Byethost Review - Server Lease And Management Services
Apr 8, 2009
Just a quick little review here:
Wanted to let you all know that I am very pleased with service I am receiving from Byethost! Many people think of Byet as just a free hosting and paid shared hosting company, but for awhile now I've been leasing a server and management service from them for io3.us and io4.us. I must say I have been very impressed!
I've received lots of personal attention and consulting to help me determine my needs, and also to make sure I end up with the best solution. Byethost has been very flexible in their solutions for me, and I have really appreciated all they've done!
I recently had to upgrade from a VPS to a full dedicated server, and once again Byethost was there to help every step of the way. The upgrade was literally totally seamless.
They ordered the server, configured it, moved everything over, verified everything with me. Nothing was down, not even for a few seconds. Byethost handled it all, and I didn't have to do a thing! That's what I call service. (Plus, from the time I ordered until the time everything was moved from the VPS to the dedicated server and running fine was less than 2 days!)
Previously, I've said HostGator was my number 1 pick for dedicated servers, but I have to change that now. If you're looking for a dedicated server (with or without management servers), I strongly recommend Byethost.com. You will be doing yourself a huge favor, saving a tremendous amount of hassle by choosing Byethost.
I now have a dedicated server and 10 Mbps dedicated line from them, and I couldn't be happier!
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Nov 19, 2007
Does anyone know of any good reliable companies that can manage our servers remotely? It could even just be 1 server admin, however looking for a company with a good rep.
Searched on Google but wasn't able to find what I was looking for. Maybe searching the wrong keywords.
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Jun 26, 2008
I know about Platinum - I was wondering if anyone had any specific recommendations for server management services.
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Mar 18, 2014
it is possible to run services such as Apache, Mail, MySQL etc on the Management Node.
I have PBAS setup and have registered the PPA server with PBAS, the PPA Management Node is marked as ready to provide, I have added the appropriate attributes to the MN under Service Nodes, however according to PBAS I need to install the ppa_apache package (and probably others), and when I go to install the packages it's trying to install the ppa_agent package which is conflicting with ppa_core.
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May 1, 2008
As a longtime member around these parts, I've had the opportunity to use the services of a lot of different companies. Whether it be dedicated providers, software developers and in this specific case -- server administration / management. I have had the opportunity to work with Scott of Admingeekz over the course of the past few months. He's provided me with server optimization, security and most importantly prompt, effective communication.
Link to Admingeekz: Admingeekz
I'll detail the pros, cons & downsides below.
Pre:
I started working with Scott for system administrative needs a few months back for a few one-off jobs, sorting issues that I simply either didn't have time to manage or couldn't handle by my lonesome. The first few times I've used Admingeekz went off without a hitch and so I began delving deeper into their services & recently had an emergency that I had Scott deal with..
Admingeekz Pros:
The pros of admingeekz are instantly obvious the moment you start using them. The team there is attentive, thorough and most of all they're not just robots. Not only will they handle the job but in almost every case they'll make recommendations, outpour some criticism and overall ensure that they're not just taking care of the issue at hand but rather going out of their way for all of your needs.
Pricingwise, I expected to be paying a lot more for the service that Scott & co. are offering. Not only are they inexpensive but they offer a 10% discount for return clients -- something that has continued to bring me back, not only because of the service but because I'm a cheapskate.
Communication, Scott is really on top of things. Frequent updates during the job being performed, effective communication and most of all friendly to work with.
Thoroughness: Admingeekz gets the job done and goes well beyond what's necessary in a lot of cases. Scott handled an emergency for me just yesterday and with most companies you just expect an 'okay, complete'. Scott went above and beyond and sent me a thorough detailed list of issues that he noted on the system, along with an exceptionally precise list of things he had done. Gorgeous, what we need as company owners.
Admingeekz downsides:
Now the downside... and admittedly, they're nasty.
The only downside to admingeekz is that you won't be satisfied anywhere else after you've worked with Scott & co. Not only are they attentive, thorough and fast -- but they know their security, administration and optimization. It will be nearly impossible for me to be satisfied by another security company at this point.
Keep up the great work Scott & thanks for spending hours working with me!
