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I, personally, have a dedicated server from HostGator. They don't tend to be very popular in in HN circles, but I've had a great experience with them. Support
by lionheart 16y ago
I, personally, have a dedicated server from HostGator. They don't tend to be very popular in in HN circles, but I've had a great experience with them.
Support is very fast and very helpful. They have even installed some software on the server that I was not able to, within hours of my request. And I've had bascially 0 downtime in the 4 years that I have been using them.
That said, I am right now looking to switch over to a virtualized host because I want to learn more about server management. But if you don't want to deal with that, then HostGator is a great solution.
- s3graham 16y agoThanks for the suggestion. I'd prefer simple unmanaged rather than panels, etc.
- holdenc 16y agoI am a hostgator dedicated customer too, and overall am happy. Here's some feedback on them. Downside: - You pay the same price for your hardware every year even though that same hardware gradually gets cheaper for new customers. - I pay $50 a month extra for a RAID 1 controller. This seems pretty steep, although I guess I'll find out the true value of this once a disk dies. The good: - Hostgator is a down-to-earth company with pretty good customer service. They aren't trying to re-invent the hosting business model to reap giant returns. They do the basics and seem to have enough competent help to do this well. - Several years ago I had shared hostgator server get hacked via an insecure wordpress install. Hostgator automatically alerted me to this.