if you are going to get a new dedicated server, which one you will choose? why?

FastServers.net
dedicatednow.com
eServers.biz
other....?

Well, it depends on what your needs, your budget and the level of support required.

All are good companies.

suppose that your budget is about: $100-$150
and you want the best uptime network and the best performance w/ fast support

What kind of hardware you need, bandwidth and if you require any specific control panels , operating systems ?

Non-COGENT Bandwidth :)

cPanel/WebHost Manager

P4 if it gives the best performance

Linux

eServers.biz doesn't do CPanel/WHM and their cost is generally higher than the rest.

My vote would be to go for either DedicatedNow.com or Nocster.com . Both of which are Linux based, impressive uptime (no 100% guarantees but with any network do expect for some downtime both planned or unplanned. I would say that they would not delibrately subotage their own network for any reasons and would do their best to ensure uptime.

You may be able to squeeze in a P4 with Cpanel/WHM with that network.

Both have cogent in their pool of networks but they are not solely cogent. Nocster would be dropping their cogent line soon.

Fastservers is currently not accepting orders until Jan 1st so we have to see what they would be offering at that time.

I doubt you could go wrong with any one of the above companies.

thanks eddy2099

I am happy with your short review :)

thakns again :cool:

I have this question :)

suppose that I will take a dedicated server from FS and I have never deal with any dedicated server before. will I face problems in dealing with the server, cuz I intend to open a hosting company?

Well, it depends. I just migrated to my 3rd dedicated server and first time handling a Cpanel/WHM based server and it took me about one week to familiarize myself with its inner working, tweak the server, update the server and do the basic set ups and the domain name server thing.

In the past, I use to take between two weeks to about four months, learning and tweaking the server before putting it live. Even though the control panel is a life-saver, there are times you still need to do a little tweaking here and there.

Running a dedicated server even if it is managed would come with its own complications because unlike having a resellers or shared web hosting account where the administration and troubleshooting is handle by a 3rd party. Now you are taking on the role of the web administrator. So it is a different experience altogether.

I would say, get a good book on apache and linux administration and if this is your first server and first experience with a dedicated server, it would be best to familiarize yourself with it before making it live and especially so if you are starting a web hosting company. You wouldn't want to get trap in a situation where you start the business and start accepting clients and a show-stopping bug hits the server. Of course, things which may seems simple for an experience administrator could be nightmarish for someone new at it.

If it takes six months of meddling to familiarize yourself with the server and operating a web hosting business then take that six month. I know there would be a lot of out-of-pocket expenditure during that time without any source of income. Hard as it may sound, this would be a prudence move because once you start accepting customers, you cannot say 'Oh No' and reformat the harddisk and start again. You cannot take more than a few hours to do bug fixes and so on.

Here are the online manual for Cpanel and WHM although they are a tad outdated but most are still relevant today.

CPanel Manual: http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cp/
WebHostManager Manual: http://www.cpanel.net/docs/whm/

Good Luck.

bueno, all are good providers and you can choose any depending on your needs and budget.

But before you open a hosting company, I'd suggest you to learn a bit about Linux and get a reseller account to practise. Not only it'd save you money, it'd also save you from lots of headache in case of troubles.