Comments on: Who Turned Out the Lights? - Or, the Straw that Broke 1and1’s Back http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/ because technology is just another ecosystem Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ross http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2007 Ross Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:10:02 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2007 If you are ever in the need for hosting again please check out my site http://www.thehostguru.com as I list only the most reliable web hosts. If you are ever in the need for hosting again please check out my site http://www.thehostguru.com as I list only the most reliable web hosts.

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2006 stephen o'grady Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:51:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2006 hi Rob: so did we, until all of this started happening. if you do a search here, you'll even discover a thread from me thanking them for their uptime. if you're happy with them, great, and i hope your experience stays as positive as it is now. what i would be concerned about is if it suddenly went sour as ours did, because they simply are unable to service their clients. best of luck either way. sog hi Rob:

so did we, until all of this started happening. if you do a search here, you’ll even discover a thread from me thanking them for their uptime.

if you’re happy with them, great, and i hope your experience stays as positive as it is now.

what i would be concerned about is if it suddenly went sour as ours did, because they simply are unable to service their clients.

best of luck either way.

sog

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]]> By: Rafe http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2004 Rafe Wed, 24 May 2006 14:50:02 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2004 I'm honestly not sure what the difference is between managed and unmanaged. Layered Tech provided me with a bare Fedora Core 4 box and some IP addresses, and the rest was up to me. I upgraded the kernel and something broke, and they logged in and fixed it for me (and didn't charge me anything). I’m honestly not sure what the difference is between managed and unmanaged. Layered Tech provided me with a bare Fedora Core 4 box and some IP addresses, and the rest was up to me. I upgraded the kernel and something broke, and they logged in and fixed it for me (and didn’t charge me anything).

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]]> By: Matthew Walker http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2002 Matthew Walker Wed, 24 May 2006 04:15:46 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2002 I can recommend johncompanies.com and have also been trying out their new product rsync.net. I also have larger boxes at theplanet.com and ev1servers.net (who have just merged) although they are no longer price leaders in this category. johncompanies do colo too. I can recommend johncompanies.com and have also been trying out their new product rsync.net. I also have larger boxes at theplanet.com and ev1servers.net (who have just merged) although they are no longer price leaders in this category. johncompanies do colo too.

]]> By: Mike Dolan http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2001 Mike Dolan Wed, 24 May 2006 02:32:14 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2001 My recommendation is to host it yourself. I've tried just about every host out there (1and1 was one of my first abismal experiences) and most recently GoDaddy.com left me dry when the moved to SenderID for email "protection". Try out OpenSuse 10.1 - it's very easy to setup firewall permissions at the server with YaST or my preference, control ports at the router and server. Backing up isn't difficult - since you're using MySQL on the backend you can just create a backup with phpmyadmin in seconds or setup a script to do it automatically. With OpenSUSE 10.1 you can also easily run setup servers in Xen. I hate poor hosting experiences and prefer to have complete control over the architecture and administration. I've been trying it out myself recently and have had no real issues thus far on a "testing" domain. My recommendation is to host it yourself. I’ve tried just about every host out there (1and1 was one of my first abismal experiences) and most recently GoDaddy.com left me dry when the moved to SenderID for email “protection”.

Try out OpenSuse 10.1 - it’s very easy to setup firewall permissions at the server with YaST or my preference, control ports at the router and server. Backing up isn’t difficult - since you’re using MySQL on the backend you can just create a backup with phpmyadmin in seconds or setup a script to do it automatically. With OpenSUSE 10.1 you can also easily run setup servers in Xen.

I hate poor hosting experiences and prefer to have complete control over the architecture and administration. I’ve been trying it out myself recently and have had no real issues thus far on a “testing” domain.

]]> By: stephen ogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-2000 stephen ogrady Wed, 24 May 2006 02:10:22 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-2000 rick: thanks for the advice. my default behavior at this point when evaluating hosts is to search "HOSTNAME sucks," and LunarPages has some negative returns there. RBW, on the other hand, doesn't return much, so they seem to not have pissed too many people off. rafe: layered tech looks decent; they're on the shortlist. my concern is that they bill themselves as a budget unmanaged server option - if i need unmanaged, i'll probably just colo - it's all the same. ryan: thx much - rackmounted looks solid. have an inquiry into them right now. Dan: you're right; i'll be interested to see how they fare once they transition to S10. rick: thanks for the advice. my default behavior at this point when evaluating hosts is to search “HOSTNAME sucks,” and LunarPages has some negative returns there. RBW, on the other hand, doesn’t return much, so they seem to not have pissed too many people off.

rafe: layered tech looks decent; they’re on the shortlist. my concern is that they bill themselves as a budget unmanaged server option - if i need unmanaged, i’ll probably just colo - it’s all the same.

ryan: thx much - rackmounted looks solid. have an inquiry into them right now.

Dan: you’re right; i’ll be interested to see how they fare once they transition to S10.

]]> By: Dan http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-1999 Dan Tue, 23 May 2006 22:09:26 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-1999 Rafe: Were you on the Shared plan? I'd definitely advise people not to sign up for the Shared plan until Textdrive gets things in better shape (i.e., until after they switch to Solaris, perhaps giving them a few months to see whether things are stable). But as far as the responsiveness and tech savvy of the staff is concernd, I feel like TextDrive is great; and I don't think the Business plans have faced the same level of problems their Shared plans did. Having said that, I've been on the Shared plan myself and it was definitely rough for a while, so I understand where you're coming from. Rafe: Were you on the Shared plan? I’d definitely advise people not to sign up for the Shared plan until Textdrive gets things in better shape (i.e., until after they switch to Solaris, perhaps giving them a few months to see whether things are stable). But as far as the responsiveness and tech savvy of the staff is concernd, I feel like TextDrive is great; and I don’t think the Business plans have faced the same level of problems their Shared plans did. Having said that, I’ve been on the Shared plan myself and it was definitely rough for a while, so I understand where you’re coming from.

]]> By: Ryan Tomayko http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2006/05/22/who-turned-out-the-lights-or-the-straw-that-broke-1and1s-back/#comment-1998 Ryan Tomayko Tue, 23 May 2006 20:39:58 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=863#comment-1998 I have to recommend http://rackmounted.com. Good prices on dedicated boxes and I know two of the admin's first names / direct emails. I haven't messed around w/ shared or virtual hosting for some time now - dedicated is so insanely cheap (rackmounted entry level: $64/mo) that it's kind of silly to consider anything else. Shared hosting still has a market but it's not you! Consider throwing $230/mo at this Xeon and just go crazy: http://www.rackmounted.com/xeon.php Or, save $10/mo on what you're paying now on this guy: http://www.rackmounted.com/Pentium4.php You guys need to get crackin on your suite of simple Analyst 2.0 tools and services and that should do you just fine for quite a while :) I have to recommend http://rackmounted.com. Good prices on dedicated boxes and I know two of the admin’s first names / direct emails.

I haven’t messed around w/ shared or virtual hosting for some time now - dedicated is so insanely cheap (rackmounted entry level: $64/mo) that it’s kind of silly to consider anything else. Shared hosting still has a market but it’s not you!

Consider throwing $230/mo at this Xeon and just go crazy:

http://www.rackmounted.com/xeon.php

Or, save $10/mo on what you’re paying now on this guy:

http://www.rackmounted.com/Pentium4.php

You guys need to get crackin on your suite of simple Analyst 2.0 tools and services and that should do you just fine for quite a while :)

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