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Do you guys know of any other alternatives? I'm curious what's available these days. I'm asking about dedicated server options.

staunch 14y ago
Shameless plug time! My own company, Uptano, is doing something kind of neat with dedicated servers. We're letting you rent dedicated hardware and then launch multiple virtual servers on them. https://uptano.com https://uptano.com We're not trying to be the absolute cheapest, just trying to be the company we wished to exist.
- wensheng 14y ago
  Are you OpenVZ only? Can I deploy my own Xen VPS on it.
  - staunch 14y ago
    OpenVZ for now, but Xen support is coming.
    - sonier 14y ago
      Any timeline on that?
      - staunch 14y ago
        Always hesitate to promise dates, but it's coming soon. Feel free to email me jake@uptano.com and I'll let you know when it's an option.
- canterburry 14y ago
  Very interesting. Question: Do all my 8 VSs have to reside on the same host? If the host goes down, it will take all my VSs with it. Any way of getting the same number of VSs but distributed across hosts?
  - staunch 14y ago
    If the hardware goes down, so do the servers (just like EC2), but they can be brought back up on new hardware rather quickly. You can of course setup redundancy by creating multiple servers on different hardware nodes.
- slig 14y ago
  Really cool. I've just put my email address in the newsletter. Hope to need your service soon.
- IbJacked 14y ago
  I've been keeping my eye on Uptano, they've come a long way since I played with the initial beta. I really like the idea of having a dedicated box and being able to allocate VMs within it.
- chsonnu 14y ago
  Hi, what is the benefit of your offerings vs installing openvz on a managed host?
  - staunch 14y ago
    It's far easier to manage than doing it manually. We're also making it easier to do high level things with your servers that aren't trivial to do manually.
- lifeguard 14y ago
  I have never heard of an ISP limiting customers to running any number VPSs on a dedicated server.
  - staunch 14y ago
    Heh. That's one way to look at it, I suppose. Virtual servers on Uptano are managed via the web interface and each includes a public IP address. Most ISPs do limit IPs per server. Also, our limits are higher than pretty much anyone needs per server.
    - lifeguard 14y ago
      Why do you limit IPv6 addresses? Just kidding! Yes, IPv4 addys are in short supply.
mileswu 14y ago
Although I've never tried them, there's http://www.server4you.com/root-server/ http://www.server4you.com/root-server/ that is relatively good value for money, but still a little more expensive. I don't know how their support/reliability is. I actually use OVH on some older Kimsufi plans. I'm kinda disappointed actually with these new plans as they got rid of the Core i5/i7 processors which were a bargain for the amount of CPU power you got for the money.
- shimon_e 14y ago
  Unlike OVH, server4you use nasty 5400rpm hard drives on their low end. I actually am waiting for someone to come out with a low end server with a small SSD drive. I need performance not storage.
  - tlack 14y ago
    RAMnode has been pretty good for very fast mid-range SSD VPSes (watch their Twitter; they have 30% off specials all the time). SoftLayer also supports SSDs but they aren't low end, for the most part. I'm a happy customer of both but an employee/beneficiary of neither.
    - shimon_e 14y ago
      If I'm going to considerably pay more, I am still better paying OVH more. I'm thinking of getting this bad boy: http://www.ovh.ie/dedicated_servers/eg_64g_ssd.xml http://www.ovh.ie/dedicated_servers/eg_64g_ssd.xml
    - lousy_sysadmin 14y ago
      Check ServerBear for better comparison/coupon/benchmark etc. http://serverbear.com/9756/ramnode http://serverbear.com/9756/ramnode RamNode best coupon actually offer 31% off all the time! I'm using LEB service extensively as I'm offering budget Managed WordPress Hosting. http://kittysensei.com http://kittysensei.com Performance wise, RamNode is among the best LEB provider along with company like BuyVM, ServerDragon and Hostigation.
tcwc 14y ago
http://www.hetzner.de/ http://www.hetzner.de/ are pretty good price/performance wise .
- bitcartel 14y ago
  Hetzner also offer a Dutch auction for servers: https://robot.your-server.de/order/market https://robot.your-server.de/order/market
- petercooper 14y ago
  Hetzner are awesome, especially if you want high specs. Had no problems with them so far, although most of my important stuff is still on Linode.
- Karunamon 14y ago
  Another vote for Hetzner, really their pricing makes anything stateside seem almost extortionate. You have to ask yourself if the extra 250ms ping from the States is worth it though. Game servers are right out.
yannickmahe 14y ago
This blog lists the latest cheap options available: http://www.lowendbox.com/ http://www.lowendbox.com/
- mikeevans 14y ago
  I don't think I've ever seen a dedicated option on there.
  - froseph 14y ago
    They post them from time to time, but you're right, they primarily list VPS hosting. http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/dedicated-server/ http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/dedicated-server/
shimon_e 14y ago
I am interesting in 1) a provider with comparable features in Asia and 2) another with comparable price on the west coast of the United States. That is until OVH roll out their west coast data centre in the coming years. BTW, I'm thinking of webnx's special deals as the best on the west coast. Competitive on the high end. No where near as cheap on the low end.
wazoox 14y ago
Also in France, online.net has very similar offers. I have 3 "dedibox" online.net servers and I'm very happy with them. The uptime is great, and the bandwidth is astounding.
maximegarcia 14y ago
French IT situation : a 4-cores, 8Gb RAM & RAID dedicated server for 30€/month. OVH competes with Online (former Dédibox, by Iliad (Free)) and the prices goes low... http://online.net/fr/serveur-dedie http://online.net/fr/serveur-dedie Welcome to France, IT paradise.
drubio 14y ago
Using PhoenixNAP.com/SecuredServers.com in Arizona for a few months now. Pretty stable so far for a sub-$100 dedicated with 2-drives/Software RAID-1 & 8GB of RAM. Limestonenetworks is also good in Texas, but starter servers are over-$100 for a similar 2-drive/RAID-1/8GB RAM box.
thegyppo 14y ago
Been using DataShack lately: https://www.datashack.net/dedicated/ https://www.datashack.net/dedicated/ I pay roughly $78 a month for this: http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/28/NkHEVWXUAKwf4USF http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/28/NkHEVWXUAKwf4USF
hackerboos 14y ago
http://www.hetzner.de/en/ http://www.hetzner.de/en/

