Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#1

Post by callmeed » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 3:56 PM UTC

I've got a couple projects that require a dedicated server/VPS be physically located in Europe.

Right now, I use Rackspace, Joyent, and Slicehost for projects. Looking for something similar in the EU. Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#2

Post by cnu » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:01 PM UTC

We use Hertzner (http://www.hetzner.de/) in my company. Pretty good machines and cheap too.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#3

Post by tahir » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:05 PM UTC

Callmeed, I am looking to use Slicehost, how is your experience with them? Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#4

Post by joao » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:13 PM UTC

cnu wrote: post #2

We use Hertzner ( http://www.hetzner.de/ ) in my company. Pretty good machines and cheap too.

Really good offer, considering that's in Europe. Unfortunately they only have a German site and, I suppose, support.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#5

Post by mark_ellul » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:13 PM UTC

we were using Flexiscale (by XCalibre) but their last outage was long, and corrupted all our data. So I would avoid them!

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#6

Post by pogos » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 6:36 PM UTC

joao wrote: post #4

cnu wrote: post #2

We use Hertzner ( http://www.hetzner.de/ ) in my company. Pretty good machines and cheap too.

Really good offer, considering that's in Europe. Unfortunately they only have a German site and, I suppose, support.

http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/contact/en-support-center/ - they have english speaking support. Also, some parts of their site is translated to english. Try pressing little english flag.

There is also http://server4you.de/. It's only in german though.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#7

Post by Russelldb » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 7:14 PM UTC

http://rimuhosting.com now have a datacentre presence in the UK (London). I find them very useful but best of all they have very, very good support. They are NZ based.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#8

Post by Deadsunrise » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 7:14 PM UTC

You can find cheap dedicated servers in france at www.ovh.com . They have a lot of OS distributions and if you can manage your own servers it's a good choice. I work in an spanish ISP and we exchange traffic with them at AMS-IX so it should be properly connected to all the important european ISPs.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#9

Post by callmeed » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 7:20 PM UTC

tahir wrote: post #3

Callmeed, I am looking to use Slicehost, how is your experience with them? Thanks.

Slicehost is wonderful ... they aren't a "managed" company but their support is great. They reply to tickets fast and have a support chatroom. They also have some great articles for getting slices prepped for php/rails/django apps on different distros: http://articles.slicehost.com/

I wont name names, but I've had better support from Slicehost than a managed RoR hosting company that costs 5x.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend a server co in Europe

#10

Post by bartman » Fri, Sep 05, 2008, 7:23 PM UTC

pogos wrote: post #6

joao wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really good offer, considering that's in Europe. Unfortunately they only have a German site and, I suppose, support.

http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/contact/en-support-center/ - they have english speaking support. Also, some parts of their site is translated to english. Try pressing little english flag. There is also http://server4you.de/ . It's only in german though.

I can recommend Hetzner, very good network, very good administration utilities (free web-reboots, remote console if you need it, recovery system), excellent service.

server4you however is a provider focusing on the "I need a cheap root server!"-segment, I would not recommend putting all your trust in them, they have a history of failures here in Germany.