whitebread Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I'm interested in renting a *Windows* dedicated server (I don't know how to manage Linux :( ). GoDaddy offers: OS: Windows 2008 R2 64-Bit CPU: Intel? Core? i3 - 2 cores RAM: 2 GB Storage: 2 x 160 GB hard drives Bandwidth: 5 TB per month for $109.99/month. Is this a good deal? It includes Remote Desktop Connection, which I want. Are there better deals out there? I'd rather not go with GoDaddy if I can avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 whitebread Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Would Windows Azure or Amazon be a good choice? I'm wanting to host a website. I want ASP .NET, PHP, and MySQL (or MS SQL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 remixedcat Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Avoid godaddy.. note that whole sopa and pipa drama and also the lack of decent support and the elephant thing... For dedicated I'm partners with inetu and they are hippa and pci cert hosting so really secure. I can set u up with a really good one that's beyond those specs and they'll work w u to even cut the price down. They custom build all servers and services. They do windows hosting as well. They also have cloud w the same lvl of sec.as their dedicated servers. It's powered by Vmware!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 n_K Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Agreed with remixed, avoid godaddy at all costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mr.XXIV Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Media effing Temple, baby! :D I was once their customer, and I'm proud to use their services again soon! :) deactivated_ 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 PNWDweller Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Have you tried eBay per chance? I have gotten some good hosting through them before VPS wise, but quickly outgrew the offerings, but then again, I didn't shop around like I do now. :) Also, http://www.webhostingtalk.com will get you in on some good reviews of hosting providers, And out of curiosity, what is the reason you want to host a site on dedicated? Is it a heavy resource hog or can it be hosted on a VPS (Think of it as a dedicated server, but virtualized so you don't have to pay for the hardware rental), or even shared hosting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiddlie Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 As you asked for "the best dedicated server host", that would be Rackspace by a mile. Very expensive though. If you want affordable and good, Media Temple. Avoid GoDaddy like the plague. One option would be Rackspace Cloud - you can start off relatively cheaply and build up resources (and therefore cost) as the site expands. Starts at about 4c per hour for Winodows I believe, so about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 James812 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 A very basic dedicated server host but when I used them they responded always very quickly and were very helpful. It is self managed though so your responsible for fixing any software related issues. Low as 24.95 for one and up. http://corenetworks.net/dedicated/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 articuno1au Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I'm a pretty big fan of Singlehop. We have 4 servers hosted with them in their Chicago(1) data center. They've always been reliable, and barring a **** up with regards to a down time notification (they sent it 5 times, revised it, sent out a cancellation, sent a new one, then someone senior stepped in and sorted it all out), we haven't had any issues in the 5 years we've been with them. Their pricing is good, their uptime has been nigh on perfect and their data center staff are great. http://www.singlehop...icated-servers/ Certainly worth a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TheGhostWalker Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 try one of the following ones, all good specs and cheaper: www.server4you.net www.hetzner.info www.ovh.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Mike Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 As you asked for "the best dedicated server host", that would be Rackspace by a mile. Very expensive though. If you want affordable and good, Media Temple. Avoid GoDaddy like the plague. Rackspace are highly overrated and overpriced for what you get. They'd only be decent if you know absolutely nothing about running a server and need help daily and if that's the case you should pay someone else to look after the server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Midge Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 try one of the following ones, all good specs and cheaper: www.server4you.net www.hetzner.info www.ovh.com Im currently a hetzner customer, there prices are unmatched for there bid servers - though they are and unmanaged service, so you only get fault(data centre issues/hardware issues) support and absolutely 0 help with the server software wise so unless you are confident you can maintain it yourself look elsewhere! that said i dont need there support so the low prices make me happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 hjf288 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hetzner -> http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guth Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 ive alwyays used rapidspeeds (which I think are now bust) or OVH however all mine have been linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Axel Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 What you using it for? Personally I recommend OVH on experience. But as above, I've only had experience with Linux. http://www.kimsufi.co.uk are excellent value. OVH's budget range! The servers start at ?9 a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm interested in renting a *Windows* dedicated server (I don't know how to manage Linux :( ). GoDaddy offers:
OS: Windows 2008 R2 64-Bit
CPU: Intel? Core? i3 - 2 cores
RAM: 2 GB
Storage: 2 x 160 GB hard drives
Bandwidth: 5 TB per month
for $109.99/month. Is this a good deal? It includes Remote Desktop Connection, which I want.
Are there better deals out there? I'd rather not go with GoDaddy if I can avoid it.
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