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Top Hat
13th September 2005, 08:48
Don't get all excited as I have no intention of moving hosts, just want to check I'm paying about the right amount.
What I'm getting:
* Hardware Lease (fully managed)
* Hosting Fee (Rackspace, Power, Network)
* Xeon 2.6GHz, 512MB RAM, 2 x 80GB IDE HDD's + RAID 1
* 50GB Monthly Bandwidth
How much should I be paying (rough guess)
MinuWeb
13th September 2005, 09:36
What country is the server located in ?
Top Hat
13th September 2005, 09:40
What country is the server located in ?
UK server
othellotech
13th September 2005, 09:55
* Hardware Lease (fully managed)
* Hosting Fee (Rackspace, Power, Network)
* Xeon 2.6GHz, 512MB RAM, 2 x 80GB IDE HDD's + RAID 1
* 50GB Monthly Bandwidth
How much should I be paying (rough guess)
Without knowing what you're offered in the management (just hardware warranty, fully h/w & software, 100% sla, 24/7 tel support to trained techs etc) it's difficult to say
xeon - single ? so probably a dell 1425sc ?
as a *rough* idea
100/m server
40/m colo/bw
and anything from 60/m if it really is managed
so 140-200/month
Rob Holmes
13th September 2005, 09:56
Who does the software management on the server?
Rob
Top Hat
13th September 2005, 10:01
Who does the software management on the server?
Rob
My Host, all I do is upload the site
Rob Holmes
13th September 2005, 10:02
as a *rough* idea
100/m server
40/m colo/bw
and anything from 60/m if it really is managed
so 140-200/month
Yep - sounds about right - we'd charge a little more (£250) but it includes a few other bits and bobs like the Direct Admin control panel and 3 minute monitoring from 5 locations around the world on http, ftp, dns, pop3 and smtp with sms alerts etc
Rob
othellotech
13th September 2005, 10:07
Who does the software management on the server?
Rob
My Host, all I do is upload the site
Do they also backup the server ?
Do they monitor it from multiple remote locations ?
Do they provide guaranteed fix/replace times for hardware failiure ?
Do they run their own network or are they just reselling someone else, and acting as a VAR ?
All of these will affect the price / level of service
Add probably £50/month for the backup, £30/month for the monitoring ...
If you're not unhappy wit the service you get why are you fishing for prices ;) ?
Top Hat
13th September 2005, 10:09
Thanks guys,
Looks like I'm paying a touch too much, but I'm happy with the uptime/service.
MinuWeb
14th September 2005, 14:26
try a bit of negotiation, normally if you have had a dedicated server for a while you can reduce the monthly cost simply by asking.