Welp, Guess I need a Managed Dedicated Server Provider...who do you recommend?

Rackspace has recently tripled their prices with us after our contract was up. So, we have servers that they are trying to force us to sign a new contract with them for a considerably higher price.

So, with that being said, we need 5 dedicated machines with these specs or similar:

Server Platform: Dual Processor Multi-Core Dedicated Server - Dell R720
• Processor: Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2640, 15M Cache, 2.50 GHz, Hex Core QTY: 2
• Random Access Memory: 128GB
• RAID, Set 1: RAID 1
• Drive Selection, Set 1: 600GB 15K SAS 3.5inch QTY: 2
• RAID, Set 2: RAID 5
• Drive Selection, Set 2: 600GB 15K SAS 3.5inch QTY: 3
• Drive Partitioning: Rackspace Suggested Partitioning QTY: 1
• Operating System: Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 64Bit QTY: 8

We will need about 12 ip addresses per machine.

We will supply our own windows licensing. Drive space cannot be less but definitely would like more space.

They would need to be in the USA. The time frame for 1 machine would be needed as soon as possible whereas the other 4, we will need as time permits to move the data over.

We need reliability, which is something Rackspace does well.

I hope I covered everything.

Thanks!

This is my first post on Web Hosting Talk Forum. I need your help. My server consists of 2 hard drives. 1TB x 2 SATA. In last week my server gets slow down and the data center noticed that I have an issue with my hard drive. They said " We are showing drive SDB is failing and will need to be replaced, " They asked me to take a backup and replace the hard drive immediately.

I have 2 hard drives and I have installed CentOS 7 with software RAID 1 ( Software RAID ). So now my question is do I need to restore the backup once we replace the hard drive. ? or is it syncing with RAID without any manual backup restoration ?

I am in need of a dedicated server for my business which will be running a white-label version of Mailwizz.

The amount of clients is approx 25 and growing daily.

These clients run various websites, blogs, membership clubs, create courses etc etc..

They have email lists that range anywhere between 5k to 500k subscribers.

The server I need WILL NOT be in charge of sending email to these lists. It's main purpose is housing the self-hosted email marketing application Mailwizz.

I am looking for a quality host that can handle the following requirements to run Mailwizz:
- Linux operating system
- Apache/Nginx webserver
- PHP >= 5.2
- MySQL/MariaDB, with InnoDB storage engine
- Cron Jobs access (linux crons not web crons please)


My budget is around $150-200/mo for a single dedicated CPU. I can allocate more of a budget if you think dual cpu is necessary.

I have these in mind:

MOJOHOST FAST E3-2: Xeon 4 Cores 8 Threads, 2 Storage Bays - $159
E3 Intel Xeon CPU
4/8/8M Cores/Threads/Cache
3.2/3.9 Gigahertz (min/max)
16 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
(2) 1 TB Enterprise HDD Storage
(2) Total Drive Bays
1,000 Megabit WAN Uplink
1,000 Megabit LAN Uplink
25,000 GB Included Transfer
.01 Cost per GB Over


MOJOHOST FAST E3-6: Xeon 4 Cores 8 Threads, 6 Storage Bays - $199
E3 Intel Xeon CPU
4/8/8M Cores/Threads/Cache
3.2/3.9 Gigahertz (min/max)
16 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
(4) 1 TB Enterprise HDD Storage
RAID CARD Optional
(6) Total Drive Bays
1,000 Megabit WAN Uplink
1,000 Megabit LAN Uplink
25,000 GB Included Transfer
.01 Cost per GB Over



ProlimeHost
Intel 2276G
6 cores, 12 threads
32 GB
480G SSD or 2TB HDD
40 TB
$99/mo


I am even considering a Ryzen setup from either ProlimeHost or Hivelocity which has servers using EPYC. Although I am not sure if it's wise to go with consumer-grade hardware for this setup?

