My current provider is not communicating with me very well about upgrades. There is no forum, and mailings go out either an hour before they make their upgrades (in non-emergency situations) or not at all. Consequently, when they do upgrade something, my clients are caught unawares - because I don't have a Windows hosting account; I keep everything on RHEL, but resell Windows hosting because I was approached by a local client with a request for hosting services...and they have to use Windows. I've been with my current reseller provider for almost two years.
I'm looking for the following:
RESELLER-SPECIFICS:
* 300 MB of disk space
* 15 GB of bandwidth on HTTP, FTP, and POP ports
* ability to create my own hosting plans
* 7 domains
* 7 subdomains
* ability to park domains (at least 4)
* 20 FTP accounts
* at least 200 POP email accounts
* private nameservers
DEDICATED-SPECIFICS:
* Windows 2003
* Pentium, Xeon, or other higher-end processor (no Celerons)
* 60 GB hard drive or larger
* 150 GB bandwidth
BOTH:
* multidomain hosting capability
* mailing list capability (iMail or SmarterMail, don't care which)
* stats programs (SmarterStats is fine; so is Urchin or LiveStats)
* access to raw log files
* ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, PHP, FrontPage
* Access, MySQL, and SQL database support
* 7 mSQL databases (total space for all of them: 350 MB)
* allow external linking to said databases
* ColdFusion MX would be nice
* control panel (don't care which - I've only used Helm)
* regular backups (yes, I plan to make my own and advise clients of the same)
Cost for all of the above:
Reseller acct: USD$90 / month
Managed dedi: USD$180 / month
Support options:
* support forum
* phone support option would be nice (pay-per-incident is fine; business-hours-only is fine)
* 24/7 helpdesk
* knowledgebase
I am looking for either a reseller or a managed dedicated because I think that USD$180 / month might be a little low for a Windows managed dedicated and the SQL databases; but I'm willing to look at either option. If you know of a company but haven't used them, please say so. If you have used them, please say how long and give a brief summation of your experiences.
The clients are five bar associations, and they link the databases to servers in the respective home offices.
I'm looking to move in the next month or two - sooner is better, but I want to have time to fully research the company before making the move.
I'm looking for the following:
RESELLER-SPECIFICS:
* 300 MB of disk space
* 15 GB of bandwidth on HTTP, FTP, and POP ports
* ability to create my own hosting plans
* 7 domains
* 7 subdomains
* ability to park domains (at least 4)
* 20 FTP accounts
* at least 200 POP email accounts
* private nameservers
DEDICATED-SPECIFICS:
* Windows 2003
* Pentium, Xeon, or other higher-end processor (no Celerons)
* 60 GB hard drive or larger
* 150 GB bandwidth
BOTH:
* multidomain hosting capability
* mailing list capability (iMail or SmarterMail, don't care which)
* stats programs (SmarterStats is fine; so is Urchin or LiveStats)
* access to raw log files
* ASP, ASP.NET, Perl, PHP, FrontPage
* Access, MySQL, and SQL database support
* 7 mSQL databases (total space for all of them: 350 MB)
* allow external linking to said databases
* ColdFusion MX would be nice
* control panel (don't care which - I've only used Helm)
* regular backups (yes, I plan to make my own and advise clients of the same)
Cost for all of the above:
Reseller acct: USD$90 / month
Managed dedi: USD$180 / month
Support options:
* support forum
* phone support option would be nice (pay-per-incident is fine; business-hours-only is fine)
* 24/7 helpdesk
* knowledgebase
I am looking for either a reseller or a managed dedicated because I think that USD$180 / month might be a little low for a Windows managed dedicated and the SQL databases; but I'm willing to look at either option. If you know of a company but haven't used them, please say so. If you have used them, please say how long and give a brief summation of your experiences.
The clients are five bar associations, and they link the databases to servers in the respective home offices.
I'm looking to move in the next month or two - sooner is better, but I want to have time to fully research the company before making the move.
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