Well having 2 servers with RS made me decide a couple months ago to try and split up my load a little and look for other providers for our next server.. Well needless to say every company I have seen pop up with good deals in the past six months seem to all be in a downward spiral to unreliablility. So what I would like is for some of you veterans to tell me some of your GOOD experiences with server providers. Please only post if you have been with this provider 9 months or more.. I am not looking for the cheapest prices but I dont really want to pay Rackspace prices as we can also manage the boxes fine ourself. Thanks in advance.

http://hostmania.net They are very new, but looks very good.

Originally posted by dominet
http://hostmania.net They are very new, but looks very good.

LOL well all I am getting in a timeout :laugh: Anyway I am looking for replys from hosts that have used there providers for 9 or more months.. Alot of the "new" places looked promising but look what happened within 6 months.. down the drain... Looks like i will stick with Rackshack I just thought it might be nice that IF anything were to happen that it would be better to only have half the people yelling at me :D... Anyway Rackshack has done pretty good by me so far so I guess I'll stick with them..

yeah that hostmania is really great , if the page would ever load , what great reliablity they have :rolleyes:

i haven't heard bad things about rackspace.com. have you considered them?

I can personally recommend http://pwebtech.com

I have been with them for 9 months now and I can only remember one 15 min routing issue in the past 9 months. Other than that I have not experienced any down time and we monitor our boxes remotely. Support has also been great, they have very good sys-admins on their staff and they respond to issues very quickly.

They are not the cheapest on the block but they are a very good value for what you get. If you are building a serious business grade service you can count on pwebtech to deliver.

I tried RS and interserver.net before I finally got fed up with down time and poor support then I moved to pwebtech and things have been great!

Remember, you get what you pay for, there is no FREE LUNCH!

eservers and rackspace !!

Hostmania look awesome from what they say - I will get a server with them relatively soon and review! This should answer any questions as they arise :)

www.voxel.net
very good company
EXTREMELY reliable
been with them since Dec 2001.

No down time what so ever.

These guys never say no

NO i don't work for voxel, i wish.
:)

i haven't read anything bad about www.webreseller.net lately, except some delays with their moving to their new data center.

VO, I been with them for more than 1 year, and they service its GREAT!, I couldn't be more happy of use VO for my bussines.

FDCSERVERS!!!!

OKIhost check this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61172

I just posted my review of my new dedicated host!

Eservers.biz 4 servers with them so far. They are the best company for dedicated servers. You will be very happy with them :).

Originally posted by Myacen
Eservers.biz 4 servers with them so far. They are the best company for dedicated servers. You will be very happy with them :).

I hear lots of great things about eservers.biz and I believe them to be true. They are always quick to respond to questions.

Not to slam them but do I have one big problem, you can never order a server when you really need one. They can not seem to commit to an availability date in most cases unless they have a large block of servers coming in. There site always says sold out when you try to order. It seems they get a big block of servers at once then nothing for weeks.

If you have a growing business I do not see how you can depend on their server delivery timeframes. I am not sure what the issue is but availability of servers is a serious consideration when selecting a long term provider for a rapidly growing business.

I guess once you get in things are great but it is like a secret club that takes a long time to get join :)

Greetings OKIHost:

"I am not looking for the cheapest prices but I dont really want to pay Rackspace prices as we can also manage the boxes fine ourself. Thanks in advance."

Rackspace.com does not manage the boxes for you. They manage the network and they manage the hardware; you are still responsible for managing the servers.

There is an old saying you get what you pay for, and chances are high you will end up more towards the Rackspace.com end for reliability and quality than towoards the Rackshack.net end.

Just some food for thought.

Thank you.

"Good deals" and high reliability are seemingly like oil and water. If you're running a business, you've got to put more weight on the reliability end of the balance bar.

I mean, you can get cheap bandwidth on a single provider through a Cogent-lit facility, or you can pay the premium and colo your servers in an InterNAP facility with their 9 backbone providers and their daily network remapping. Or, you can find something in between.

I think I may try out http://www.fastservers.net in the not-so-distant future.

They seem to have been around for a while, and I haven't heard any complaints here on WHT as of yet, so why not, i guess? lol

Originally posted by 311
I think I may try out http://www.fastservers.net in the not-so-distant future.

They seem to have been around for a while, and I haven't heard any complaints here on WHT as of yet, so why not, i guess? lol

You only live once :)

Originally posted by HostingDirect


I hear lots of great things about eservers.biz and I believe them to be true. They are always quick to respond to questions.

Not to slam them but do I have one big problem, you can never order a server when you really need one. They can not seem to commit to an availability date in most cases unless they have a large block of servers coming in. There site always says sold out when you try to order. It seems they get a big block of servers at once then nothing for weeks.

If you have a growing business I do not see how you can depend on their server delivery timeframes. I am not sure what the issue is but availability of servers is a serious consideration when selecting a long term provider for a rapidly growing business.

I guess once you get in things are great but it is like a secret club that takes a long time to get join :)

HostingDirect,

We understand your concern and the issue with server availability is being worked on as I type.

