Urgent Hosting Required

Mrs_Stormster · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:04

Hi there, apologies if this is the wrong section. I work for a company who is urgently looking for a company who do hosting for high volumn

About 1 terabyte a day?

Thank you

Cathy

smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:07

How much do you want to spend? That's all that matters really... Would definitely have to be a dedicated server and would cost an uber amount p/m I should think.

Mrs_Stormster · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:09

this is a very large client, i dont think they will mind cost

smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:13

I use Vidahost for my personal stuff but take a look at something like this

http://www.vidahost.com/dedicated.php

for their dedicated stuff. It gives you a sort of price guide.

Might want to get more informed opinions though - this is a small hoster.

Check out Rackspace.co.uk and ask them for a quote.

zetec452 · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:20

You'll be looking at a high end dedicated server with a decent commitment. We use www.2host.co.uk for our business servers. Probably worth having a chat with them.

Jon

smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:23

I have to say this does look good from 2hosts:

http://www.2host.co.uk/orderdedicolo.php?id=4

zetec452 · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:31

One of our servers with them is a 5.2 tb dual opteron with 2 odd gig of ram. It flys

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smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:39

JonRohan said:
One of our servers with them is a 5.2 tb dual opteron with 2 odd gig of ram. It flys .

Now why aren't there any jaw drop smilies.

Mrs_Stormster · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:40

Rackspace want 20-30k a day

Will try 2host.

Thank you

uk_viper · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:42

put your request on forum2.co.uk

smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:46

Mrs_Stormster said:
Rackspace want 20-30k a day

Will try 2host.

Thank you

Ah - I'll quietly excuse myself from this thread then.

Beansprout · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:47

For 1000Gb/day you'll need more than one server...almost certainly...depending entirely on what it is

Beansprout · 19 Oct 2006 at 16:48

JonRohan said:
One of our servers with them is a 5.2 tb dual opteron with 2 odd gig of ram. It flys .

My newest baby > your baby

Woodcrests, baby! :cool:

smids · 19 Oct 2006 at 17:02

Beansprout said:
My newest baby > your baby

Woodcrests, baby!

*Runs the gauntlet of waving willies*

One thing we forgot to ask - where is the biggest clientele? I mean if this is aimed at a global audience, or those mainly in the US, a US based host might be preferred no? Or if Europe, UK or German seem ideal.

zetec452 · 19 Oct 2006 at 17:03

Beansprout said:
My newest baby > your baby

Woodcrests, baby!

Arh, I better not mention our Quad Xeon Load Balanced Cluster then.

Mrs_Stormster · 20 Oct 2006 at 09:27

Compaign which is being started in Spain

smids · 20 Oct 2006 at 10:23

Ah, then definitely UK host. German might be ok, but I would think UK is better if a small US audience is intended.

Topgun · 20 Oct 2006 at 11:15

1TB/day is only 100mbit. I have a server that does that on a celeron (shoutcast). If you just want to serve static content then you really dont need any special hardware. Try leasweb they charge around 500euros for a 100mbit port and basic server. May be worth considering http://www.ipdedicated.com. You may be able to cut a good deal with them if most of your traffic is from spain. try dropping them an email.

daz · 20 Oct 2006 at 11:31

Topgun said:
Try leasweb they charge around 500euros for a 100mbit port and basic server.

Unmetered?

Like has been said, what's required it depends on the type of traffic, as well as the amount. Something like a shoutcast server, like you have is not particularly CPU dependant, as opposed to this forum which I expect pushes nothing near to 100mbit requiring something pretty hefty to handle the database connections and all the various read and writes required of the disks.

AMDX23800+ · 20 Oct 2006 at 12:22

http://streamline.net
Very cheap, reliable and service is top notch.