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Dec 1, 2007
a friend of my wants to lease servers (monthly payment) in netherland while he himself is in india.
he can pay via paypal only.
he will be colocating it with anoterh company.
are there people/companies that can do somehting for him?
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Jul 29, 2006
I've been a member of WHT for more than five years now, and while I skim WHT daily, I rarely start new threads. My recent experience with Mike Bailey (aka ub3r) deserving of a review, and I hope that others find it informative and useful.
I only know Mike(y) through WHT, and over the years have had an opportunity to read his posts. I've previously contacted him asking for assistance with web design, but he remained humble and pointed me in another direction, with the explanation that my needs could be better met by a more experienced web designer (I'm not sure I agree).
For the past six months I've had a problem interpreting and responding to a support message by one of my VPS providers. I would imagine that the problem and solution were a relatively easy fix, but I needed someone to take the time to help me step-by-step. After contacting Mikey, he followed up with me immediately, and before quoting a price made sure he understood the scope of the problem.
Mike not only emailed me step-by-step instructions on fixing the problem, but he actually took time to explain how it worked. As a teacher I must say that he did a great job explaining the topic in a clear manner, and his willingness to answer follow up questions was very helpful.
The truth is I'm sure he's dealt with far more difficult server issues, but his level of professionalism and willingness to help were evident throughout this entire process. The value of services he provides, and his willingness to not only fix the problem, but also explain the steps, demonstrates his commitment to providing great customer service.
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Apr 21, 2009
Last week I was traveling, and we had problems with one of our fairly critical mail servers, problems I really did not want to try to resolve from airport or hotel Internet in South America. So I decide to just lease a clean dedicated server, and setup mail there, and bump over the DNS. Easy, right?
So I pick a hosting company, one that advertises 1 Hour Setups, for obvious reasons, we are losing mail.
I sign up for a $69.99 Linux Dedicated Server, and pay a $50 setup fee, they charge my credit card. Then at the end of the process, I am greeted with a demand to fill out and fax this Service Order, with my CC info on it. Needless to say, I didn’t have access to a fax machine, or scanner.
So I blow another $35.00 on eFax and fill the damn form out in Photoshop, a complete pain in the ass to buy a cheap server. I fax it to the hosting company, and don’t hear from them again. I contact their Live chat support, and they tell me it takes 24 to 48 hours for the account verification process by the sales department, before my 1-hour setup starts.
And then 24 hours later, I get an email from the hosting company, requesting a copy of my credit card, photo ID, and a utility bill for my home address. Impossible for me at the time, so I cancel the order.
And then…yes, it gets better, they tell me they can’t refund my credit card for 3 to 5 days, with some nonsense about their company policy.
This would have been a colossal pain in the ass if I had been sitting at my office, with my full staff at my disposal, but while traveling it was simply impossible. I understand fraud prevention, and charge backs, my company takes credit cards as well…but we do not make it so hard on our customers to spend money with us that they simply take their business elsewhere, just to prevent a possible chargeback.
Ironically enough, I am probably going to have to call my bank today and file a chargeback, as I have not seen my refund from this horrible excuse for a hosting company.
Are there any companies out there that have a clean and easy setup process that do not require a stack of paperwork and the need of a fax machine and scanner to rent a server?
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Jun 1, 2009
Anybody has any reviews of Byethost.com?
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May 19, 2008
I just got a new VPS with Direct Admin installed and was scouting around for some one to secure, optimize and manage the VPS as I really do not have the time at this moment to do it myself.
I selected Webbycart to do it for me and I have not been disappointed. Bobby and his team have been truly impressive and have done a wonderful job on the VPS.
I have put in a total of 4 support tickets so far and each one has been attended to in a fast, professional manner.
I will continue to have them for VPS management as they are technically capable of handling stuff unlike one other management provider I have seen.
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Mar 18, 2009
Does any one else use the free hosting byethost and have problems with them blocking user agents like googlebots and phpld site verification agents?
Otherwise their hosting is good but a huge drawback is that Google is blocked from accessing my site and I cannot get back links in many phpld directories because they cannot verify my site as their user agent is banned by the host.
If you upgrade to a paid account are these restrictions removed?
