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

date posted 5th March 2008 10:13

I am not sure why this is happening, but I am receiving these emails, please
stop them.

Thankyou




On 5/3/08 11:26, "David Wallin" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
> I use Heart Internet - and they're not bad for what they do, and it's at an
> excellent price.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of John
> Dickens
> Sent: 05 March 2008 11:16
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions for Dedicated server selection Please!!
>
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> 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.
>
>
> Sudeep ( iNfovinity Systems Pvt. Ltd.) wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I am looking for a dedicated server to run a website that is streaming
>> video as FLV, some MP3 / Audio files. What do you guy's suggest ? Go for
>> Go-Daddy or Fasthosts.co.uk or webfusion.co.uk? I know bit's and bit's
> about
>> Plesk , can create hosting by myself .. but that's it .. if there is a
> minor
>> problem I can look into it but upgrading PHP version or MySQL server or
>> controlling mail queue .. I am just lost. . also do you recon that I
> should
>> ask for a "dedicated tech. support plan" or it's not that important.
>>
>> Please suggest
>> Sudeep
>>
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