Bought a Dedicated Server from The Planet
February 19, 2008 | Author: Rob | Filed under: What I am Doing
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I was looking around today for a dedicated server between taking puffs of an inhaler and drinking liquid codeine for trench throat!
First and foremost when going shopping for a dedicated server my number one advice is to bring your wallet! It’s not going to come overly cheap an if it does come overly cheap… Be wary! I found some “Dedicated Servers” that were going for ~ $39.99 a month… No thank you.
Also when shopping for a host try and get one that has been around for a while and has a low alexa rank. You want one that is tied into the industry one that isn’t going anywhere. Imagine if your host suddenly went kaput… Personally I’d rather not imagine that.
I decided to buy one from The Planet Web Hosting. They also have an affiliate program so if you decide that you want to signup for a dedicated server. Send me a message signup under me and we’ll split the commission! In case you didn’t already know I love collaboration of any kind.
Here are the specs for the dedicated server:
R2G - Intel Pentium 4 Series 2.4+
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz+
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4
5 IP Addresses
10 Mbps Uplink
750 GB Bandwidth
1024 MB RAM
IDE
80GB Hard Drive
cPanel/WHM with Fantastico
R2G Provisioning Product
They also have a promotion going on where you get double the bandwidth; I don’t need it but I’m going to call them after this post to ensure I do get. (Why not!?) I bought the pre-made one because it also comes with cPanel which is something I need. The irony is the pre-made was perfect for me and cheaper then if I waited for a custom one! With the pre-made it should be ready in 1 hour. It’s been over an hour now and I haven’t gotten my login details but I’m not concerned. As long as I get it before tonight it’s all good in my opinion.
The only drawback about this from what I found was that I needed to pay on a credit card instead of paypal. Easier when most of your money is in paypal and in American. If I have to convert to Canadian then back to American… Definitely not the most efficient system! One easy way around this is to request a debit card from paypal which I’m doing now. Then I can put it on the card and away we go… I like to keep my work and play as separate as possible when it comes to finances for obvious reasons.
There you have it; we’re going dedicated it’s one of those problems you don’t mind having but also as mentioned yesterday is a big step. My one month hosting bill is equivalent to one year on the previous plan!
Are you on a dedicated server? If so where?
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Grats on the buy!
Dedicated are a different world when it comes to hosting. My blog aren’t anywhere near to need an dedicated server yet, but I do have one for an other site of mine. I use Hostgator as my provider, and are quite happy with them.
Staale aka VikingBlogger
Thanks Staale,
I actually just called and got off the package I’m on. It’s the SAME THING except if I wait 48 hours I get an additional 750GB of transfer which if you wanted to buy later costs $150 a month… Well worth the wait I figure!
Hey Rob, just to let you know, your link to your new hosting company doesn’t work. You forgot the “l” in “planet”.
Thanks Jean!