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VPS Recommendations
Posted by kaerast on Sat 28 Jul 2007 at 18:44
I've finally had enough of my vps provider and so am looking for recommendations of a new one. I've heard good things about Bytemark, and their most basic system sounds almost perfect in terms of size, prics and features. I met them at Internet World a couple of years ago, and they were the only hosting provider who actually understood my questions. The one minor problem being their AUP which would cause problems for the small adult site currently being developed on our vps, although if necessary that could be moved elsewhere.
I will of course want to be running Debian Etch on it, none of this "CentOS is really easy to use" rubbish and none of this "We'll let you run everything through a web control panel" rubbish. I'll also want decent outgoing connection speeds from the server, which I'm currently not getting. And finally I want a provider who doesn't get a support ticket about network problems, and responds by logging into my vps as root, rebooting it, and replying "all fixed" - not that I'm bitter and angry with RapidVPS you understand...
Does anybody have any recommendations for me or any reasons I shouldn't go with Bytemark?
I will of course want to be running Debian Etch on it, none of this "CentOS is really easy to use" rubbish and none of this "We'll let you run everything through a web control panel" rubbish. I'll also want decent outgoing connection speeds from the server, which I'm currently not getting. And finally I want a provider who doesn't get a support ticket about network problems, and responds by logging into my vps as root, rebooting it, and replying "all fixed" - not that I'm bitter and angry with RapidVPS you understand...
Does anybody have any recommendations for me or any reasons I shouldn't go with Bytemark?
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Posted by Steve (62.30.xx.xx) on Sun 29 Jul 2007 at 14:10
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I'm not going to comment on hosting because I'm too biased, but I will say:
- With a virtual private server (VPS) you get root access and full control - without having to worry about physical hardware.
- A VPS is significantly cheaper than any of the dedicated hosts you link to.. Although to be fair they have higher specifications
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I have a Bytemark server because several independent techie people I trust said that Bytemark were clueful. Someone else I know who wasn't as technical also had a server from them and had no problem at all - they are not too techie.
I emailed them, arrange everything and it all went swimmingly. Usermode Linux may be an old technology and not as trendy as Xen but it works perfectly for me as a web server will full root access.
If you work with open-source/free-software make that known to them an you'll get a 10% discount.
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
I emailed them, arrange everything and it all went swimmingly. Usermode Linux may be an old technology and not as trendy as Xen but it works perfectly for me as a web server will full root access.
If you work with open-source/free-software make that known to them an you'll get a 10% discount.
--
"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
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Posted by Anonymous (195.14.xx.xx) on Mon 30 Jul 2007 at 15:54
try siteground
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Thanks everybody for your comments, I've placed my order with Bytemark.
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They dont VPS but only real hardware with full root access.
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