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[msimonds]

We have been at Host Rocket for the past 3 years and are wanting to move because, in our opinion, their support has become terrible. I am searching for a new place we can call home for a dedicated server.

I know that this topic has been talked about many times and I have tried to search for some answers, but I wanted to get some honest feedback about what is the best and most reasonable priced dedicated host.

Our requirements are simple:

centOS 5
State side server
between $230 - $280 a month

Is there an honest site that does really good reviews on dedicated hosting?

Thanks for your time,
Mike

[Siropel]

Hello,
What kind of server do you need (in terms of specs)?
Managed or unmanaged?

[msimonds]

LOL, please do not laugh at me, but I really do not know what the difference is. I mean our server at Host Rocket I guess is unmanaged

It has Cpanel/WHM and they set it up, but we take care of it and any installs if needed. If managed is the way to go, I am all for it, as long as we have Root Access to the box, etc...

Hope that makes sense and I hope I dont sound too stupid!

ADDED:

We are looking to spend around $ 250 -$ 280 a month.

Must have at least 2 Gig's of RAM
at least a 200 Gig HD
100 Mbps
60 IP addy's
Cpanel/WHM
** CentOS 5 > this is a must!!!

[kris1351]

You can look in your WHM under the Server Information link to see what stats you currently have on your server. Get an idea of what you have to get to survive then you can probably get double the server you currently have for that price you are already paying.

[msimonds]

Originally Posted by kris1351

You can look in your WHM under the Server Information link to see what stats you currently have on your server. Get an idea of what you have to get to survive then you can probably get double the server you currently have for that price you are already paying.

In WHM, is that under server configuration? NEVERMIND I FOUND IT, sorry

[msimonds]

Processor Information

Processor #1 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #1 Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Processor #1 speed: 2793.147 MHz
Processor #1 cache size: 1024 KB

Processor #2 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #2 Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Processor #2 speed: 2793.147 MHz
Processor #2 cache size: 1024 KB


Memory Information

Memory: 2041232k/2087472k available (1731k kernel code, 41632k reserved, 1304k data, 228k init, 1169968k highmem)


System Information

Linux 2.4.21-47.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Oct 19 11:33:45 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux


Physical Disks

hda: GCR-8483B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
SCSI device sda: 312500000 512-byte hdwr sectors (160000 MB)


Current Memory Usage

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2045952 1969092 76860 0 187032 669960
-/+ buffers/cache: 1112100 933852
Swap: 2048248 2536 2045712
Total: 4094200 1971628 2122572


Current Disk Usage

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 2.0G 879M 990M 48% /
/dev/sda1 99M 37M 58M 39% /boot
/dev/sda8 132G 16G 109G 13% /home
none 999M 0 999M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5 2.0G 36M 1.8G 2% /tmp
/dev/sda3 4.9G 2.6G 2.0G 57% /usr

[HRDaveCSM]

Originally Posted by msimonds

We have been at Host Rocket for the past 3 years and are wanting to move because, in our opinion, their support has become terrible. I am searching for a new place we can call home for a dedicated server.

I know that this topic has been talked about many times and I have tried to search for some answers, but I wanted to get some honest feedback about what is the best and most reasonable priced dedicated host.

Our requirements are simple:

centOS 5
State side server
between $230 - $280 a month

Is there an honest site that does really good reviews on dedicated hosting?

Thanks for your time,
Mike

Hello Mike,

Not to hijack your thread, but if you wouldn't mind terribly, could you shoot me a PM about your experience with support as of late? I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[msimonds]

Originally Posted by HRDaveCSM

Hello Mike,

Not to hijack your thread, but if you wouldn't mind terribly, could you shoot me a PM about your experience with support as of late? I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Can you IM me? your right, I cannot PM you for some reason

[HRDaveCSM]

Originally Posted by msimonds

Can you IM me? your right, I cannot PM you for some reason

I think that's a feature we can only utilize as PAID members of this board. In any event, hit me up at csmanager@hostrocket.com

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.