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Former customer here, when I migrated off of Rackspace in July, they couldn't manage much of the infrastructure, firewalls, switches and netapps were all manage

• dsr_ 4y ago
  In a functioning network, firewalls, switches, and NetApps are managed by scripts, automations and clueful engineers. Once the clueful are replaced by the clueless, or are burnt out, that's the end.
• webmobdev 4y ago
  That's one of the first lessons old schoolers learnt about web hosting when the internet boom began and busted - The oldest web hosts are the most reliable, but always keep an eye for change of ownership. Rackspace, Pair, Slicehost, Linode etc. were some of the really popular and good ones in the small and medium segment (Rackspace, ofcourse targeted enterprises) during this era but now ALL of them have been bought by someone else for their brand value. And yet, the new buyers didn't understand or seem concerned about the values behind the brand that made it so respected, and so all these brands have suffered under new management (I guess it is too early to speak about Linode yet, as Akamai just bought them).
  • sooperserieous 4y ago
    I went with Slicehost to Rax (as a customer) in that acquisition, overall it was as good as could be expected. Since Akamai isn't a PE firm (I think? :) there is hope for Linode