staunch 14y ago

Shameless plug time! My own company, Uptano, is doing something kind of neat with dedicated servers. We're letting you rent dedicated hardware and then launch multiple virtual servers on them. https://uptano.com https://uptano.com We're not trying to be the absolute cheapest, just trying to be the company we wished to exist.

wensheng 14y ago
Are you OpenVZ only? Can I deploy my own Xen VPS on it.
- staunch 14y ago
  OpenVZ for now, but Xen support is coming.
  - sonier 14y ago
    Any timeline on that?
    - staunch 14y ago
      Always hesitate to promise dates, but it's coming soon. Feel free to email me jake@uptano.com and I'll let you know when it's an option.
canterburry 14y ago
Very interesting. Question: Do all my 8 VSs have to reside on the same host? If the host goes down, it will take all my VSs with it. Any way of getting the same number of VSs but distributed across hosts?
- staunch 14y ago
  If the hardware goes down, so do the servers (just like EC2), but they can be brought back up on new hardware rather quickly. You can of course setup redundancy by creating multiple servers on different hardware nodes.
slig 14y ago
Really cool. I've just put my email address in the newsletter. Hope to need your service soon.
IbJacked 14y ago
I've been keeping my eye on Uptano, they've come a long way since I played with the initial beta. I really like the idea of having a dedicated box and being able to allocate VMs within it.
chsonnu 14y ago
Hi, what is the benefit of your offerings vs installing openvz on a managed host?
- staunch 14y ago
  It's far easier to manage than doing it manually. We're also making it easier to do high level things with your servers that aren't trivial to do manually.
lifeguard 14y ago
I have never heard of an ISP limiting customers to running any number VPSs on a dedicated server.
- staunch 14y ago
  Heh. That's one way to look at it, I suppose. Virtual servers on Uptano are managed via the web interface and each includes a public IP address. Most ISPs do limit IPs per server. Also, our limits are higher than pretty much anyone needs per server.
  - lifeguard 14y ago
    Why do you limit IPv6 addresses? Just kidding! Yes, IPv4 addys are in short supply.