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Nov 1, 2009
I live in New England, Cambridge, Mass. I looked through many colocation offers and companies here in Boston but compared to NY/NJ area, where i have 1/2 colo, prices here are "insane" (hign). Paying 90$ for 1mbps compared to 13-17$ in NY/NJ is too high.
So i searched for other options here in my area. 1-2-3 hour drive from me and found
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I did try to contact them by email only yet, just to check if they are legit. No reply so far, after 7 days. I emailed 4 times from diff emails.
Will call them next week or so. I just think i need to give them time to celebrate Halloween and get drunk so they can do their job properly the rest of the year.. ))
Did anybody hear anything about them? I did try the search box but it gives nothing back. I also tried google but no info about prices so far as well.
Anybody from Boston there to offer something good?
Here is what i get in NJ:
1/2 (23U) rack, power included, 10mbps (95%), IP: 2x C classes + 32 IP. I pay 775$ for that.
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Jul 1, 2008
i wanted to thank this forum for helping me find a great host.
I signed up with apnic services free account and I was a little unsure as to whether or not it would even be set up as it was free. I think they are a new company i couldnt find any reviews of them anywhere but saw them in the hosting catalog and as it was free i thought i'd give it a go.
response was very fast, account setup was very fast, and my only charge was £5 to register a new domain name. i've got my shared ssl working, email account is set up and now i have to build my website to upload. speeds also seem to be good
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Oct 11, 2009
I felt like I had to write a small review about RyleeJames services, I am not an old customer, but for sure I'll become one.
I've bought "Silver VPS" - 10GB HDD, 175GB Bandwidth, HyperVM, 256/512 Guaranteed/Burst Memory, 1 IP Address, Cenos 5.3, everything is clasic. Regular price is $10 + DirectAdmin license = $16/month.
VPS was prepared in around 6 hours after I ordered(I am living in Europe, and he is in USA, so is a different timezone), got all details and started. He asked me what I need to be installed and was done.
But like someone who wants to learn more and more, I started to follow some VPS security tutorials from WHT or on google(I am focused on security and obsessed). But not all tutorials were going well for me. I've broken the VPS 3 times in a month I think: 1st due to some bad commands(not rm -rf /*), 2nd was the apache server and 3rd time was because I've deleted all logs. Everytime I wrote an offline message to his YM and everytime my issues were fully fixed and very quick. Now maybe you're asking how much I paid for these, since my server is unmanaged? do you want to know? Well, $0(zero). Why? Because he is a great man, and understood me.
Now let's talk about performance. DNS was propagated form USA to Europe in 25 minutes(without using hosts file under windows) and worldwide in 2 hours. Most amazing until now, since with most hosts I was waiting for more than 48 hours to become available worldwide.
After a few days I found this thread here on WHT - [url], about a benchmarking script for VPS and dedicated servers. I ran it and final score: 234.4. I consider this a great score, because if you read previous posts from that thread you will see that some other VPS from much more famous companies, with much more RAM and better servers has poor scores than mine. Even some dedicated servers have almost same scores like my VPS.
I think here end my review about RyleeJames. Conclusions for those who're in a hurry? RyleeJames is a great VPS hosting provider and not only. I would recommend him all the time, and to anyone who's looking for a cheap and good VPS.
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Sep 27, 2009
I would like to ask if "Lease to Own" is a wise choice for dedicated server ? as far I'm looking for server for my own websites
Also, which server providers provide this option?
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Jun 2, 2009
We are planning to move onto the next level with Lease to Own servers. We have been doing some calculations and it seems cheaper in the short & long run. What do you guys think?
Can anyone give recommendations about companies that offer Lease to Own servers?
I've created a poll on this thread for either Rent or Lease to Own.
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Dec 3, 2007
I had seen a few threads in this forum regarding hardware lease.
how this is actually happen?
can someone explain me more on this?
i see that there are leases from dell are from 24 - 48 months in USA.
is the hardware in warranty period all this time?
suppose hardware dies then?
just wanted to know for more info
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Oct 23, 2009
I've been searching Google for a few days in hopes of finding companies that take off lease server equipment (sometimes almost brand new) and auctioning it off to people.
I've been buying alot of equipment through resellers of these places but I would like to cut out the middle man expense and bid for myself.
