What hosting should I get?

[Ashton]

Got a budget of about £1,000 for hosting for a new range of sites.

I have used uk2 before and was looking at getting this:

i5 Quad 2.66 4GB DDR3 2 x 1TB SATA RAID-1
Linux - CentOS
CPanel control panel - 1 Year
Six IP addresses - 1 Year
100 Mbit Unmetered bandwidth
For £1,280

Is this a good / bad deal and what would you recommend otherwise?

Thanks, Ash

 

[accelerator]

I once met the guy who runs WhoIsHostingThis. He was a helpful chap and I'm sure his site will be of assistance.

Rgds

 

[Ashton]

Thanks, thats pretty helpful - looking at some 'SEO wins' and seeing who is hosting them that quickly is an added bonus.

 

[Retired_member41]

Speak to Nick, jimm here on acorn.

He is that switched on, I would even give you your money back if your not happy lol

 

[aZooZa]

Take a look at the cloud option with Rackspace.

www.rackspacecloud.com

They have UK servers.

 

[jimm]

Speak to Nick, jimm here on acorn.

He is that switched on, I would even give you your money back if your not happy lol

Cheers Caz

Yep, Happy to give you a quote for top quality hosting backed up with great support. Drop me a PM if you would like a quote.

Cheers

 

[easyman]

I own FreevirtualServers.com been around for 8 years and have over 55,000 customers. Will PM you.

 

[retired_member32]

Yes i would talk to Nick (jimm) also.... great knowledge base and cracking service and he's a acorn regular

Mark

 

[Paullas]

Cheers Caz

Yep, Happy to give you a quote for top quality hosting backed up with great support. Drop me a PM if you would like a quote.

Cheers

would second jimm, great support and help...

 

[jimm]

Cheers Guys,
Im happy your all happy with the service

 

[lwoody]

Rapid Switch

I've been using Rapid Switch for about 2-3 years now...brilliant customer service and very reliable hosting. IMO their customer facing website at RapidSwitch.com is the only thing that lets them down but their server management platform is great.

This is the spec i have with them:

- Intel Core2 Quad Q8200
- 4GB Memory
- 3ware Escalade RAID Controller
- 2x 160GB 7200rpm Hard Disk
- RAID 1
- CentOS 5.3
- cPanel Inc cPanel
- 10 TB Bandwidth

I have also converted a few of my friends and colleagues onto them.

L