Rockmyweb Experience

not a full review here. I have only had the account a few days, but I had to make a few comments about them. There seems to be a lack of feedback, which is a shame. I guess WHT attracts the complaints more so than the compliments!!

Initially I have been looking for a vps in the Michigan/Illinois area. After going through many companies, sending emails back and forth. I came across Rockmyweb.

Right off the bat, something attracted me to their service. Maybe it`s the fact they offer considerable resources on quality hardware, plus an ideal datacentre location for me.

I fired in a few pre-sales inquries which were promptly answered by Devon in a very friendly manner.

Eventually I opted for a Direct Admin machine with them. Something I have never used, however it was cheaper than a cpanel license through them. Considering this is an unmanaged service, they have been extremely helpful.

I spent some time working with Direct Admin, but after using cPanel for a good four years one finds it hard to adjust. After bugging Devon most of the night with various questions, I felt guilty about asking to switch to Cpanel but did so.

I figured as this was unmaged, he might not be too impressed. But no, he was happy to switch me over. He wiped the VPS as requested and installed cPanel for me. I paid the extra for the license costs but there was no charge for all the work involved.

I want to stress, the service is unmanaged however Devon has really gone above and beyond in helping me out. I`m no system admin guru, but he has helped more than perhaps he should!

cPanel has been installed, they have hardened the vps and I have made a few changes myself, updated apached etc.

Hard to say how well it runs. I have no domains hosted, but I can say that cPanel loads up extremely quickly. Quicker than any other cPanel vps I have had. When I recompiled apache it was done very quickly.

The plan I have is:

SM-Value 512MB Base System
350GB Bandwidth & 2 IP Included
30Gb Disk Space
cPanel/WHM

For a steal at $40.99

There is a $7.99 first time setup fee which covers their initial server hardening. Upon request they installed apf and bfd, which is just great considering these are unmanaged.

In a few more days I will likely transfer a few domains to the plan, then I`ll get a better feel for how things are running. Give me a few weeks, perhaps a month and I will come back and update this review.

If the service is as good as I think it will be, I expect to remain with them for the long term. Perhaps with many more vps purchases down the road.

Mods, I have no domain to submit yet. Nothing is on the server.