[OT]: Cdn hosting for (extremely) high-load web sites?

[Fernando Duran]

Hi there,

The server specs you're mentioning will be around the
$500 (give or take $100) on most decent host
providers.

At www.rimuhosting.com you can get a server with those
specs (with 500GB of transfer less) for $411/month
(plus setup):
http://rimuhosting.com/order/serverdetails.jsp?plan=DSRHTXXF1

I work for them btw ;-)

Two of the advantages we're offering is that you can
run one (or more) Virtual Private Servers on top of
the dedicated server with Xen, this has many upsides.
The other thing we're very well known for is the
quality of the support. We are a Linux-only shop and
very pro-OS.

Definitively shop around for the provider and look for
personal recommendations or real reviews in blogs etc.

One thing I used to do when looking for hosting was
sending an email with some technical questions (easy
and harder) off business hours, then I could see: the
response time, if the person answering was a sales
drone copy-pasting or a real tech etc.

Margins in the industry are very low and if a price
looks too cheap that should be suspicious. 

Fernando

--- Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Over the last few days an opportunity has been
> offered to me that I'd
> really like to jump on.  There are some hefty
> requirements that I'm
> not used to having to deal with and would like to
> ask for help from
> experienced community members when I get stuck.
> 
> This is likely the first in a series of questions
> (I'll keep it to a
> minimum) over the next month or two.  When we're
> ready to go live,
> I'll post the link[1].
> 
> My first question involves hosting providers.  The
> project is
> high-impact and will likely draw in extremely large
> numbers of
> one-time and repeat users.  (That's the purpose - we
> want to hit
> 100,000,000+ interactions before the end of the
> year.)
> 
> Can anyone recommend a hosting company that provides
> high-end
> dedicated servers at a decent price?  I resell
> hosting as part of my
> business operations, but the servers are located in
> Texas and the best
> solution[1] my provider has will run me about $500
> month.  I'd like to
> know if there's a better deal out there, preferably
> Canadian.
> 
> I might also be looking for more direct help in
> various IS&T related
> problems, in which case I'd like to know in advance
> if anyone minds my
> posting problem descriptions and skill requirements
> here.
> 
> TIA,
> - Scott
> 
> 
> [1] Spoiler - I was planning a blog and writing the
> first post (a
> step-by-step guide to building the pre-cursor to
> Atomic OS and WAJAX)
> when this opportunity came up.  I haven't decided
> whether I'm in or
> out just yet but either way I'll cover this projects
> story on "The
> Hackers Itch" at http://psema4.com/blog/
> 
> [2] Quad-Core 3210 Xeon, 2x250gb SATA II with
> automated daily backups,
> 4GB RAM, 2,500GB of bandwidth, and all the open
> source you can ask
> for.  Well almost anyway.  ;-)
> 
> -- 
>  Scott Elcomb
>  http://www.psema4.com/
> 
>
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