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11-29-2004, 10:30 AM

I have a mainstream business that's taking off pretty fast, so I figure I'll check out some rock solid mainstream hosts for comparison with adult hosts.

http://www.rackspace.com/solutions/managed_linux.php

That "Option Two" is $300 for setup + $500 a month

It comes with a piddly little 100GB, and each additional GB will cost $2 (pre-paid) or $3.50 (for unplanned overage).

So basically, if I have a server with them doing about 10mb/sec (about 3000~3200gb/month), it will cost $6300~$6700/month.

I also learned that they don't setup any email addresses or MySQL databases for you. You have to do it all yourself.

Rackspace might have "fanatical service", but I can get pretty much the same thing for $800/month (or less) from adult hosts, a difference of at least $66,000+ a year.

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11-29-2004, 10:31 AM

what's the mainstream business?
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11-29-2004, 10:32 AM

From what I've heard their support's
quality dropped lately.

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11-29-2004, 10:33 AM

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what's the mainstream business?

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11-29-2004, 10:36 AM

Yup, as a basis for example

we provide about 95% mroe than they do and our prices are much lower.

Their network providers also arnt that great... its a mix of really low cost ones... theyre probably banking off their customers.
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11-29-2004, 10:37 AM

You know what. They're bloody expensive but I have used them for the past 4 years for all my mission critical hosting. This is not a host to use for a tgp or free site. Rackspace is mostly considered for mission critical hosting and they're worth every penny. If I have a deep crawl happening and my site is down for even a 1 hour window, I'm screwed for the month. That's exactly why I use and need someone like Rackspace for my applications. They're bloody expensive but they earned my business time and time again.

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11-29-2004, 10:37 AM

Originally posted by Magg
theyre probably banking off their customers.

When I was on hold on the phone, it said they manage over 12,000 servers

That's a lot of bank account raping going on

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11-29-2004, 10:39 AM

Originally posted by WiredGuy
You know what. They're bloody expensive but I have used them for the past 4 years for all my mission critical hosting. This is not a host to use for a tgp or free site. Rackspace is mostly considered for mission critical hosting and they're worth every penny. If I have a deep crawl happening and my site is down for even a 1 hour window, I'm screwed for the month. That's exactly why I use and need someone like Rackspace for my applications. They're bloody expensive but they earned my business time and time again.

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Mission critical stuff is the only reason I could see hosting with them and paying their prices.

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11-29-2004, 10:40 AM

Originally posted by BRISK
Mission critical stuff is the only reason I could see hosting with them and paying their prices.

Of course, large corporations are a large part of Rackspace's clientele.

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11-29-2004, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by BRISK
Mission critical stuff is the only reason I could see hosting with them and paying their prices.

Yeah, I can't imagine running galleries, tgp's or anything high bandwidth with them otherwise. At $3.50 per gig, that's nuts. For someone like me who's only pushing a couple hundred gig, it's worth the cost.

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11-29-2004, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by BRISK
I have a mainstream business that's taking off pretty fast, so I figure I'll check out some rock solid mainstream hosts for comparison with adult hosts.

http://www.rackspace.com/solutions/managed_linux.php

That "Option Two" is $300 for setup + $500 a month

It comes with a piddly little 100GB, and each additional GB will cost $2 (pre-paid) or $3.50 (for unplanned overage).

So basically, if I have a server with them doing about 10mb/sec (about 3000~3200gb/month), it will cost $6300~$6700/month.

I also learned that they don't setup any email addresses or MySQL databases for you. You have to do it all yourself.

Rackspace might have "fanatical service", but I can get pretty much the same thing for $800/month (or less) from adult hosts, a difference of at least $66,000+ a year.

Wow.

Yep. With these prices they also have fanatical customers as soon as they find out prices elsewhere
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11-29-2004, 10:43 AM

rackspace is a top leader in hosting in mainstream.

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11-29-2004, 10:44 AM

Originally posted by fris
rackspace is a top leader in hosting in mainstream.

Thanks for telling me what I already know.

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11-29-2004, 10:52 AM

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Thanks for telling me what I already know.

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11-29-2004, 11:01 AM

Yeah, I guess the old adage. You get what you pay for holds true. I haven't heard anything but great things about RS service and uptime.

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11-29-2004, 11:25 AM

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Yeah, I guess the old adage. You get what you pay for holds true. I haven't heard anything but great things about RS service and uptime.

I think their service level is questionable, you have to setup your own domains, email addresses, MySQL DBs, etc... My current host does all that for me.

I'm sure their uptime is the best thing about them, but how many people actually need 100% uptime? My servers with my current host have had about 99.9% uptime over the past 2 years that I've been with them.

I think if you don't use very much bandwidth and you absolutely require 100% uptime, then go with Rackspace, otherwise forget it.

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11-29-2004, 11:27 AM

I use rackspace as well. SUre, its expensive, but these are different ball games. The minute my site goes down, I start loosing money like you wouldn't beleive. Not only revenue, but money that I need to cover for affiliates as well. An hour can easily add up to a few K, and more on peak times.

Rackspace has its place, I have used them for 2 years and have nothing but praise for them. I can call anytime, and get someone who is basicly good enough to help me through any issues I am having. So far this year, I have had 10 mins of downtime, beacause someone forgot to start the MySQL server on a migration machine (moving from redhat 9 - ES)

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11-29-2004, 11:27 AM

Originally posted by BRISK
I think if you don't use very much bandwidth and you absolutely require 100% uptime, then go with Rackspace, otherwise forget it.

I'd agree with that assessment.
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04-09-2005, 09:51 AM

Rackspace is very expensive for bandwith
if you have a server that is very important and you want 100% no downtime. Go with rackspace, support will have you back online within 30 minutes.
If you run a TGP then go with someone like rackshack.
Rackspace is only for quaility mainstream business who cannot afford to be down
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04-09-2005, 09:54 AM

rackspace is ONLY for mission critical stuff
no others reason to pay that kind of price

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04-09-2005, 10:48 AM

doesnt rackspace own serverbeach?
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04-09-2005, 11:22 AM

no serverbeach was sold ....

also thanks for the 6+ m onth old thread
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04-09-2005, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by WireSix-Ryan

no serverbeach was sold ....

also thanks for the 6+ m onth old thread

Yeah, the pricing is no longer on the web site, you have to contact them.

When I chat with mainstream people and tell them that one of my servers costs $79 a month including 1200Gb of transfer they're often very surprised. These are people that pay $100/mo for a virtual account with 5Gb transfer and $5/gig overage.
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04-09-2005, 09:02 PM

I host my mission critical mainstream sites at the $99 a month places (The Planet, etc.) I haven't found any difference in uptime between them and Rackspace. Besides, I keep redunandant servers at different isps. Hosting a mission critical server at one isp only wouldn't be good enough for me.

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04-09-2005, 09:41 PM

rackspace is pretty much top of the food chain..
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