The Planet datacenter

[Rogue]

Wow - They've got some really steep prices. I think it's vital though if you've got an online business that can't afford any down time.

It seems that their the Rolls Royce with every bell and whistle. I wish I could afford them.

[Soulwatcher]

Originally Posted by Rogue

Wow - They've got some really steep prices. I think it's vital though if you've got an online business that can't afford any down time.

It seems that their the Rolls Royce with every bell and whistle. I wish I could afford them.

You could start out with a $59 budget server and probably get away with hosting 50+ customers on it. And then you could move to a high end server when you get the budget. Moving accounts server to server in cPanel is pretty easy.

[inogenius]

Originally Posted by Rogue

Wow - They've got some really steep prices. I think it's vital though if you've got an online business that can't afford any down time.

It seems that their the Rolls Royce with every bell and whistle. I wish I could afford them.

The Planet is actually quite low end. The hardware they use isn't at all top of the line, most of it is Dell stuff, and as we all know, Dell uses a lot of CRAP in their hardware. Network wise they're actually decently strong with the number of diverse providers, and size of the connections, along with the fact they do have some nice firewall setups. Though I've heard their firewalls as of this point are disabled for some reason.

If you want high end though, there's a lot better places that you could go; www.rackspace.com is one those, or http://www.prioritycolo.com is another good one to go with.

[southernlady]

If you can manage your own servers, try Softlayer instead. Most of the team came from The Planet And the service has been EXCELLENT. If you do, tell them Liz Ramsey/southernlady sent you and ask for Steven Canale.

A few of us have gotten together as a group and split the cost of a dedicated server. The bill isn't that bad out of pocket that way and if you chose your partners carefully, it's a win/win situation. Liz