mileswu 14y ago

Although I've never tried them, there's http://www.server4you.com/root-server/ http://www.server4you.com/root-server/ that is relatively good value for money, but still a little more expensive. I don't know how their support/reliability is. I actually use OVH on some older Kimsufi plans. I'm kinda disappointed actually with these new plans as they got rid of the Core i5/i7 processors which were a bargain for the amount of CPU power you got for the money.

shimon_e 14y ago
Unlike OVH, server4you use nasty 5400rpm hard drives on their low end. I actually am waiting for someone to come out with a low end server with a small SSD drive. I need performance not storage.
- tlack 14y ago
  RAMnode has been pretty good for very fast mid-range SSD VPSes (watch their Twitter; they have 30% off specials all the time). SoftLayer also supports SSDs but they aren't low end, for the most part. I'm a happy customer of both but an employee/beneficiary of neither.
  - shimon_e 14y ago
    If I'm going to considerably pay more, I am still better paying OVH more. I'm thinking of getting this bad boy: http://www.ovh.ie/dedicated_servers/eg_64g_ssd.xml http://www.ovh.ie/dedicated_servers/eg_64g_ssd.xml
  - lousy_sysadmin 14y ago
    Check ServerBear for better comparison/coupon/benchmark etc. http://serverbear.com/9756/ramnode http://serverbear.com/9756/ramnode RamNode best coupon actually offer 31% off all the time! I'm using LEB service extensively as I'm offering budget Managed WordPress Hosting. http://kittysensei.com http://kittysensei.com Performance wise, RamNode is among the best LEB provider along with company like BuyVM, ServerDragon and Hostigation.

tcwc 14y ago

http://www.hetzner.de/ http://www.hetzner.de/ are pretty good price/performance wise .

bitcartel 14y ago
Hetzner also offer a Dutch auction for servers: https://robot.your-server.de/order/market https://robot.your-server.de/order/market
petercooper 14y ago
Hetzner are awesome, especially if you want high specs. Had no problems with them so far, although most of my important stuff is still on Linode.
Karunamon 14y ago
Another vote for Hetzner, really their pricing makes anything stateside seem almost extortionate. You have to ask yourself if the extra 250ms ping from the States is worth it though. Game servers are right out.

yannickmahe 14y ago

This blog lists the latest cheap options available: http://www.lowendbox.com/ http://www.lowendbox.com/

mikeevans 14y ago
I don't think I've ever seen a dedicated option on there.
- froseph 14y ago
  They post them from time to time, but you're right, they primarily list VPS hosting. http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/dedicated-server/ http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/dedicated-server/

shimon_e 14y ago

I am interesting in 1) a provider with comparable features in Asia and 2) another with comparable price on the west coast of the United States. That is until OVH roll out their west coast data centre in the coming years. BTW, I'm thinking of webnx's special deals as the best on the west coast. Competitive on the high end. No where near as cheap on the low end.

wazoox 14y ago

Also in France, online.net has very similar offers. I have 3 "dedibox" online.net servers and I'm very happy with them. The uptime is great, and the bandwidth is astounding.

maximegarcia 14y ago

French IT situation : a 4-cores, 8Gb RAM & RAID dedicated server for 30€/month. OVH competes with Online (former Dédibox, by Iliad (Free)) and the prices goes low... http://online.net/fr/serveur-dedie http://online.net/fr/serveur-dedie Welcome to France, IT paradise.

drubio 14y ago

Using PhoenixNAP.com/SecuredServers.com in Arizona for a few months now. Pretty stable so far for a sub-$100 dedicated with 2-drives/Software RAID-1 & 8GB of RAM. Limestonenetworks is also good in Texas, but starter servers are over-$100 for a similar 2-drive/RAID-1/8GB RAM box.

thegyppo 14y ago

Been using DataShack lately: https://www.datashack.net/dedicated/ https://www.datashack.net/dedicated/ I pay roughly $78 a month for this: http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/28/NkHEVWXUAKwf4USF http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/09/28/NkHEVWXUAKwf4USF

hackerboos 14y ago

http://www.hetzner.de/en/ http://www.hetzner.de/en/