i'm looking to set-up a dedicated server with a hosting company. i was going to go with aplus but the sales guy left a bad taste in my mouth. i'd prefer not to go with godaddy because i've had some bad experiences with them in the past with shared hosting. Any suggestions of another provider?

I have a ServerBeach dedicated server, I've been happy with it and they are pretty inexpensive. PM me if you decide to use them, I have a coupon code you can use ($100 off).

go to serverbeach dot com

I recently moved my site to http://www.SoftLayer.com, and I believe Lee is in the process of doing the same. There are a few other folks here that are using them as well.

Have a look at eukhost dot com
I have come across positive reviews about them on some forums and it seems that they are one of the best dedicated server hosts in the UK.

If you go Dedicated and you can manage, I'd get one straight of the datacentre, if there is problems, its better to remove the middle man.

However they do tend to cost a little more.

All my three servers are with gnax which gives some of the lowest prices around. Although their service is supposed to be fully managed, I prefer to pay more to have an extra layer of support with hostito

i've been on just about everyhosting place around in my day.

prices are fairly similar across the board.

I'm currently with softlayer, and very happy (for a change). They don't offer managed servers though, but they have a ticket system for $3 a service for advanced remote hands should you need it.

We use LayeredTech.com and ThePlanet.com (worlds largest server provider). SoftLayer is also good (started by people who left ThePlanet).

I m with dedicatedplace.com their support is awesome, my server is with them from last 3 months and uptime is 100 %

Have you considered co-locating a server? In the long run it's probably the best option, at least for me it is. I've been running my sites on dedicated servers for approx 10 years now... I'll be moving things over to a co-located box probably within the next two weeks.

My server is quite a powerhouse... two Opteron 246 processors, Supermicro motherboard (supports dual-core, so I can upgrade to two dual-core Opterons in the future), 8GB RAM, 8x 15K RPM SCSI HDDs (RAID1 for the OS, 4 disk RAID10 for the database & other files and two HDDs setup as hot spares). RAID controller card is a LSI Logic MegaRaid 320-2E with battery backed RAM cache on board (I think it was 256MB). I also got one of those SnapGear ethernet cards with the integrated hardware firewall (the version that supports secure connections, SSH & HTTPS, for managing it) - I'm not sure yet whether or not I'll put that into production when the server is taken to the datacenter. My inner geek wanted to go even further, but I needed to stop somewhere... I think the server will run my sites incredibly fast and will give me a much higher level of redundancy than what is available from most dedicated server providers. Anyhow... (I'm a bit of a hardware geek if you all didn't notice. 8) )

I found many co-location providers charge cost same as dedicated server. With co-location, you need to provide the server, price almost same as dedicated server.

It is good if you are planing to co-locate high power servers like john2k.

For those based outside the US but plan on co-locating a server in the US, I suggest that you read the adsense faq on US taxes carefully. The general understanding is that if you are renting a server in the US, then you would not be liable for US taxes. But if you own equipment in the US, you may become liable for US taxes.

After all the research I've done I think I can accurately say that "it depends." :turned: It all depends on what your needs are and the datacenter that you choose to go with. From what I've seen, prices for bandwidth, space & power can vary significantly among co-location providers.

If you take a low end server and colo it at a high end datacenter, chances are that it will cost you more than going with a dedicated. But, colo the server with a budget host and you could save a bit of money. During my searching I came across a colo provider that offers 1U & 500GB transfer for $20 monthly. The monthly savings as compared to going dedicated would probably cover the cost of the server within 6 to 12 months, after that you're putting approx $50 back in your own pocket each month.

With higher-end servers (enterprise grade hardware, not PC based) the savings is even more significant. For myself I estimate is that I'll be saving $500 to $800 monthly as compared to what it would cost to get the same type of hardware from a dedicated server provider.

Been with rippleweb.com for past year. Never been a problem. If i had a choice i will host with them again. Had to move hosting as Some A@@XXXX started Ddosing our server. Moved to a Ddos protected server now.

But Rippleweb has good server, very very good support. I have learned that after several problems with other hosts.

You can trust them.
regards

Ray M

Has anyone considered hosting offshore in places close to the USA like Bahamas or Jamaica or Central America?

Originally Posted by zadaw

For those based outside the US but plan on co-locating a server in the US, I suggest that you read the adsense faq on US taxes carefully. The general understanding is that if you are renting a server in the US, then you would not be liable for US taxes. But if you own equipment in the US, you may become liable for US taxes.

I'll throw a shout-out for Pair Networks. I've been with them for years now. VERY good service. Not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for. And they're not as bad (price-wise) as Rackspace.