vps recommendation wanted

[Ed Robbins]

Check out Go Daddy.  I just recently ended my employment with them and I 
worked on their dedicated server product.  I know the dedicated server 
was your machine to do with as you liked and I believe the Virtual 
Servers where pretty much the same.

Ed


Greg Rundlett wrote:
> I recently signed up for a Virtual Private Server (VPS) dedicated Linux 
> 'root server' through 1and1.com.
> 
> I find that their setup is underwhelming.  For example:
> 
>    * no c compiler (how am I supposed to install stuff?  I guess the
>      first thing to install is a compiler)
>    * mysql is version 3.23.58
>    * security updates are handled through ftp, only from the server,
>      without any detail about the process
>    * There are two disconnected, but somewhat overlapping
>      administration interfaces, which both are pure misery to use.  One
>      of these controls the 'account' and the other (Plesk 'Reloaded'
>      v7.5) is to manage the server/services/applications etc...  I
>      thought from rumor Plesk would be powerful, but in actual
>      experience it pales in comparison to something like webmin at
>      actually managing a remote server through a browser.
>    * They advertise a 'siteCreator' tool that would make it easy to
>      resell hosting for small businesses, but fail to mention that it
>      doesn't come with a root server.
>    * Their FAQs and documentation are awful....simplistic, long on
>      marketing, disclaimers, and generally useless information like
>      'What is the Internet for?', lacking concrete examples, etc.
> 
> 
> I could go on, but you get the picture.  I'm stuck with what they offer 
> at the moment.  But I'm wondering what other VPS providers people might 
> have experience with, and/or recommend.  I've seen 
> http://www.tektonic.net/ recommended by a person who uses them, and 
> indeed they seem to have a better offering than 1and1.com.
> 
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