Yep, Hetzner is really good! (but not for Tor exit nodes)

Marco

Sven Falk wrote:

I can recommend http://www.hetzner.de

Excellent service, support requests usually get answered within 30-60 minutes, a broken disk in my server got replaced within 2 hours. Last but not least they have competitive prices. Had a server at http://www.server4you.de before, compared to hetzner the service is horrible. Tickets usually get answered after 24 hours.

Cheers Sven

----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Bader" thomasb@trash.net To: swinog@swinog.ch Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:47:24 PM (GMT+0100) Europe/Berlin Subject: [swinog] Recommendations for root server providers

Hi all

I need to rent a unmanaged, dedicated root server. I found a lot of companies that offer only managed root servers - in my case I explicitly need a unmanaged one. Optionally, it should also be possible to remotely install the servers operating system from my own installation source (e.g. uploading an ISO image or doing the install using some rescue boot systems provided by the provider).

Does anyone on this list has recommendations of companies who offer this service? It must not necessarily be a Swiss company, every other country is fine as well.

I already found a lot of companies who offer this service - but since I really need a good service quality, I'm seeking for recommendations and experiences from a customer perspective.

Regards, Thomas.

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Salut,

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 11:22:28PM +0100, Sven Falk wrote:

I can recommend http://www.hetzner.de

I can't

Excellent service, support requests usually get answered within 30-60 minutes, a broken disk in my server got replaced within 2 hours. Last but not least they have competitive prices. Had a server at http://www.server4you.de before, compared to hetzner the service is horrible. Tickets usually get answered after 24 hours.

On the other hand, Hetzner houses the servers in shanties, and when they say that they will shape you, that means you can expect 60% pkt loss and more. Not really useful.

Also, you have no real access to the servers except via stupid Lara consoles. I also remember evil power outages, which is not really what people in the right mind want either.

My personal recommendation is Vollmar - http://www.vollmar.net/ - quality hosting with someone reacting sensibly to the request tracker. They even offer *BSD installations and are very competent altogether. A friend of mine had stability problems with one of their servers, so they built a second one and let him test them both for about a week before he had to decide which one he wanted to keep.

They are also very uncomplicated with regards to IPs. You fill the RIPE request form and you get them at no added price.

Tonnerre

Hello, the same in Geneva / Switzerland:

http://www.mega-serveur.com

full automated install, reinstall, repair, monitor, reboot and so on.

Ziad Fokeladeh DFi Service SA

-----Message d'origine----- De : swinog-bounces@lists.swinog.ch [mailto:swinog-bounces@lists.swinog.ch] De la part de Flavio Tischhauser Envoyé : mercredi, 28. novembre 2007 09:01 À : swinog@swinog.ch Objet : Re: [swinog] Recommendations for root server providers

On Nov 27, 2007 10:47 PM, Thomas Bader thomasb@trash.net wrote:

Does anyone on this list has recommendations of companies who offer this service?

I can also highly recommend hetzner. You can do almost everything on your own using their services, like rebooting (in various ways, including hard reset), installing new linux images etc. If for some reason your server fails to get the network up after booting, you can use their "rescue system" (netboot from their servers) and fix everything yourself. The only time you really need their support is when the hardware fails or you need a remote console (LARA) installed to fix your bootloader (free!).

You are also entitled to several free additional services upon request:

- Your own /8 subnet (in addition to one of their IPs) - 50GB space on their backup servers - Server monitoring

In my experience they outperform many of the "professional providers" at a fraction of the price.

I recoomend Msdata - they dont have much fancy systems like rescue system - but you can reach the boss over ICQ which helps you very nice

they do everything for you.... (like taking your own windows licence you give them and then you get a windows rootserver by the price of a linux one)

www.msdata.at

Silvan

Am 28.11.2007 um 12:17 schrieb Per Jessen:

Flavio Tischhauser wrote:

...

I can also highly recommend hetzner. You can do almost everything on your own using their services, like rebooting (in various ways, including hard reset), installing new linux images etc. If for some reason your server fails to get the network up after booting, you can use their "rescue system" (netboot from their servers) and fix everything yourself. The only time you really need their support is when the hardware fails or you need a remote console (LARA) installed to fix your bootloader (free!).

I can also recommend Hetzner.

...

In my experience they outperform many of the "professional providers" at a fraction of the price.

Absolutely.

/Per Jessen, Herrliberg

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Salut,

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:00:30AM +0100, Flavio Tischhauser wrote:

• Your own /8 subnet (in addition to one of their IPs)

Wow. I thought /8 are not handed out anymore these days. ;-)

Tonnerre

On Nov 28, 2007 1:56 PM, Tonnerre LOMBARD tonnerre@bsdprojects.net wrote:

Wow. I thought /8 are not handed out anymore these days. ;-)

Sorry for that, it's /29 :)