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[efarmer]

We have a project that will grow into load-balance setup.
i.e. loadbalancer -> hw firewall -> web servers -> mysql-server(s)

Need recomendations of providers that have experience with similiar setup that has a reliable network.

Thx and happy holidays.

[Apolo]

Hi efarmer,

I'm not sure whether you found a provider yet, but I'm almost sure most providers would be able to offer you this kind of setup if you ask them, and if you have the budget for it.

I could advise you to find your provider from the beginning instead of waiting for site/application to grow. This way is a lot easier for your provider to scalate your current solution.

Regards,

Jaime

[efarmer]

Thx Jaime,

No we have not commit with any provider yet.
Most providers will offer this setup when asked but who had done such setup and experience with it is another issue. We cannot afford to have someone to experiment on our setup.

[Apolo]

Originally Posted by efarmer

We cannot afford to have someone to experiment on our setup.

I see your point. In this case, you better ask your provider for some testimonials and previous (similar) configurations performed, but I think a *honest* provider would be able to tell you whether they have done this kind of work before or not.

Happy holidays for your too!

Regards,

Jaime

[eth00]

Ev1 has a lot of experience doing this through their private racks. They have serveriron load balancers and pix firewalls along with the experience to use them. TSS currently works with quiet a few load balancers and they are amazing Ev1 also provides a special support method for private racks that allows you direct access to a dedicated floor tech.

[efarmer]

Thx John,

Their private rack looks interesting, it seems like colocation without the hassle of colocation.

[DjMiX]

I would also recommend checking out ev1

[Joel B.]

I've been an EV1 customer since 2003 and am exceedingly pleased with their services. I added their load-balanced pair setup to my team of servers for one particularly high-traffic website (ev1servers.net/hosting/load_balanced.asp) and would recommend it a thousand times over. And since the company I have managing it set it up right, I've had 100% uptime since I got the servers set up in April of last year.... which was a lot better than the old company I had back in 2002 where I had about 85-90% uptime for the year.

[mrmasta]

You might check out fastservers.net I was on the phone with them today about the same thing. They guy I was speaking with knew what he was talking about and they would not be experimenting as it is something they have done.

There is a 100.00 setup fee for the mirroring, load balancing etc setup but not for the servers themselves.

[Oosband]

www.fasthosts.co.uk offer it...the prices are quite high though.

[SMachiz]

Do you have a specific location in mind?

Best,
Sam

[efarmer]

Originally Posted by SMachiz

Do you have a specific location in mind?

Best,
Sam

Preference will be the westcoast, however, it actually doesn't matters too much.

[SMachiz]

Well, I'm not too familiar with West Coast shops, but Jay at ethr.net is supposed to be pretty good.

Best,
Sam

[efarmer]

Originally Posted by SMachiz

Well, I'm not too familiar with West Coast shops, but Jay at ethr.net is supposed to be pretty good.

Best,
Sam

Thank You Sam

[Corptex]

I've looked into load-balancing and more complex situations. No, you don't want someone experimenting, you want someone experienced and professional at it.

EV1

Only place I found, and my current DC even recommended them. I love my DC/server provider, but they don't have experience with these kind of situations. EV1 came recommended to me by a management team AND my own DC. I haven't used them, so I have no experience, but it's just too much to ignore when an excellent DC recommends another DC for something.