This is the one from ProlimeHost:
AMD Ryzen 3700x
8 cores 16 threads
64 GB
480G SSD or 2TB HDD
40 TB
$119/m



DatabaseByDesignLLC also has a special going on for a dual cpu server with 96gb ram although they are using an older X5560 cpu.

Not sure if that's too outdated though...

96GB + SSD Dedicated Server

Dedicated Server Specifications:
Dual Quad Core
96GB ECC DDR3 Memory
1x 240GB SSD
1Gbps Public Network Port
100TB Premium Bandwidth
1 Public IPv4 Address
Remote Access Card (IPMI)

Not sure if this is the right category.. I want to know what makes a server speedy. My issue is, I tried about 6 servers the last 6 months.

Reseller Hostmantis (5$ a month)
VPS cloudcone 10 core 16 GB ram (50$) a month + cpanel (15$) + litespeed (30$) a month
VPS from a dutch guy, 8 core, 16GB ram, directadmin (70 a month)
Cloudcone VPS: 10 cores, 60GB ram, Cpanel + litespeed = like 70 a month).
Wpprovider (claims to have to fastest dutch hosting): 25,- a month.
Neostrada magento hosting (6 core, 8GB ram, cpanel = 20,- a month)

Believe it or not, but the freaking 5$ per month SHARED (!!!!) RESELLER (!!!!!) is the fastest of them all. And I really don't understand how that is possible. Is there anybody who can explain to me what makes a server fast? First I thought it was litespeed, so i bought a litespeed license for by VPS'ses. Then I thought it was the lack of RAM, so i went to Contabo with 60 freaking GB of ram WITH litespeed. And even that is slower if I 1:1 compare it with a 100% duplicated site on that Hostmantis reseller package...

Then a guy from Asia who tried to improve the pagespeed for a webshop copied the site to his dedicated server and the results were INSANELY fast. I asked him his config and he said:

2 X Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650
32 Cores
64 GB ram
2 X SSD Drive

He said he didn't had Litespeed, only Memcache installed.

Is there anybody who can tell me what makes a server fast? Is it the RAM? the CPU? The managing? The location? The LITEspeed/Memcached/Redis? And when does it make sense to get a Dedicated server instead of a VPS?

About me: As side job I build websites. Most of them very easy, 3 page wordpress sites with no visitors. I host about 60. They don't really care about speed, cause they are happy if there are There are some bigger clients (3 with a woocommerce webshop, 1 with a magento webshop) for which speed IS important.

What I would like is
THE FASTEST Server possible for my amount
At least 500GB SSD storage
Managed
Backups remotely (and something like JEtbackup)
Softacalous
Cpanel + WHM (100 accounts)
Budget: Under like 180$ for all (if that is anyway possible).

I am currently looking for a new dedicated server provider my current server has the following


CPUIntel Xeon E5-1650V3 PLUS NIC 1 Gbit
- Intel I210

HDD1x HDD SATA 4,0 TB Enterprise

HDD2x SSD SATA 480 GB Datacenter ( would be fine if the 2 sata drives were changed to 1 ssd drive of 2 tb's)

RAM 8x RAM 32768 MB DDR4 ECC reg. 256 gb total

Taken from the Directadmin on my current server
Total Memory 263859820 kB
Free Memory 1908640 kB
Total Swap Memory 4194300 kB
Free Swap Memory 3246332 kB
System Uptime 277 Days, 6 Hours and 36 Minutes
Apache 2.4.41 Running
DirectAdmin 1.59.5 Running
Exim 4.92 Running
MariaDB 10.2.29 Running
Named 9.11.4 Running
sshd Running
dovecot 2.3.6 (7eab80676) Running
pure-ftpd 1.0.49 Running
Php 7.3.12 Installed
Php 5.6.40 Installed (php2)


Used
Disk Space (mb) 277671
Bandwidth (gb) 930.2369
Domains 60
Users 29
Resellers 0



IPv4 Network Subnet /27 (29 usable IPs)

