Dedicated server specialist -- who would you suggest?

[rob1970]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a hosting provider that specialises in dedicated servers only and was wondering who you can recommend?

Thank you,
Robbie

 

[Chunkford]

There are loads, here's a few I've dealt with and can recommend

http://www.racksrv.com/
http://www.memset.com/
http://www.vi.net/
http://www.dedipower.com/

 

[smo]

May I ask why you want to only deal with someone who does dedicated servers.

There are many excellent hosting providers (several on these forums) who provide shared, cloud, VDS and dedicated options and are no lesser in their service for it!

 

[j600com]

There are loads, here's a few I've dealt with and can recommend

http://www.dedipower.com/

I agree with this, not the cheapest (that's not always a bad thing when it comes to hosting!) but superb company to deal with

 

[leemason]

Is a dedicated server the best choice for you? What is the reason why you need a dedicated server as opposed to something like a virtual machine? I just ask this not because I sell these sort of services but because a virtual server can in many ways be far superior to a dedicated machine.

 

[Dmkths]

I would suggest taking a look at Vidahost, they have excellent customer service and there prices are reasonable also...


Regards,

Mark.

 

[That Guy]

Have a look at Vidahost:
https://www.vidahost.com/servers/overview/dedicated

Support is Excellent

 

[Bill1954]

I would also recommend Vidahost but they do other things as well as dedicated servers

 

[HungryHorse]

I've had a brilliant experience with RackSrv in the past, they offer great value for money too. However over time I think they grew too big for their boots, with the business apparently being run mostly by one guy. Customer service lacked and the guy running it over time became pretty rude, at least to me. I noticed a few others saying similar things on Twitter etc.

I use Vidahost/Tsohost's clustered shared hosting service and it's absolutely great. I have no experience with their dedicated systems, which when I last checked appeared to be on the more expensive end... but came with full management. What I can tell you is that they have a great team of people over there, fast support and they know what they are talking about. Certainly recommended as a business on the whole.

 

[Chunkford]

It's turned into a

VIDALOVE

thread

But I can see why considering I'm use them myself

 

[Websitehandyman]

I should think if you are managing your own dedi then the are many options. but I won't gate crash a vida love-in

 

[Holbi]

We do dedicated hosting, as well as shared, and we would look into your needs, if you didn't limit your choice by dedicated hosting only. What is the reason for the restrictions anyway?

 

[Dominic Taylor]

Thanks all

Robbie - who to choose depends on what you're looking for. If you want a cheap or unmanaged service with a handy online control panel then Ovh, Rapidswitch, Racksrv and similar are good options. If you want a managed service (ie just want your website / app to work with as little intervention as possible!), perhaps look at either a managed virtual server or full managed dedicated server

 

[Salt & Paper]

Why dedicated? A VDS is going to be cheaper and can grow with you.... Unless you have some serious traffic requirements, but even so, I can't really see why you are limiting yourself to dedicated hosts.

 

[Dominic Taylor]

A dedicated has some advantages over a VDS - better performance (for comparative hardware), further isolation from others and so on...often more disk space for your money too as on VDS nodes space can be used quite inefficiently - we have to keep some spare for upgrades and so on.

 

[mjacobson]

i'm working with hostingnitro.com for the last months and their dedicated servers are really outstanding. They have a professional server offer which is provided bybrand new HP servers. I'm using it and have just satisfaction from this work.