Dedicated Server

[sithicus]

Not sure where else I could post this, but I'm looking for a reliable, newbie friendly dedicated server company. Can anybody point me in the right direction. Oh ya, between $100-$200 a month would be real cool also.
Thanks
-Sith

[mat]

You're maybe a little tight on your budget there, and as for newbie friendly, I can't help much - many hosts are likely to assume that you're pretty much up to speed if you're out looking for a dedicated box.

Many here swear by pair, others like westhost (the hosts here) - me, I've been with he.net for a good few years, but they surely ain't newbie friendly.

Whatever, use the site search here and you'll find many a thread on the subject. Eventually.

[rogerd]

The people that host this site have a dedicated server in the upper end of the range that you are looking at (assuming you don't need a super-powerful machine or a ton of bandwidth).

I've just signed up for a slightly upgraded box. Too soon to tell how accommodating they are for non-server experts. So far, so good. I'll definitely be testing that capability, though! Gotta love telnetting & shell scripts... feels like you have fallen into a computer time warp.

[sithicus]

I'm not a newbie to websites in general just to managing my own dedicated server. Basically I just need something that will have decent bandwidth and decent processor power. Obviously just about any dedicated service is going to be better then a shared situation. Thanks for the leads I'll be checkign them out.
-sith

[paladin]

hi sithicus,
are you looking for a windows or linux box?

[sithicus]

Either is fine.

[netguy]

>newbie friendly dedicated server company

Sith, I think its difficult to use the word 'friendly' and 'dedicated server company' in the same sentence. ;)

There are many companies out there, but I would look for one that has been around awhile, has plenty of bandwidth, and reasonable bandwidth rates over the base.

I've been using dedicated dell servers, but there is nothing 'friendly' about them. After finding a company, I would also suggest you ask around to find somebody that has unix system adminstration experience to help you set things up. (if you look hard, you can find some good ones for about $50/hr).

The reason for not having a 'newbie' setting things up, is most dedicated server companies give you a box and pipe to the internet. If you don't have all the necessary firewalls, server, mail server security, latest patches, and 'wrappers' all over it - you may find that you are serving up 'hoola girls from Amsterdam' instead of your own web pages.