For example. This week I purchased ten Dell PowerEdge R200's with X3220 Xeon CPU's in them. These are fairly new. I don't want to buy first generation single-core xeon servers.
Look forward to finding out who is supplying these people.
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Jan 10, 2009
i have few dedi servers from one Us company, i am currently using their DNS service, we are into small level hosting, i want to run my own DNS, is it necessary to run a separate server for DNS?
Actually how the hosting companies do the name server pointing, for an example if i am buying a server and want to host a few domains in that server, what normally we do is we will change the name server to that companies name server
ns1.domain.com
ns2.domain.com
my question is if i am pointing my domains name server to the name server
ns1.companydomain.com
ns2.companydomain.com
how that company points the domain to my server for an example its ip is 72.xx.52.xx i am bit confused in this.
Also i have a doubt how they are creating this for n number of domains?
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Sep 14, 2009
We are working on our pci certification ( fun times right? ) and i was wondering what other people do for server management in the dmz. Few things we are looking at listed below. We will be doing cisco zbfw for firewalling and using NAT.
#1
Servers have 2 nics, 2 ips, gateway ect. One of the networks would be considered a "management vlan/network". Other network would be for all other traffic, including natting to the internet, and traffic to the "internal" zone but locking down traffic to source,destination, and protocol level.
On windows you really on have 1 true default gateway, and because windows doesnt just send traffic out the interface it came in, but looks at the routing table, some network routing issues popped up.
#2
Use only 1 nic/vlan/ip/gateway. Lock down traffic to source,destination, and protocol level for dmz to "internal" traffic and do an "inspect" statement to allow all necessary traffic back in and drop everything else. "Internal" to dmz would just be an inspect all because this traffic wouldnt need to be firewalled so management traffic would work just fine.
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Feb 23, 2009
If you are deploying PHP and MySQL along with a site/application, how do you do it? Do you work with the individual components, or do you lean towards ready-made packages?
I use WAMP to develop my applications, and I find it a very simple yet powerful tool for deploying Apache, MySQL and PHP to Windows platforms. I've been looking at the Zend Server today too, which strikes me as very interesting, especially the full version.
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Nov 20, 2008
Does any body recommend we3cares server management services?
I need a very simple server management and hardening job and dont want to pay much. (not for a hosting company)
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Mar 8, 2008
I'm not talking about weak sauce companies that treat your server like any other server and apply settings base a file they got saved on their desktop.
platinum server management- been there done that total server solutions - been there done that people who send me PM's - been there done that
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Mar 14, 2008
Maybe I'm underestimating the importance of server management, but I can't see how it is worth it to pay $300 per month for a server that can be built for $700 with the co-location costing about $100 per month.
So, I'm thinking that I can build a server or just buy a server that was considered excellent 2 years ago off of Ebay for about $700 or maybe less. From there, I simply need to find a $100 per month co-location hosting place and a freelance server dude to keep the thing updated for me and work out problems if they actually come up.
So with that said, where is a good place to find a freelance server manager?
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Nov 11, 2008
I am planning to implement a chat software for our team.
We are currently using AIM. But, we have planned to install any software which works like AIM but it should be controlled by us.
Only, we can add or remove users. Only, we can see the chats done. To be frank, I need a software like AIM installed on a server which should be controlled by me.
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Aug 12, 2007
I initially posted a topic to get help with a problem because I want to fix it myself without wasting the time of the server management company. They however picked up the post and said I should opened a ticket with them.
The problem is however still not resolved to my satifaction after a few days because we differ on some points so can you please air your view on this matter?
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[url]or [url]
Problem 1) Certificate error that hostname and certificate name don't match.
Problem 2) At some places in WHM or cPanel there is a secure and non secure warning items.
The problem 2 is perhaps to bug in WHM V11 so it is not so important.
However, the server mangement staff insist that problem 1 is because the login is via IP (or other domain name) and not via hostname but I don't agree with them because.
a) During the years I always logged into whm or cpanel via ip or domain names and never got such error.
b) cPanel redirect any whm or cpanel access to the ssl ports under HOSTNAME so it MUST match the certificate even if you use 75.127.69.82:2087
I don't get any error if log in with [url]so it is clear that the redirection to ssl ports under HOSTNAME like above don't work correctly.
