uses SSH) by typing shutdown -r now but sometimes your machine will lock and you can't telnet in.

Ok, here is a link to one of our servers. This is an example page and not the clients actual link. Also the 95th% isn't accurate on this one. You need 30 days to get a true reading and I think theirs is on day 10:

http://bandwidth.webauthorities.com/example.html

Take a look at the WEEKLY report...AVERAGE IN and OUT. Together they equal 89.1 kbps...but 95th for the same amount of time is reporting 167.66 kbps (it says this at the top of the page) because the high spikes count in the computation. We bill based on the monthly report...which is usually lower than the weekly one.

(This chart contains both 95th% {located at the top} and monthly average {the average in and out located below each picture})

To figure out how much bandwidth you use each month in GB's take the in and out...or the 95th% number and plug it into a script I wrote. The link is here: http://mescripts.com/convertme/convert-me.php

Not sure how many I have on hand...but I can get more. :) Christmas may slow me down a little, but I can usually get them up in our alloted time frame of 5 to 7 business days.

Originally posted by WebAuth
Yes, you can reboot a server from SSH (7.1 and above uses SSH) by typing shutdown -r now but sometimes your machine will lock and you can't telnet in.


You can type "reboot" as well. I have never had one hang when using the "reboot" command but that doesn't mean it can't happen.

Hi Greg,

I think WebAuth mean that there are times when your machine hang, and thus you can't telnet/SSH in to type the command to reboot

1st post here :D
sayap

Oh I know, I was letting Donovan know that you can do it without going through a provider since it looked like thats what he wanted to know.

Hey - what ever happened to Mike at WebAuthorities? As far as I know he was the founder and owner of the place. Mike was one of the outstanding forefathers, so to speak, of WHT. Mike always had good advice, never got his feathers ruffled (no offense to Chicken) and was a great contributor to the board.

I always liked him.

I see this post from WebAuth here and honestly, I don't know him from Adam. The company has the same name on it and it's the same website. But I don't know the guy and it seems WA is now located in a new NOC.

Did Mike sell the company? Who's got it now? Where did Mike go?

Some veterans around here must know the answers. I think the answers would help those who are unfamiliar (and those like me who know WA from way back when) know who they're dealing with here. Maybe it's just a new company with new owners.

No offense to WebAuth here. I'm sure he's on the up and up and I haven't heard any complaints about WA ever. I'm just interested in how WA changed over from Mike and what is the latest with the company.

Sean

Nope, this is Mike. For some reason, my MikeA won't let me post new threads to this forum...It keeps saying no more than one post every 5 days....So I created this handle to do posts...

I'll switch back to the MikeA...maybe it will let me post again...hehe..

hehe...ok, it's me again. WebAuth and MikeA are the same person. I e-mailed Matt about it not letting MikeA post and he said to give it time. But it still hangs, so I used WebAuth to create the initial post...sorry WHTC (aka... Chicken Death Squad...you guys don't fool me for a second...LOL)

Before a moderator bans me or something...ask Matt...I talked to him first...WebAuth was a last resort. If you do a scan the last time I posted in the "advertisements" forum was like 4 months ago.

On a different note...it gives me a warm fuzzy that some of you still remember me... :)

Originally posted by Jag
Oh I know, I was letting Donovan know that you can do it without going through a provider since it looked like thats what he wanted to know.

Yup, I know "reboot" and some others can do the job well in Telnet. But I am just wondering is it necessary to go-through them in reboots. Hehe, was thinking that they might have locked the command somehow. :blush:

I actually forgot all about the reboot command...so use to using shutdown -r now. Thats located in /usr/sbin right?

Thanks for reminding me about that one.