[Chicago] Dedicated Server Hosting Recommendations?
Malcolm Newsome
malcolm.newsome at gmail.com
Tue May 17 22:54:28 CEST 2011
Hey All!
As a promised follow up to this thread from the end of March...I decided to
go with a dedicated server at Server4You (http://www.server4you.com/). I'm
paying $68.99/mo (no setup fee) for the following:
The EcoServer was a strong selling point for me since my website will be
featuring deals for the "conscious consumer" (green, eco-friendly, organic,
natural, etc...). I decided on a new name...QiVeev.com. It's being fully
developed using Django.
Here some of the server specs
*EcoServer LARGE* CPU TypeAMD Athlon™ II X4 QuantityQuad-Core Clock Rate4x
2.3 GHz Main Memory Capacity8 GB TypeDDR3 ECC Hard Disks Quantity2
Capacity1,000 GB TypeSATA II, 5,400 rpm, 8 MB RAIDRAID 1 by software
Mainboard ChipsetAMD 785G NetworkBroadcom BCM57780
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Malcolm Newsome <malcolm.newsome at gmail.com
> wrote:
> I definitely don't want to be the cause of any email thread related
> deaths! I'll definitely report back once I've checked out your
> recommendations and made a selection :-)
>
> Malcolm
>
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>
> From: Brian Herman <brianherman at gmail.com>
>>
>> You have to tell us which one you picked.
>> The suspense is killing us.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Herman
>>
>> brianjherman.com
>> brianherman at acm.org
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Malcolm Newsome <
>> malcolm.newsome at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you all for the recommendations!
>>>
>>> Malcolm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ____________________________________________________________________________
>>> _____________________________
>>>
>>> I have personally used http://www.rapidxen.net/ and Amazon web services.
>>> I
>>> love both of those.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian Herman
>>>
>>> brianjherman.com
>>> brianherman at acm.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Brian Herman <brianherman at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > linode?
>>> > Storage
>>> > *48GB
>>> > Ram
>>> > **1536MB
>>> > Transfer
>>> > **600GB
>>> > **$59.95*
>>> > http://www.linode.com/features.cfm
>>> >
>>> > - Deploy multiple Linux distributions
>>> > - Create Configuration Profiles which associate disk images and
>>> device
>>> > nodes
>>> > - Boot between configuration profiles
>>> > - Share disk images between configuration profiles
>>> > - Resize disk images
>>> > - Network and CPU usage graphs
>>> > - Multiple IP address support
>>> > - Managed/hosted DNS service with slave support
>>> > - Custom reverse DNS (rdns)
>>> > - Access Out of band console access using Lish
>>> > - Lish menu system to issue jobs to your Linode
>>> > - Lish access via SSH keys
>>> > - Support for booting into single user mode, init=/bin/bash
>>> > - Support for booting with a custom "root=" kernel parameter
>>> > - Support for booting with an initrd
>>> > - Bootable recovery distribution (Finnix)
>>> > - Add and remove extra resources to and from your Linode
>>> > - Shutdown Watchdog will automatically reboot your Linode in case of
>>> a
>>> > crash
>>> > - Clone a Linode to another
>>> > - Move IPs from one Linode to another
>>> > - IP address fail over support for high availability setups
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Brian Herman
>>> >
>>> > brianjherman.com
>>> > brianherman at acm.org
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Malcolm> I'm on the hunt for the "best" price/performance for
>>> dedicated
>>> >> Malcolm> (non-managed) server hosting. Does anyone have any
>>> >> Malcolm> recommendations?
>>> >>
>>> >> I use tummy.com. I'm sure they are not the cheapest, and my virtual
>>> host
>>> >> was created several years ago and probably doesn't run on
>>> state-of-the-art
>>> >> hardware anymore, but they do a bang-up job keeping my OS up-to-date
>>> and
>>> >> squashing network problems. They also offer dedicated hosting if
>>> that's
>>> >> what you want.
>>> >>
>>> >> On top of that, Sean Reifschneider, co-founder and CTO, is involved in
>>> the
>>> >> Python community generally, and more specifically, he keeps many parts
>>> of
>>> >> the python.org hardware infrastructure coherent and up-to-date. (I
>>> think
>>> >> he
>>> >> almost single-handedly rescued the wireless network at PyCon 2008.)
>>> This
>>> >> being open source, he does all that for free, so I like to think I'm
>>> >> paying
>>> >> him back in some small way for his largesse.
>>> >>
>>> >> I should also point out that my son works for Gigenet in Arlington
>>> >> Heights.
>>> >> I'm sure I could get a better deal there (maybe even free), but I
>>> consider
>>> >> my money well-spent at tummy.com.
>>> >>
>>> >> Here's /proc/cpuinfo from my virtual server:
>>> >>
>>> >> $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
>>> >> processor : 0
>>> >> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
>>> >> cpu family : 6
>>> >> model : 23
>>> >> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
>>> >> stepping : 7
>>> >> cpu MHz : 2826.250
>>> >> cache size : 6144 KB
>>> >> fdiv_bug : no
>>> >> hlt_bug : no
>>> >> f00f_bug : no
>>> >> coma_bug : no
>>> >> fpu : yes
>>> >> fpu_exception : yes
>>> >> cpuid level : 10
>>> >> wp : yes
>>> >> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr
>>> pge
>>> >> mca
>>> >> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss nx lm
>>> constant_tsc
>>> >> up
>>> >> arch_perfmon pebs bts pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 lahf_lm
>>> >> bogomips : 5652.50
>>> >> clflush size : 64
>>> >> power management:
>>> >>
>>> >> Malcolm> Also, does anyone have experience using dedicated servers
>>> >> Malcolm> overseas for hosting? Is this something I should consider
>>> or
>>> >> Malcolm> absolutely stay away from (given that most traffic will be
>>> >> Malcolm> coming from the US)?
>>> >>
>>> >> The python.org servers (except for bugs.python.org) are hosted at
>>> >> XS4ALL.net
>>> >> in the Netherlands. I don't know if they offer retail hosting (I
>>> don't
>>> >> read
>>> >> Dutch), but if they do, they obviously have the capability to host
>>> busy
>>> >> servers which have large amounts of US-based traffic.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Skip Montanaro - skip at pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/
>>>
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