UK VPS host recommendations please

pduk

pduk

pduk

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Hi Folks,

I run a one-man IT consultancy, primarily writing desktop and web applications and dealing with networking/security stuff. At the moment I rent a virtual domain on a server to host my company website and deal with incoming mail but it's time to move on, due to poor uptimes, low disk space allocation and some other issues. I'm looking for the following:

* Linux based with root access over ssh
* Apache/mySQL/PHP
* Python/Mailman
* Primary *and* secondary DNS management (I want to offer secondary to my customers)
* flexibility on software install - I may want to install and run a game server in the future so need to be free to compile and install stuff

Doing this stuff on a home server on my NTL cable line just won't cut it; I need close-to 100% uptimes, and decent outgoing bandwidth though not huge monthly bandwidth allocations.

I was thinking that it might be possible to avoid the cost of a dedicated server by going with a VPS (virtual private server). Prices for this seem to vary from rock bottom 8 pounds a month up to around 40. I've been looking at various companies but there's no obvious "winner".

So, do any of you have any experience with a company that does this sort of stuff and can give me a recommendation? Impartial reviews on the net seem hard to find and I trust you :) Thanks in advance for any advice.

Cheers

Paul.
 
Thank you, I've sent them an enquiry and we'll see what they come up with. I also note that uk2.net offer a "real" dedicated host for £40 a month but I have heard, at least in the past, that they are not too hot on the support side so I'm still thinking about that one. I quite like the look of http://www.xtrahost.co.uk/xenvps too.

Paul.
 
I got a good quote from 2host.co.uk, thanks for the tip Jon. Following a brief email exchange I think I'll give them a shot. I have a yearly deal for 299.90 including a good chunk of bandwidth (400 gig/month), disk space (20 gig), cpanel access and all the bits and pieces I need. Now we get to see how quickly they can set it up :)

Cheers

Paul.
 
Interhost Are quite good. Prices seem pretty reasonable on the VPS range and its a good ammount of bandwidth. It come with Plesk 8.0 and Virtuzzo on most boxes and you get full root access.
 
Just to finish the story (and I see it's moved to a different forum - apologies for posting in the wrong place originally, I wasn't sure). 2host got my server up and running on Saturday night. It took a while as they had to provision some new hardware for me and there was an initial problem with the RAID array. Anyway it is working now and very fast. The support contact I have there is incredibly responsive - I have even had mail from him this morning, Sunday, in reply to my telling them that it's all working. So I'd recommend them as a host based on my experience so far.

Regards

Paul.
 
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