Dedicated Server Hosting
Comparison of “preferred” Dedicated Server Rental Providers in the UK and EU. Check back daily as more being added.
UK2 Dedicated Servers
UK2′s Dedicated Server range benefit from a 100% Power Uptime & 99.9% Network Uptime Service Level Guarantee, 24/7 “specialist support” unmetered bandwidth and up to 1000Mb connectivity.
| Processor | Processor Speed | Location | RAM | HDD | RAID | Transfer | Port Speed | IP Addresses | Cost/month | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core2 Duo | 2.93GHz | UK | 2GB DDR2 | 500GB | No | Unmetered | 100Mb | 3 | £49 | UK2.Net |
| Intel i5 Quad | 2.66GHz | UK | 4GB DDR3 | 2x 1TB SATA in RAID1 | RAID 1 | Unmetered | 100Mb | 3 | £69 | UK2.Net |
| Intel i7 Quad | 2.66GHz | UK | 8GB DDR3 | 2x 1.5TB in RAID1 | RAID 1 | 100TB | 1000Mb | 3 | £169 | UK2.Net |
| 2x Intel Quad | 2.13GHz | UK | 8GB DDR3 | 2x 146GB +500GB SATA | SAS RAID 1 | 100TB | 1000Mb | 3 | £209 | UK2.Net |
| 2x Intel Quad Xeon | 2.13GHz | UK | 24GB DDR3 | 2x 300GB SAS | RAID1 +1TB SATA | 100TB | 1000Mb | 3 | £269 | UK2.Net |
UK2 also offer a “fully managed” service from £59 per month. Includes OS upgrading and maintenance. Might be worth considering if you lack the required Systems Administration skills.
Fasthosts Dedicated Servers
Have mixed feelings about Fasthosts shared hosting service, though most complaints seem to revolve around, billing, rebilling and technical support. If you know what you are doing with servers and server operating systems then Fasthosts are fine. Their network is pretty solid. Now up to 12 Core Opterons and 32MB of RAM (one of the first UK Web Hosts to offer this spec in fact).
| Processor | Processor Speed | Location | RAM | HDD | Raid | Transfer | Port Speed | Cost/month | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel ® Dual Core | 2.8GHz | UK | 2GB RAM | 500GB SATA | No | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £59 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
| Intel ® Dual Core | 2.8GHz | UK | 4GB RAM | 2x 250GB SATA | RAID 1 | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £79 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
| Intel ® Quad Core | 2.5GHz | UK | 8GB RAM | 2x 300GB SATA | RAID 1 | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £119 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
| Intel ® Quad Core Xeon | 2.66GHz | UK | 8GB RAM | 2x 300GB SAS | RAID 1 | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £149 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
| Intel ® Quad Core Xeon | 2x 2.5GHz | UK | 16GB RAM | 2x 300GB SAS + 500GB SATA | RAID 1 | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £209 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
| AMD 12 Core Opteron | 2x 2.1GHz | UK | 32GB RAM | 2x 300GB SAS 2x 500GB SATA | RAID 1 | Unlimited | 100Mb/s | £349 | Fasthosts.co.uk |
1and1 Dedicated Servers
1and1 Offer an Impressive and competitive range of Dedicated Servers, hosted in Germany (if you order from 1and1.com they may be hosted in the US). AMD based hardware from Dual Core to Dodeca Core.
| Processor | Processor Speed | Location | RAM | HDD | RAID | Transfer | Port Speed | IP Addresses | Cost/month | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Dual-Core Processor | 2 x 2.6 GHz | Germany | 4 GB DDR2 RAM | 2 x 500 GB | Software RAID1 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £49.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Quad-Core Processor | 4 x 2.1 GHz | Germany | 4 GB DDR2 RAM | 2 x 750 GB | Software RAID1 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £69.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Quad-Core Processor | 4 x 2.3 GHz | Germany | 8 GB DDR2 RAM | 2 x 1000 GB | Software RAID1 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £99.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Phenom X6 Hexa-Core Processor | 6 x 2.8 (Turbo 3.3 GHz) | Germany | 8 GB DDR3 RAM | 2 x 1000 GB | Software RAID1 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £149.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Phenom X6 Hexa-Core Processor | 2 x 6 x 2.0 GHz (Turbo 3.3 GHz) | Germany | 16 GB DDR3 RAM | 2 x 1500 GB | Software RAID1 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £199.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Opteron Hexa-Core Processor | 2 x 6 x 2.0 GHz | Germany | 16 GB DDR3-ECC RAM | 3 x 750 GB | Hardware RAID 5 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £299.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
| AMD Opteron DoDeca-Core Processor | 2x12x2.1 GHz | Germany | 48 GB DDR3-ECC RAM | 3 x 2000 GB | Hardware RAID 5 | Unlimited | 100 Mbit/s | Up To 7 | £499.99 | 1and1.co.uk |
Impressive re-imaging systems are a hallmark of 1and1, the ability to bare re-install the OS remotely. Lots of options in terms of Operating Systems including the usual Linux (Suse Enterprise just added) and Windows Server 2008 variants + Parallels SB Panel 10 (if required).
The fastest processor would be the best one obviously. As long as you get a good Intel or nVidia based board (stay away from SiS and Via), stay away from generic packaged memory and have a decent powersupply then stability issues should not be a problem. I’ve got a server at home that does all those things including DNS, print server for two printers and a file server and is a domain controller that is running on an OLD Athlon 1900+ (Palamino core) and it’s stable.