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Your Dedicated Server just Died. What do you do?

November 20, 2009 By Christoph Puetz Leave a Comment

Many folks who lease one or more dedicated servers have done so with no plan for disaster in place. They trust the data center company and their hardware and that they will not occur unplanned downtime. If this sounds like you, you better wake up. Your server just died. What do you do? Do you have good backups of your data? Do you have all the files? How about the latest database copy? And how about an actual plan of getting things back up and running?

Now think about your situation. Let’s assume you are an online retailer and Christmas shopping madness is just a few days away. What can all happen when your server dies? You lose customers, but you might also lose search engine rankings if your site is down too long. Those are difficult to recover – especially on such a short notice like 7 days before Black Friday. You might get other customers, but your search engine rankings might need a few weeks to fully recover – depending on how fast Google a) sees your site as down and b) sees it as up again.

Come up with a written procedure to cover a disaster. Where are your backups? Who has access? How long does a restore take? Can you redirect the DNS eventually? Write it all down and make it a living document that gets frequently updated. More important, pick a dedicated server web host that can help you to overcome the moment of crises. You want a web hosting company that has experienced staff and that is pro-active. Web Hosting Resource Kit recommends ThePlanet.com and Liquidweb.com as a choice. High quality web hosting hardware, modern data center technology, and plenty of staff around 24/7. Combine that with your DR procedures and you can rest assured that your website will be back up as soon as possible.

Liquidweb rocks the house … again

November 11, 2009 By Christoph Puetz Leave a Comment

I am very happy with Liquidweb. I consider them one of the best hosting providers for cheap dedicated servers. As a matter of fact, one could actually say cheap managed servers as well because their servers are fully managed. As long as you have a basic understanding of webhosting, cpanel and WHM – Liquidweb is definitely for you. The uptime is great and their support is always helpful and ready to jump in. So, if you are looking for one of these 5 items – check out Liquidweb for sure:

1) Reliability
2) Price
3) Support
4) Location
5) Setup Time

Liquidweb scores very high on these items in my own personal opinion. I am not always up to date with each detail as I do not have many support issues or go back and check for an even better deal. Usually when I sign up for a dedicated server or cheap web hosting I know that I am getting a good deal. I actually prefer not to go with the lowest offers that some competitors offer due to then often getting the lowest support quality, too. That’s not the case with Liquidweb in my opinion.

If you are in the market for a cheap dedicated server with great options, visit Liquidweb and then compare them to ThePlanet.com as an example.

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