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Its all uk based (as am I)

its not so much hosting, as a place to put my server (which I will buy), does such a thing exist???

Eg, I would have my own server, manage it remotely, but pay rent for space in a cold room with fast internet access, and  for someone to turn on my computer when it turns off, etc

does this sort of thing exist anywhere, if so, whats the name for it (is it rack space)

you can rent a server and get it monitored

or you can buy your own and get that monitored to

edit. addon: most rental places like Rack Space (i belive) or The Planet offer maintenance/monitoring along with server rentals/purchases or you can get one from them and ask a 3rd party like PlatinumServerManagement to look after it for you

geez, rackspace will cost me about $380 a month for a dedicated server rental (and thats lower end)

I was hoping to spend a couple of k on a server and no more than £30 a month for some one just to push the on button when it turns off.  My search continues, I cant find a good comparison site in the UK for co-located...

I really have had enough of hosts though.

In an Email, Omnis just told me 'There is no "legal contract"' even after paying for a year in advance, they think they can just mess around, thats so frustrating, and Im sure its against consumer rights.

I just found a good list of co-locators: vix.com/personalcolo/

Last edited by Mr Tuition (2007-12-12 18:09:13)

Renting a server for whatever $/month is the best way to go - the hardware and software is not yours; so you're not responsible for keeping it up to date and in working order; the hosting company is

Rackspace is pretty good - have used them a number of times and currently have 3 servers with them
EV1 / the Planet aren't bad
MediaTemple has some decent entry level packages

For those interested in co-location - DNS Load Balancing

Yeah, rackspace are not cheap

£2000 / month for 3 servers

that's UK£ not US$ - go figure

But, you get what you pay for - an excellent service and almost top-class support (their departments tend not to talk to each other and if you want to be clever, it puts their backs up a little bit)

For me the best company has been

http://www.liquidweb.com

I have worked with these guys for several years, and the customer service is really good, 24 hours 365 days.

Highly recommended

Thanks

[url www.cupones.ec]

Last edited by ColoEagle (2008-01-05 21:03:28)

andrew_hutch wrote:

hi,  have a look at http://www.123-reg.co.uk/dedicated-server-hosting/ it way be of use to you.
Andy

I wouldn't touch their hosting packages with a barge pole.

They're a rip-off for a start

If you want to register a .co.uk domain then they're great; but a slow site at times. We're even considering moving the DNS records for our 500 sites away from 123-reg and onto rackspace

This might be a stupid question, but since you've had 3 hosts who all of a sudden had "slow mysql access" are you sure your queries are as optimized as they can be? I made a few pretty subtle changes to a few queries and a few days later whist complaining about my crappy webhost (which was crappy, it was down ALL THE TIME) I got some time to optimize my page and realized those changes I made made a couple queries take 2-5 seconds (and if I hit it at the right time 20+!!!) instead of .002. I cursory glance at the query revealed my moronicy and a solution to accomplish what I originally wanted and  take it back down to ~.002 seconds.

Shared hosts do suck, but if everyone you've tried all of a sudden has "slow" mysql maybe it's your problem.

Just don't go to mediacatch.