Hosting company advice please

[schueymcfee]

Following on from my Java/Tomcat nightmare I'm going to convert all of work's online shopping sites to PHP or ASP, but we've decided to change hosting companies because our current one communicates through message boards ( WTF?), and last time our sites were down for a couple of days and we didn't even know it! They had left a message on the board warning us our sites were down though

So I need reliable hosting and I need either the server or a technican to phone me up if there's a problem ASAP. Accurate webstats would be nice too. I don't need a deidicated server but I think the boss is wanting the sites done in ASP.

Anybody know of any good UK companies?

>>> Edited by schueymcfee on Thursday 22 July 10:35

[jconsta6]

I was in the same position - it's just no good having downtime. It's one thing being down when it's your own fault, but damn annoying when it's not and you have to stand there "cap in hand" infront of customers apologising....

Are you talking about hosting your own servers?

If so, I'd highly recommend www.carrenza.com I've not had 1 second of downtime since being with them and the throughput is amazing.

They are excellent at what they do and very flexible to specific needs. Certainly worth a phone call.

Cheers,

JC

[schueymcfee]

jconsta6 said:

I was in the same position - it's just no good having downtime. It's one thing being down when it's your own fault, but damn annoying when it's not and you have to stand there "cap in hand" infront of customers apologising.... Are you talking about hosting your own servers? If so, I'd highly recommend www.carrenza.com I've not had 1 second of downtime since being with them and the throughput is amazing. They are excellent at what they do and very flexible to specific needs. Certainly worth a phone call. Cheers, JC

Thanks, I'll take a look, although to be honest I don't think the size of our operation warrants dedicated servers just yet.

[pmanson]

I'd recommend www.xsession.com Its a company run by one of the contractors that I work with. They are in the process of installing brand new servers running on Server 2003 etc.

I can get you the email address of a technical person he works with if you want any information that you can't find on the website.

[JamieBeeston]

Hi,

I run a few hosting firms aimed at varying markets.

If you are interested in Premium Dedicated hosting, then I am sure we could have an offering to suit your needs.

Quite a few forums members Have their sites with me / Dedicated Servers from me.

Feel free to mail me via Profile for any info / a tour / a chat.

Thanks and GoodLuck.

Jamie

www.Serverstream.net/xeondeal.html
www.Serverstream.net/bargaindeal.html

[JamieBeeston]

scheuy, FYI: Your Profile eMail address doesnt work.

[schueymcfee]

JamieBeeston said:

scheuy, FYI: Your Profile eMail address doesnt work.

Ah, who put that dot in there It's fixed now!

Thanks everyone, I'll go through and then I'll look into it next week when I actually get the sites running!

[JamieBeeston]

I think its still broke, just in a different way now

The CheekyCow mail is bouncing, saying that initial.surname you have provided isnt valid.

Your Hosts Mailserver said:

The original message was received at Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:09:09 +0100 ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <[e-mail]> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to mx00.schlund.de >>> RCPT To:<[e-mail]> <<< 550 Unknown local part x.surname in <[e-mail]>

Names changed to protect the innocent from Spam

[schueymcfee]

JamieBeeston said:

I think its still broke, just in a different way now The CheekyCow mail is bouncing, saying that initial.surname you have provided isnt valid. Your Hosts Mailserver said: The original message was received at Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:09:09 +0100 ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <[e-mail]> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to mx00.schlund.de >>> RCPT To:<[e-mail]> <<< 550 Unknown local part x.surname in <[e-mail]> Names changed to protect the innocent from Spam

Lol, there is no dot between initial and surname. I've removed it, but PH isn't updating!

[JamieBeeston]

aah well

YGM anyway.

enjoy

[schueymcfee]

It's fixed now.

[JamieBeeston]

schueymcfee said:

It's fixed now.

Famous Last Words

[schueymcfee]

Thanks, got the mail - I'll take it to them and see what they say - although I don't think we're ready for a dedicated server just yet. Just some space.

Thanks for the info, and that's a nice list of clients you have there

[JamieBeeston]

schueymcfee said:

Thanks, got the mail - I'll take it to them and see what they say - although I don't think we're ready for a dedicated server just yet. Just some space. Thanks for the info, and that's a nice list of clients you have there

Aye, It certainly helps reassure and persuade

If you find ultimately that you only need Virtual, do let me know, I run another firm, www.Register1.net which Specialises in this side of the market.

Good Luck which ever way you decide to go, feel free to Call for a chat over your Options.

Jamie

[arcturus]

I've used Easily for a few years now. Very happy with their service and reliability.
www.easily.co.uk