That the redirection works can be seen by using [url]because the same error comes up (for mercury.domain.com) despite the site have his own certificate.
What we have here is.
Hostname = mercury.domain.com
Certificate Name = mercury.domain.com
[url] (Works Fine because certificate name is mercury.domain.com)
[url] (Name of site don't match mercury.domain.com despite redirection to hostname IN WHM)
[url](Works fine, Host name = othersite.com and match certificate name)
[url](Name of site don't match mercury.domain.com despite redirection to hostname IN WHM)
What I suspect is that cpanel redirect but NOT to the actual hostname (mercury.domain.com) or otherwise present/display the hostname incorrectly so that it don't match the certificate.
WHM 11 setting: Redirect to ssl ports = enabled
Two further settings, redirect to hostname = enabled
(None of the settings have any effect anyway and I tested hostname, certificate name and origin domain name redirect with the same results)
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Feb 15, 2007
One of my sites has outgrown its current cheap hosting so I'm looking to upgrade. I'll probably just snag a low end, leased server from EV1 unless someone has any better ideas.
I've attempted to use a unmanaged EV1 server in the past without any setup and it was a disaster. So this time I want to pay a guy/girl to set it up properly.
My needs are not that great. I just need a server that can handle a vBulletin forum, and your typical database driven article site. At the moment, I'm only getting about 2,000 uniques per day, but the site has been growing at a constant rate.
I'm writing a new script that I think will double the sites bandwidth usage by early summer so I think I may be able to justify the expense of going from a $60 per year server to $100 per month server.
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May 7, 2007
Does anyone here have any experience outsourcing server management? I've setup and run my own Linux server and configured my own database and PHP and Apache but I just don't have the time to keep everything running, backed-up and updated.
I'd love to have someone who I could just send jobs to, such as upgrading to PHP 5.2.2 or figuring out why Postgres doesn't start up correctly or why the logs aren't getting rotated automatically anymore or making sure the backups are happening or recovering from a hard disk failure, etc. I'm sure I could figure all this out (maybe on the second or third tries too), but I just don't have the time or the expertise these days.
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Dec 24, 2007
any software, I do not care if it is free or paid, that will allow me to track and list all servers, what kernel versions are on them and track all changes made to each server.
I just need some sort of software that will allow me to better manage all our servers.
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May 4, 2009
After doing the proper research, I decided to lease a dedicated server from WiredTree. Let me start by saying that in the short time that I've been a customer of WiredTree.. I have absolutely loved their service! After one month, I will do a full review of their service.. because they have been absolutely amazing!
The only issue that I've had up until now is not their fault at all. When we first signed up to their service, they were aware that we were getting a dedicated server with them because of their proactive support with DDOS attacks. Sure enough.. first day up.. we were getting DDOSed.
WiredTree responded very quickly, and worked for endless hours to help us out. The issue was resolved, and the site ran great for about another week..
Then, DDOS attacks started up again and the site became very slow. Not only was Apache running slowly, but FTP/Shell would load very slowly. I asked them to assist me with the DDOS, and they did.
Now I'm just not sure of what the issue may be, because the site still loads slowly or times out for many of my members. The site loads fine for me (now), but was lagging/timing out up to this morning. - Once again, I'll note that up to now, WiredTree have been as helpful as they can possibly can.. though for them, the site has loaded in under 3 seconds the entire time. They've asked me to submit affected IPs.. and I've submitted one that I know is affected. I'm waiting to see if the IP was blocked.. though its only loading slow for them. It is not blocking them, so I'm pretty sure that they weren't hit by the firewall.
My question is.. does anyone think that PlatinumServerManagement could more for us as far as finding/resolving an issue here? Perhaps a fresh pair of eyes could help considerably..
My concern would be having two people managing the server. Obviously PSM won't do anything unless I create a ticket, requesting their help.. but would having PSM work alongside them possibly become intrusive for WiredTree?
I'm just looking for some advice on the next step. If it'd help at all.. I could post the URL so I could see if other people experience the issue.
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Mar 21, 2008
I'm thinking about using 'Platinum Server Management' to set up and later monitor a server I'm getting from FoftLayer. Anyone has any history with them?
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