Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions for Dedicated server selection Please!!

date posted 5th March 2008 10:01

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 11:15:54AM -0000, John Dickens wrote:
>
> Having been through the Fasthosts password fiasco with five dedicated
> servers, email and domain hosting, they are not a company I would
> recommend. "You are in queue position 10013 and we are just about to cut
> you off before anyone speaks to you".
>
> I have used WebFusion before, but found their service deteriorated when
> they were taken over by Host Europe and then by Pipex. (incidentally the
> original WebFusion people appear to have resurfaced at Heart Internet).
>
> All these are definitely at the cheaper end of the market though. If you
> haven't got the server admin knowledge, the support you will get will
> probably not be good enough, remember with dedicated servers and co-lo
> you are responsible for pretty much the whole box, which is a bit bloody
> scary when someone asks you to hack the kernel on a live web server. I
> would have thought you would be better off going for a higher end
> hosting package with proper support.
>
> My recommendation would be to get all your metrics together about
> throughput, file sizes and things and then go and approach someone like
> Demon or Star Internet for a price. Then work your way down from there.

Bytemark are excellent. I have had few problems with them over several years.

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