Onderwerp: Dedicated server hosting

Hi all,
I am representing a company in Denmark, and i am currently on the look-out for a new hosting partner. I am looking for a center i the Nederlands, as our customer base is in central europe. I have searched on google but only been able to find a few hosting companies, so i want to ask you guys if there is a company you can recommend.

Currently we have 3 servers hostet in Denmark, but we need 1 more machine, more power and a professional provider. We need the following:

(all servers run FreeBSD)
1x Database server (MySQL)[~3.0 Ghz 8 GB RAM]
2x Web servers (Apache, PHP) [2,4 Ghz 8 GB RAM]
1x Application server [~3.0 Ghz 8 GB RAM]
Unlimited traffic.
A monthly 300 GB Backup solution (data saved up to 3 months)

I need a managed solution and a 99,9% uptime quarantee

Hope you have some reliable companies i can check out.
Regards
/Jesper

This is a forum where mostly providers are active, so they cannot really recommend anyone

You can ask for offers in this are of the forum:
http://www.webhostingtalk.nl/aanbiedingen-gezocht/

Topic has been moved to the commercial forum.

Could you specify the amount of traffic you need? "Unlimited traffic" isn't possible nor allowed.

Hi Dennis,
Yes - sure. What i mean with unlimited traffic is that i would like a fixed price for traffic instead of paying pr. GB pr. month. Right now we have around 7-800 GB bytes of traffic a month. Our main server receives up to 1 million small HTTP request á 7 kb a piece each day. I know traffic (i.e. GB serverd over the solution) is a considerable price factor. Still, I would like an offer for a fixed price, instead of a variable price invoicing pr. GB/Month.

/Jesper

Dear Jesper,

From DeziWeb we can offer you the following:

Asus RS120-E4 Barebone
Processor: Intel Quad-core XEON X3220 2,4GHZ
Memory: 4096MB
Harddisk: 2x160GB S-ata raid 1

Traffic: 5Mbit or 1 TB
Remote Rebo Yes
Managed: We take care of your server security, backups and installing software.

Price per month: €247,50 ex. 19% VAT
Setup costs: €0,00
Contract period: 12 months

If you have a tax number outside Holland you can receive a 0% tax invoice.


For more information about our company you can watch our website

If you have further any question's or if you want to place a order you can contact us at:

Tel: +31522-242292
Mail: support@deziweb.com

Is this deal going to be made based on price or based on quality? In case the deal will be made based on quality i would be happy to make you an offer.

I won't be the cheapest offering here, but i can offer 99,999% uptime on our network!

Hi Deziweb,
Thanks for your offer, we will considder this.

Dennis, price is not the main factor. I want and need quality. However, i also have a budget for this, so money is not unlimited. I will say this. Right now our current servers hold the fort, eventhough we only have three 1,86 Ghz 2 GB RAM servers. I am proactive here and I have got a budget to upgrade our solution before the current setup hits the roof. I will rather start with 1 machine less to get the quality and professionalism i need both in the hardware but also in the partnership - choosing a reliable partner we can grow with. I would like an offer from You :-)

/Jesper

If you need anymore information regarding my needs, and the business we run, please feel free to to post your questions in this topic, and i will answer them if needed.

/Jesper

Hello,

You leave the HDD and exact traffic requirements completely open so i will do some suggestions, we can offer you various server types, you can customise the servers on our website and check what options are available for each server
http://www.swiftway.co.uk/?module=sklep_dedicated and select an offer.

Backup storage is available as an option with each and every server.
Management is also an option with each server (monthly 50 euro for FreeBSD 24x7 management guaranteed response within 30 minutes).

All servers available as metered or dedicated unmetered deals.
NOTE: We do not allow IRC services

** Questions? Email us at sales@swiftway.co.uk or ask the question in this thread **

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IBM Dual AMD Opteron 2,4 Ghz
2 gigabyte ram
2 x 80 GB gigabyte HDD

5 IPs for free in your own subnet and VLAN
1000 GB traffic included
upgrades available

Monthly fee from Euro 59,00
This server is also available as 100 mbit unmetered version for 309,00 euro monthly
Bandwidth is 100% dedicated and not overbooked.

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Dell R200
Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 3065, 2.33 GHz
1 gigabyte ram
160 gigabyte SATA HDD *

5 IPs for free in your own subnet and VLAN
2000 GB traffic included

Monthly fee from Euro 69,00
Many upgrades available

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Supermicro Premium
Intel Xeon X3210 2,13Ghz 8Mb 1066Mhz S775 Quad
2 gigabyte ram
250 gigabyte SATA HDD (upto 4HDD)

5 IPs for free in your own subnet and VLAN
2000 GB traffic included

Monthly fee from Euro 90,00
Many upgrades available

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Supermicro Storage
Intel Xeon X3220 2,40Ghz 8Mb 1066Mhz S775 Quad
4 gigabyte ram
6TB Storage 12 x 250 gigabyte SATA HDD

5 IPs for free in your own subnet and VLAN
2000 GB traffic included

Monthly fee from Euro 269,00
Many upgrades available, maximum 12TB storage

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We also can make custom servers and setups, we have a very large experience with load balanced clusters, please mail to sales@swiftway.co.uk
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@ Additional information

Payments: prices based on quarterly payments.
We offer additional discounts on semi-annual & annual payments!

Monthly payments +15%

* Pay by Paypal or Bank wire transfer
* Prices are excluding VAT.

You are from Denmark, if you have a VALID VAT ID for your company, you do not have to pay any VAT.

Considering your quality needs, this is our offer.

Network
Equinix has 40 datacentres in 18 key markets across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and provides services that meet the needs of organisations seeking primary datacentre, internet infrastructure, business continuity and financial exchange solutions.

