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Why we moved to Rackspace Cloud, and Why we left 1and1.com

2 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

mgkimsal 16y ago
I visited the rackspace cloud pricing page http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers... 'the cloud' is still pretty darn pricey. Yes, I get you can 'scale up' (exactly how means different things to different people) but you're somewhat locked in to their ecosystem (at least, to take advantage of the features of the particular cloud in question. For my needs I've got a server up paying < $100 month for dedicated bandwidth, 100 mbit connection, 300 gig of disk space, multiple IPs, quad 2.8ghz and 4 gigs of RAM. The close equivalent on Rackspace is $286, and still only nets me half the disk space. Yes, there's a few niceties you get with 'cloud' providers, but for $200+ per month difference, I'm not sure I need them.
- captaincrunch 16y ago
  Who are you with? I'd be interested if they are cheaper! :D
  - mgkimsal 16y ago
    Using reliablehostingservices.net - a small operation out of Virgnia. What's somewhat funny to me is that they've got an SSL cert that's out of date (but I still use them). No complaints so far (6 months). I was with theplanet.com for many years before that, but getting a server with more RAM was/is just too expensive at many places. I found RHS via webhostingtalk forums - there's loads of great offers from smaller shops there. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36&sort=threadstarted&order=desc http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36&sort... Just off the main page I found wooservers in Scranton offering some decent deals: http://wooservers.com/special-deals/ http://wooservers.com/special-deals/ There's lots of places to look for better price/performance than the big players. I've no doubt that rackspace and others provide more handholdingand 'support' but I've found there's generally very little support I've used from data centers over the past 11 years of doing dedicated server management.

2 points by captaincrunch 16y ago

I visited the rackspace cloud pricing page http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers/pricing http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers... 'the cloud' is still pretty darn pricey. Yes, I get you can 'scale up' (exactly how means different things to different people) but you're somewhat locked in to their ecosystem (at least, to take advantage of the features of the particular cloud in question. For my needs I've got a server up paying < $100 month for dedicated bandwidth, 100 mbit connection, 300 gig of disk space, multiple IPs, quad 2.8ghz and 4 gigs of RAM. The close equivalent on Rackspace is $286, and still only nets me half the disk space. Yes, there's a few niceties you get with 'cloud' providers, but for $200+ per month difference, I'm not sure I need them.

captaincrunch 16y ago
Who are you with? I'd be interested if they are cheaper! :D
- mgkimsal 16y ago
  Using reliablehostingservices.net - a small operation out of Virgnia. What's somewhat funny to me is that they've got an SSL cert that's out of date (but I still use them). No complaints so far (6 months). I was with theplanet.com for many years before that, but getting a server with more RAM was/is just too expensive at many places. I found RHS via webhostingtalk forums - there's loads of great offers from smaller shops there. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36&sort=threadstarted&order=desc http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36&sort... Just off the main page I found wooservers in Scranton offering some decent deals: http://wooservers.com/special-deals/ http://wooservers.com/special-deals/ There's lots of places to look for better price/performance than the big players. I've no doubt that rackspace and others provide more handholdingand 'support' but I've found there's generally very little support I've used from data centers over the past 11 years of doing dedicated server management.