Good Server Hosts

[mirlin6]

hi all,

I bought a server from krypt there support was ok but the server reboots every so often. so im looking for a new server specs are bellow, i will go upto about £80 a month no more.

Proc 3.0
1gb Ram
Allows sql
Windows 2003 standard edition.

if anyone knows a company they have been with before could you post feedback.

/mirlin6

 

[Inflikted]

dunno what your looking for whether it be in the US or UK
but if its the US, www.theplanet.com is the best to go with, they have 24/7 live support on chat/phone, and are the worlds largest datacenter. prices are good too.

 

[mirlin6]

Its uk server im looking but thanks

 

[MasterQ]

I was thinking of using these, http://www.clanplanet.co.uk/ but now i really wouldnt reccomened it, it seems its run by just one guy and ive sent about 3 emails and had no replies.
Just saw 1and1 now got 50% of everything but didnt read into it properly.
http://order.1and1.co.uk/xml/order/...6BA13070CFBCC3.TC33b?__frame=_top&__lf=Static

 

[Karl]

hi all,

I bought a server from krypt there support was ok but the server reboots every so often. so im looking for a new server specs are bellow, i will go upto about £80 a month no more.

Proc 3.0
1gb Ram
Allows sql
Windows 2003 standard edition.

if anyone knows a company they have been with before could you post feedback.

/mirlin6

Think you will have the same issue with any host with the server rebooting every so often, it auto reboots when there is an exe error, you can turn this off and should stop the reboots.

However if you still insist on a new host i have a server with alphafrag.

www.alphafrag.co.uk

Specification

Intel P4 3.0Ghz Hyperthreaded
2048 Megs DDR Ram
80 Gig 70rpm hard drive
Choice of Operating system (Win xp-pro or linux)
Either Remote Desktop or shell access
Connection: 10 Gig Dark Fibre interlink
For £80 per month

Specification

Intel P4 2.8Ghz
2048 Megs DDR2 Ram
80 Gig 70rpm hard drive
Choice of Operating system (Win XP-Pro or Server2003)
Direct Remote Desktop access
Connection: 10 Gigabit Dark Fibre interlink (100mbit dedicated port)

For £65 per month


They are a UK host, i get an average ping of < 20ms they are only a 2 man team but you can usually contact them via msn and have any issue sorted within a matter of minutes.

Hope these will help you.

 

[Ingeronic]

I was looking for a host as well, gotta say Karl's looks good. No setup fees and 2 Gig webspace on top of what he said already. So thanks .

BTW, his problem i think was it rebooting every day at a certain time. He works nights so could not be around to fix it every day.

 

[Karl]

Oh yes, forgot to mention the 2 gig space unlimited bandwith that comes with the server lol.

Oh, word of advice, if you order, take the £50 server, its been upgraded to 2gb ram this week at some point, just seen it on server forums.

 

[PureKill]

i was with kcript for 3 months and had no problems most site i looked at cost u an extra 25-40 a month for xp these did it for a one time fee of 25$

there surport is best around never had to w8 mor than an hour for help

most problem settings which os is it using 2003 ?? 2000 ?? or xp

 

[mirlin6]

i was running 2003 but it reboots very often and when i log back in comes up with "stop error".

 

[Karl]

1. Click Start and Open the Control Panel
2. Go to System and Maintenance, Click on System.
3. Select Advanced System Settings and choose Advance tab.
4. Under Startup and Recovery, click on Settings.
5. Under System failure uncheck Automatically restart

That should stop your server restarting when you get stop errors.

 

[MasterQ]

How do you stop servers from automatically logging you off? (Happens about 5 mins after you log off remote desktop) not for me but a freind.

 

[Geordiehc]

i was using the Zephyr server from these guys upgraded to 2gb ram was very reliable and good value for money http://www.vectoral.org/

 

[Karl]

How do you stop servers from automatically logging you off? (Happens about 5 mins after you log off remote desktop) not for me but a freind.

Right click a blank area of the Desktop | Properties | Screensaver. Uncheck
the box for on resume show the Welcome Screen.

This works on windows XP havent got a server with windows 2003 running so not sure if it will work on there but id assume its the same, this will however compromise security of your server.

 

[PureKill]

best to run servers from xp or 2000 as win 2003 sucks.

if chaging settings dont work ask them to format to 2000 and then try they did it for me any way

 

[Karl]

best to run servers from xp or 2000 as win 2003 sucks.

if chaging settings dont work ask them to format to 2000 and then try they did it for me any way

What makes you say windows 2k3 sucks? The majority of hosts nowadays dont allow anything other than windows 2003 purely because of its reliabilty and security. Ive never had a problem with windows 2003 although as a server base i still prefer windows 2000, im not sure why but its nothing to do with windows 2003 sucking.

 

[Geordiehc]

I was tryin to help someone on Win 2k3 the other night and i tried literally everything but i couldnt get it working, maybe it was the machine as people have said but i've use alot of OS's and win2k3 is only 1 i've ever had a problem on.