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[mperkel]

I just rented a dedicated server from cari.net and since the server came up at around 3:00 today there have been two outages there lasting over an hour.

Not a good first impression! What gives? Are they any good? Did I just start on a bad day?

[mazsola]

I think an hour long outage should go more reason than you need to walk.

[mperkel]

well - different problem - the computer I got locked up twice. might be bad hardware.

[cywkevin]

Usually you ask this kind of question before you sign up with your host.

[TeKiZeRo]

Maybe ask for a new machine if your server keeps locking up. And if the outages persist, then its time to move on.

[BeDifferentSolutions]

Originally posted by mperkel
I just rented a dedicated server from cari.net and since the server came up at around 3:00 today there have been two outages there lasting over an hour.

Not a good first impression! What gives? Are they any good? Did I just start on a bad day?

Yes, they are good. In terms of support. I still have not found better 24/7 support. I pained me to leave for a better DC with a better network. The support we have now doesn't compare.

Open a ticket, and within a few minutes someone will start on it.

[jstanden]

Hey there,

A few years ago we used to host our own equipment in Cari.net's walk-in datacenter in San Diego, Calif. (at the time it was called SDColo). It's one big building -- you get keys to one part and their stuff is secured in another.

They had a good NOC setup. Projector with support issues filling up the front wall 24/7, etc. We had a 24/7 800# and they always answered it.

We got to know the late-shift staff really well. Their techs were always helpful, and a few times they went _well_ out of their way to save us the drive from Orange County (an hour or so north along the coast, between LA + San Diego).

Eventually we outgrew renting a full rack with all our own hardware, for as cheap as you can rent good Dual Xeon boxes w/ RAIDs these days. But we had a good experience.

While I can't vouch for their dedicated servers or leased pricing, it was all on the same network with the same staff. And I can definitely vouch for the company.

Thanks!