HostGator Vrs. The Planet - Isn't That The Same Product With A Different Label?
I'm not in the market to lease a dedicated server right now, but just out of curriousity, what is the difference between renting one from HostGator, or from The Planet (who I believe HostGator gets their servers from).
Wouldn't that be the same product with 2 different labels on it?
Also, I saw on HostGators website: "We have over 150 employees to provide you around-the-clock superior support." So do they have their employees at The Planets facility, or are they refering to The Planets employees who support their customers, or how does this whole deal work?
My thinking has always been, whenever possible, go directly to the SOURCE, to get the best deals. Is this not the case?
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I know there are a few threads that are somewhat similar, so I apologize from that aspect, but since I am still not sure of the best option, I thought I would post my exact requirements and hopefully get some good advice. We need a Windowss dedicated server, probably in the 8 core/8gig RAM variety for a rather intensive Asp.net/MS SQL site. It is a corporate site that is expected to see heavy usage with fairly heavy DB/reportng related web pages. The majority of people accessing the site will be connecting from Europe. We will have little, if any, need for management support of Windows or IIS, we are primarily looking for reliable hardware, with quick hardware repair when failures come, and in a redundant DC to avoid downtime (hardware or internet pipe). The price difference between rackspace and the others does not concern us, so price while a consideration, is towards the bottom of our list of priorities. As our users are in Europe, a European DC would probably be ideal, but that is one question I have. How much difference will performance/latency be with an American DC vs. European DC for our European users. English speaking (native language, preferably) support is a must. A High powered machine (minimum would be 8 cores x 2ghz + 8 gig ram) is a must (possibly two servers -- possibly a router based load balancing of the two servers). Fast, reliable/redundant internet pipe. We need a DC that will not be unreliable, wether it is from internet outages due to lack of redundancy, or speed fluctuations due to overselling the bandwidth. So, basically, I have two main questions, I suppose. First, since the majority of my users will be in Europe, should I only consider a European DC? How much difference will my European users see/feel if we are in a US DC? What difference does it make if the DC is on the East cost, then say Texas? Second, with price not being a primary consideration, and needing little or no managed support (besides hardware support), just high power machines in a HIGHLY reliable DC, which are the best companies to go with?
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am recieving an email every hour from the Monitoring System saying: ***** The Planet Monitoring System ***** Notification Type: PROBLEM Service: SSH Host: C15051 Address: 209.62.xx.xx State: CRITICAL Date/Time: Sat Sept 15 14:15:31 CDT 2007 Additional Info: Server answer: ******************************************* Technical Support unable to know why the Monitoring System sending this eamil although SSH is working fine and told me to wait till monday so the monitoring group to work on here is my /etc/apf/allow_hosts.rules 12.96.160.0/24 67.19.0.0/24 216.234.234.0/24 70.85.125.0/24 70.84.160.0/24 216.40.193.0/24 66.98.240.192/26 209.85.4.0/26 tcp:in:d=22=my ip adress my ip address 62.215 66.98.241.0/24 216.12.193.9 12.96.160 216.234.234.120/32 67.19.0.32/27 12.96.160.116 12.96.160.84 66.98.241.0/24 ################################# /etc/hosts.allow ALL: localhost ALL: my ip adress ALL: 12.96.160.0/100 ALL: 216.234.234.120/32 ALL: 67.19.0.32/27 ALL: 12.96.160.116 ALL: 12.96.160.84 ALL: 67.19.0.37/32 ALL: 67.19.0.0/24 ALL: 216.234.234.0/24 ALL: 70.85.125.0/24 ALL: 70.84.160.0/24 ALL: 216.40.193.0/24 ALL: 66.98.240.192/26 ALL: 209.85.4.0/26 ALL: 66.98.241.0/24 ALL: 216.12.193.9 ################################# /etc/hosts.deny ALL:ALL Redhat Enterprise 5 cpanel APF version 0.9.6
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