Dedicated cPanel Hosting Recommendations

LayeredTech offer a number of solutions. We have used them for around three years for Single Processor Dedicated Servers and were always happy with them. Servers are unmanaged so you must know how to troubleshoot basic problems as they may occur.

Dedicated Servers gives you the best performance possible for sites that require a lot of processing power. The costs from a single core server to a multi server cPanel package can range from £99 a month to thousands of pounds per month. The uptime was rock solid, we came back to LayeredTech several times after trying cheaper alternatives and finding either they would put their prices up or they would be unreliable in terms of uptime. Support is very quick and if you suspect issues their technicians are onsite to provide diagnostics. They now provide detailed stats in their customer panel which includes an integrated ticketing/billing system as well as a monitor for the network port so you can see what is going on.

LayeredTech servers are hosted in the US but their Savvis backbone proved fast for the UK and Europe. I do recommend LayeredTech as they are worth paying slightly more for.

Please Note: LayeredTech do provide Grid Services, we have never tried these so we can not recommend them at this moment in time.

Pros:

• A wide range of servers in different data centres
• Cheaper in most cases than ThePlanet
• Details customer panel with integrated server stats, support calls and billing.
• LayeredTech normall have Special Offers during periods such as Christmas, look out for these on their forum as you may get a better deal or a free upgrade.
• Several backbones provide good coverage for Europe.

Cons:

• LayeredTech tend to normally be more expensive than other dedicated providers, but LayeredTech provide a better service overall.
• Running and maintaining a Dedicated Server can be time consuming, if you are not used to managing a Linux/Unix system via SSH or telnet you may want it to be managed.
• cPanel is an additional cost
• No UK/Europe Dedicated options yet

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