We are currently working on a NEW deal/facility.
This will allow us to offer a lot more servers than we have or can at the current facility.

Keep tuned for more info, the best way to keep informed on our server deals and availability is by joining the mailing list, as soon as anything is released the people on the mailing list get a courtesy email from us.

Originally posted by cabalstudios


Keep tuned for more info, the best way to keep informed on our server deals and availability is by joining the mailing list, as soon as anything is released the people on the mailing list get a courtesy email from us.

Thanks, I am on the mailing list! This sounds like some great news, Good luck!

Back before we started our own place, when we were at VDI.net we had a fairly good experience, and they have been improving since and seem quite reliable now.

-Brendan

I'm not sure what's up with Hostmania's main page but I can tell you that all the tests I've run to their Internap network have only been the best. As hostpath mentioned, with their 9 different backbone providers, your clients will always have a great route to the server. Their main page is on their Cogent line so that may be at fault but I have yet to hear any customers complain here so there's probably just something wrong with their HTTP box. Chavvron has some excellent deals on the Internap net...I'd e-mail him ASAP.

We are very happy with AffordableColo and Pwebtech.

Originally posted by HostingDirect


Not to slam them but do I have one big problem, you can never order a server when you really need one. They can not seem to commit to an availability date in most cases unless they have a large block of servers coming in. There site always says sold out when you try to order. It seems they get a big block of servers at once then nothing for weeks.

*waves hand*

waiting from the 22nd June!

Originally posted by hostpath.com
"Good deals" and high reliability are seemingly like oil and water. If you're running a business, you've got to put more weight on the reliability end of the balance bar.

I mean, you can get cheap bandwidth on a single provider through a Cogent-lit facility, or you can pay the premium and colo your servers in an InterNAP facility with their 9 backbone providers and their daily network remapping. Or, you can find something in between.

i know this may sound like a dumb question, but.

i don't know anything about internap, but.... do you know who uses internap? or do you have to go directly to them for dedicated servers ? or is it colo only?

Dave from FluidHosting is in Boston Internap DC I believe.

Originally posted by cabalstudios
We are currently working on a NEW deal/facility.
This will allow us to offer a lot more servers than we have or can at the current facility.

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Try http://www.dialtone.com - not the cheapest but really reliable. I'm over 2,5 years with them and have no single complaint. They are connected to QWest, UUNet, AT&T and GBLX.

We have both colo and dedicated servers from Ventures Online (http://www.venturesonline.com) and are very happy with their service and the reliabilty and performance of their network.

VO is not the cheapest, but I believe at the end of the day we're ahead cost-wise because we are able to provide a reliable service which translates to happy customers and lots of referrals (about 80% of new accounts).

Site5.com - been around a while, good service, nice people, not the cheapest. I pay a bit more, but sleep at night. They are in NAC, same data centre as pwebtech.

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Rackmy.com is where it's at.

Mike posts here all the time.

I run a DNS server with them and so I know whenever we have downtime --- I'm happy to say we've never even blinked for a second! 100% uptime!

I've never had to send in a real support ticket aside from non-operational tickets but even those have all been answered in minutes.

-davidu

I have b een with pwebtech for 10 months. You can read what I have just had to say about them here:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61622&pagenumber=3

I have one box with them that hosts only one site, and reseller space on another server with a customer of theirs where I host some other small sites for clients (needing cpanel hosting).

I hate to say it, but with hosting you almost always get what you pay for (yes there are exceptions to every rule). If you look at this forum, you hardly ever see the more "expensive" host with connectivity or support issues.

My 2 cents.

I can recommend SkyNetWEB (www.skynetweb.com). I use them for over 2 years now and I'm really happy about their network and server.

Originally posted by dominet
http://hostmania.net They are very new, but looks very good.

yikes. i'd use caution. i emailed asking about openbsd (as they've got the openbsd logo on the site), yet the sales agent told me that they don't have the cd to install from. that made me a tad suspicious, but other than that, the guy seemed nice and helpful.

I have dealt with affordablecolo.com and skynetweb.com both for over a year and both have been outstanding. I highly recommend them.

Been with RackSpace for 2 years now and have no complaints. In fact, at this point I wouldn't consider anyone else because with rackspace, network downtime is something I NEVER have to worry about.

nac.net is the place to be. There are a few server providers in that datacenter, and some offer better QOS than others. I think you should seriously look at pwebtech as others have mentioned. Some of the highest uptimes on this forums come that that part of the world, as well as some of the most up to date server configs. Coupled with NAC's network which is close to one of the best on the planet you'd be hard pressed to find better quality at the price.

4:07am up 236 days

with around 15 minutes of 'network downtime' that we've seen in that time... something that's been short and infrequent enough that we're yet to recieve a single support ticket about downtime from customers.

The end result is our business translates to near total uptime as far as clients go with great hardware, in a world class facility. Considering the costs it's money well spent.

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik
nac.net is the place to be....
Agreed. We have 3 servers in NAC and will keep getting more. :agree: :)

We have 4 servers in NAC, and I agree, it's the place to be!