suggestions needed for dedicated server

hozyali · Post #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2007, 01:12 PM

hi guys,

I am planning to buy this config.
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Operating System: Windows 2003 Std Edition
Bandwidth: 500GB
Hard Drive: Single 120 GB Drive
Ram: 1GB
Control Panel: Plesk Unlimited Domains

THe price is very good on godaddy. can some one advise how is their support?

Regards
ALi

indyamail · Post #2 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 03:12 AM

Honestly support at godaddy has been poor. They end up limited to knowledgebase and charge a high admin fee for any work and often leave you stranded - you end up hiring support outside. However pricing and uptime is great.

The company is great, prices for dedicated are generally overpriced to most competitors , however they lack proper support.

hozyali · Post #3 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indyamail

Honestly support at godaddy has been poor. They end up limited to knowledgebase and charge a high admin fee for any work and often leave you stranded - you end up hiring support outside. However pricing and uptime is great.

The company is great, prices for dedicated are generally overpriced to most competitors , however they lack proper support.

What I guess is they can at least help us if the sites are down or mail server is down due to IIS or mail server configuration??? other than that, I can manage the server myself.

I need to two servers that is why I want good pricing.

Regards
Ali

ldcdc · Post #4 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 03:26 AM

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They end up limited to knowledgebase and charge a high admin fee for any work and often leave you stranded - you end up hiring support outside.

They have two different levels of support I believe, one of which is for pay, but it's not exactly a "fully managed" solution. For those who can't manage the server themselves, it's probably wise enough to hire a third party to manage it for them. Obviously though, this means a significant additional cost (especially when compared to the fee for an entry level server).

MisterV · Post #5 (**permalink**) 11-02-2007, 07:25 AM

I have read about thair support few days ago. Seems someone had troubles with them.

indyamail · Post #6 (**permalink**) 11-02-2007, 11:23 PM

Lots of people have issues with their support. If you can spend around 75$ an hour or something around that sort you may be fine...else their free support is limited. I know many DC's that will offer to fix such issues for free.

shade · Post #7 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007, 07:10 AM

I tried searching for "godaddy dedicated" at WHT and these are some of the threads:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=646068
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=585188
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=645910.
Hope, this will help you, have a look at ***********.com
dedicated server offer with Plesk panel
http://***********.com/english/dedic...terprise.phtml

G_om · Post #8 (**permalink**) 11-13-2007, 03:36 AM

As I see ***********.com provides not only dedis but reselling of dedis as well. Has anybode used it? Is it very profitable?

urka · Post #9 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by G_om

As I see ***********.com provides not only dedis but reselling of dedis as well. Has anybode used it? Is it very profitable?

Right, ***********.com offers both dedicated server and reselling of dedis.

Quote:

Some of the benefits our resellers enjoy are:
Discounted tiered pricing
Priority support
Free OS reinstallations
Most servers ready within a few hours
Free remote reboots
Special deals not published on our web site
Flexibility to customize servers to your customer's specs
Fast hardware replacement

Looks good IMO.

rider · Post #10 (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 08:30 AM

What about the budget?

vpsville · Post #11 (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 12:19 PM

The single disk is the point of failure there. If you want reliability balance two such cheap servers or get a high-end dedicated with redundant power and disks.

Its surprising how many businesses host on hardware thats could just be a few hours from blowing up. Hard disks fail all the time.

Matthew · Post #12 (**permalink**) 11-27-2007, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by vpsville

Hard disks fail all the time.

It totally sucks when there is no RAID and a drive fails.

shakir · Post #13 (**permalink**) 12-09-2007, 12:37 AM

i with godaddy since 4 years. I face some problems in EMAIL and virus etc..
Try liquidweb . just check the review

Addmember · Post #14 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 01:50 AM

Why not Rackspace.com, Dedicatednow.com or ***********.com dedicated servers? Get a plan redundant power and RAID solution. Search for Xmas deals, there should be some.

Matthew · Post #15 (**permalink**) 12-11-2007, 05:59 AM

I would go for more RAM on Win 2k3 (2Gig minimum).