Company
JR Online is a hostingcompany located in the Netherlands since early 2000 and has
13 employees serving more then 7500 leading organisations. Each European datacentre
is ISO9001-2000 accredited and our management system ensures that our buildings are
maintained in peak operating condition and our services are consistent and surpass
customer expectations. Your servers will be located in EN1 (Enschede, The Netherlands)
in what was used to be building of the Dutch national bank.

4x Dell R200 Quality server
Dual Core Xeon 3.0 GHz server
8 GB DDR2 memory
2x 160 GB SATA RAID 1

- 4 IP Adresses
- APC Rebo yes
- Colocation of these servers
- 1 TB traffic or 5 Mbit bandwith
- Contract period: 12 months
- Network uptime: 99,999%
- Software & Back-up SLA

Total: € 951,00 p.m.

For more information please contact;

JR Online B.V.
Zuiderspoorstraat 11-24
7512 AX Enschede

T: +31.887877678
F: +31.534310173
W: www.jronline.nl
E: dennis@jronline.nl

Hello Jesper,

Based on your post on WHT.nl I can make you following offer in a datacentre in Brussels (which is more central geographically and networkwise than the Netherlands). The LCL (http://www.lcl.be ) datacentre where we are located has a zero downtime reputation. We also run our own network with serveral uplinks to different IP carriers. We have experienced 100% network and power uptime since february 2006. All systems are fed by redundant power supplies.

Our offer includes managed services and an uptime SLA with clear response times. We will actively monitor the systems and take action whithin 5 minutes in the event of any possible - detectable issue. In case of any issue with hardware we will resolve those issues within 8 hours or provide a temporary solution. You will be provides a 24/24 7/7 direct support line in case of emergencies.

We also offer 300 GB of offsite incremental backup storage.

We offer hosting services to international companies like toyota, ING insurance and banking and some online game and gambling firms.

The offer includes 3000 GB datatransfer, the hardware as described below, 300 GB monitored offsite backup storage, server managment and SLA, 32 IP's in private VLAN. The montly fee is €1499 excl VAT for the offered package. If you need more information or if you would like to make changes to the offered configuration, please do not hesitate to contact me directly (stein@stone-is.com) or one of my collegues on sales@stone-is.com .

2 webservers:

Supermicro based system with
8GB RAM
160 GB HDD
Intel Xeon X3220, 2.4Ghz Quad Core, FSB1066, 8MB

1. Database Server:

8GB RAM
LSI Logic MegaRAID 8704ELP, SAS hardware RAID
4 x Hitachi 147GB, SAS, 16MB cache, 15000rpm
2 x Intel Xeon E5430, Harpertown 2.66Ghz Quad Core

1 Application Server:

8 GB RAM
3Ware/AMCC 8006-2LP bulk, 2 x SATA I hardware RAID 0/1, PCI 66
2 x Western Digital 160GB, SATA II, 16MB, 7200rpm, raid edition
CPU 1 x Intel Xeon X3360, 2.83Ghz Quad Core

Hi all,
Thank you very much for your offers. It is clear to me allready that I will be able to get more value for my money with one of You that I am able to get in Denmark - which only strenghten my interest in the Netherlands (and Belgium). With my best calculations all offers are within my budget for this planned upgrade - which means that service, support and expertice becomes a decisive factor. However, for some offers i miss a setup fee (unless of course the setup is 0 EURO). Please give me a couple of days to go through your offers with my technical staff, and i will get back to each one of you. We will contact you if need you to elaborate on your offer.

Thanks again,
/Jesper Torp lassen

We do not charge setup fees on any of our above mentioned offers.

Dear Jesper,

Based on your whishes I have made the following offer:

4 x
- Supermicro based server
- Intel Xeon 3110 CPU (dualcore 3 Ghz)
- 8 GB DDR Ram
- 2 x 160 GB HD (raid1)
- FreeBSD
- 2 IP's per server (more possible for free with RIPE rules)
- 100 Mbit network uplink per server
- 1 Gbit internal network with private vlan
- APC reboot
- Console access (you can interact during booting the server, for a simple software problem with your network you will be able to fix it from Denmark without our support)
- 99,9 % network uptime
- 99,9 % power uptime (your servers will use both A and B feed for redundant power)

- 750 GB datatraffic per month
- 300 GB backup space
- Backup SLA
- Remote hands support (4 hours per month included)

- contract period 12 months
- € 720,- pm (excl. VAT)
- € 99,- setup fee (excl. VAT)

Network and Datacenter
We are using the euNetworks datacenter in Amsterdam. This datacenter is known for the quality, several large companies are using this facility. We use the network of ProServe, at this moment ProServe is using the following uplinks:

Peering
- 10 Gbit/sec AMS-IX [NIKHEF]
- 10 Gbit/sec AMS-IX [euNetworks]
Transit
- 1 Gbit/sec Level(3) [Telecity3]
- 1 Gbit/sec NTT/Verio [euNetworks]
- 1 Gbit/sec KPN Eurorings [NIKHEF]
- 1 Gbit/sec TeliaSonera [NIKHEF]
- 1 Gbit/sec Abovenet [euNetworks]

You can have a look at their network latency at http://www.pro-noc.nl/smokeping.cgi

About us
Alken Internet was found in 2002 and has been active within the hosting branche for a couple of years. We are using FreeBSD as our primary hosting OS and have a lot experience with managing this OS. We manage several servers for small national but also large international companies.

contact information
Alken Internet
Arnhemseweg 5-4
3811 NN Amersfoort

Tel: +31(0)33-2104150
Fax: +31(0)33-2104151

If you have any questions please contact me at dirk-jan[at]alkeninternet.nl or by phone at +31(0)33-2104152.