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    Best Data Center in Europe?

    We are looking to setup dedicated servers in Europe and wanted to get an idea of which data centers are rated as the best in terms of support and network speed and uptime. Cost is not relevant at this stage.

    Any recommendations are appreciated.

    Cheers,

    Mark

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    One I won't recommend is RedBus..I remember hearing one of their DC's went bankrupt and then RB confiscated client's servers..

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    Thanks repoman. I should add that we are looking for Windows server orientated support too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by repoman
    One I won't recommend is RedBus..I remember hearing one of their DC's went bankrupt and then RB confiscated client's servers..
    I think you need to come off the waccy baccy, or have your ears cleaned so you can hear better in future.

    That isn't true at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RazorBlue - Dan
    I think you need to come off the waccy baccy, or have your ears cleaned so you can hear better in future.

    That isn't true at all.
    From what I heard, they went through a change of ownership and prices increased. I could also be wrong though. That’s just what I heard, from a customer I believe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamieCarruthers
    From what I heard, they went through a change of ownership and prices increased. I could also be wrong though. That’s just what I heard, from a customer I believe.
    That is true, but they didn't go bankrupt or steal all of their customers servers, that's nonsense.
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    One of the Redbus facilities in the UK, Sovereign House, is pretty decent in my opinion but the reason we're in the process of moving out is because the price hikes by the new management don't correspond to an increase in service (the opposite is true in fact) and leave it no longer looking like a good value DC. I have absolutely no faith that the management won't just try to screw existing customers with another massive price hike before making their exit.

    As I was wheeling another trolley of equipment out of the building last week, one of the security staff who was hanging out of a little hatch watching simply said "Everyone is leaving!".

    We've moved into a much better facility though, Telstra's LHC, which is certainly much better value, the staff are friendly and knowledgeable and we have guarantees there won't be any ridiculous price rises on the same scale as Redbus for the forseeable future.

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    London is always good in terms of being EU central, however there is a distinct lack of good DC space at the moment. You could look at Telehouse Paris, or some of the DC's in Amsterdam as another option.
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    Ok thanks. I should clarify that we are looking to lease our servers not co-locate at this stage. So are there any good providers that run their own data center and provide a degree of Windows Support - ala Liquid Web?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultima Hosts
    Ok thanks. I should clarify that we are looking to lease our servers not co-locate at this stage. So are there any good providers that run their own data center and provide a degree of Windows Support - ala Liquid Web?
    What kind of budget do you have & what kind of server are you looking for? Pricing varies massively over here (as does quality of service).

    Do you have any management requirements?

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    Ok let say $500-600 USD per server per month budget. We would much rather pay for the best rather than go through the hassles of a sub-par provider.

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    Redbus are great in my opinion, a router had to be changed, was done overnight, so no damaging downtime was caused. Great customer service, would recommend

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    Someone recommended www.gyron.net to me. I have no hands on experience with them however
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    I would look at www.razorblue.com. We trust many of our critical applications to them and have no complaints. (our site is actually hosted at their NYC location )
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    We have a rack in IXEurope in Geneva and can highly recommend them, I know they have datacentres all around Europe. Our contact there is Pierre Alain (pierre-alain.schmid@ixeurope.com), i'd recommend speaking to him as he is incredibly helpful. He speaks good english too!

    We also have racks in Level(3) Goswell Road and 111 Eighth Ave. Goswell Road is a really nice datacentre, everytime I go there there are always at least 10 guys cleaning or painting. I hear there was a power outage there a little while back but then i've heard horror stories about nearly every datacentre in London from one source or another!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ultima Hosts
    Ok thanks. I should clarify that we are looking to lease our servers not co-locate at this stage. So are there any good providers that run their own data center and provide a degree of Windows Support - ala Liquid Web?
    I think people need to read this before continuing to suggest places to colocate ...

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    We have a dedicated server with Gyron.net and we're pretty happy overall. No problems getting support or upgrades. Feel a bit pricey though, maybe it's because of the difference between the dollar and the pound.

    Another UK-based company we're happy with is redstation, they're windows-only though.

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    www.netdirekt.de
    They're a great datacenter as network. (Self-Managed servers only)
    They provide remote reboot port.
    Website is in deutch, but their sales and support speak english too.
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    When talk about "BEST", I am pretty sure it can only describe when it fit into your requirement, your customers' need and etc = BEST

    However I want to know what datacenter is available in Europe!

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