IPv6 Network Enabled

Root Access to the server

Cloudflare CDN

HTTPS for websites

Fully Managed & Secured

Automated 24/7 Monitoring

I am currently using Direct Admin I am willing to change to Cpanel/Plesk o whatever control panel <<they>> use as long as <<they>> can move over my sites mostly WordPress without them having any problems to integrate into <<their>> hosting panel of choice

Hello

Any body Help in this regards

i have dedicated server

i have two drives one 1 drive there is backups and on first one operating system and cpanel installed i am copying users etc folder and accidently copied to / and now my server is inaccesable

i have request datacenter to recovery mode and mount my drive to see changes i saw ownership of etc changed i have cganged it to root again and tried to reboot the server in normal mode but failed to start cpanel whm

what is the solution for this if any body help me in this regards

After asking for a status on the below order after two days without hearing from them, I received the following.

Hi,

We are unable to process your order and we are unable to provide reason.

Thank you,
Perfect International, Inc


Hi REMOVED FOR PRIVACY,
We have received your order. We will email or contact you again once the server is ready. If you have any question, please call us at 1(877)401-4238.
Order Number: REMOVED
Server Specification: Datacenter Location: Dallas, TX
Dedicated Server: Intel Xeon E3-1220 V5
Memory: 32 GB
Hard Drive: 500 GB SSD
Operating System: CentOS7 x64 (Setup: 0.00, Monthly: 0.00)
Control Panel: None
IP Address: 13 IPs (Setup: 0.00, Monthly: 12.00)
IPv6: None
Bandwidth: 30 TB
Uplink Port: 1 Gbps
Hardware Management: IPMI & KVMIP
Quantity: 1

Monthly Payment/server: $61.99
First Month Payment/server: $61.99

Hi,

I am looking for a dedicated offshore server (DMCA ignored) for my client for an escort website.

I am looking for a provide above all with quick support and server management included. Ideal if support is based in Europe and they can speak English.

Server configuration 32GB RAM, 250GB SSD or (HDD will do), 1GBps port, 1TB Bandwidth, root access, Cpanel + WHM, CPU better than (Intel Xeon E3-1275v2 @3.80GHz (4 core))

Budget USD $300

Regards
Harry

Hi i'm looking for a dedicated server recommendation.

Requirements:
Accept BTC/ETH as payment method.
Max price 75 euro/month
Operating system: Windows 10

I'm looking for a non-server CPU - maybe an intel i5 or i7 or i9

Or a server CPU is fine (Xeon)... as long as there's also a decent GPU in in the system.

Thanks!

I have been hosting my sites on my current hosting company for 7 years. TBH, I am happy with them most of the time.

Since they were sold to another company, the tech support is getting worse. Each time it takes a long time for them to figure out what's going on. They always said the problem is on my side. But it turns out all the issues I complained locate on the server side. I had enough with those offshore tech support.

The second thing is: on my current plan, the server blocked a lot of proxy/Tor access, maybe for anti-spamming or whatever. And host-tacker shows some "HostNotFound" results, which I have not seen it from my friend's sites (we both run the same type of sites). So I lost some traffic as well.

That's why I am thinking to move my sites out.

My site is not big. Currently, I have 2500-3000 unique visits/day, and bandwidth/m is about 700 GB. I am thinking to try a dedicated server plan this time. Then I will have the faster page loading speed, which means better SEO, I guess? Hopefully I can get more traffic and more visits. And I won't get bothered by bad neighbors any more.

I checked a few dedicated plans, can you tell me what these mean? esp WAN uplink and LAN Uplink? Should it be included in total bandwidth?

1,000 Megabit WAN Uplink
1,000 Megabit LAN Uplink
25,000 GB Included Transfer

I read some articles about Dedicated IP vs Shared IP. It seems Dedicated IP is better than Shared IP. But for a small site like mine, do I really need a dedicated server?

I am thinking of mojohost as some friends recommend them. Do they have a coupon or I can negotiate with them for a discount?

Any advises are appreciated.