Hi,

I am in the process of reviewing my web hosting.
For many years have been hosted with Enetica.

I have not had any trouble with Enetica, I just want to survey what YOU may have to offer - as I expect to grow my web design and hosting business over the next 12 months.

My preference is to have in place first the hosting plan which will allow for the growth, rather than be reactive at the time. Am certainly not sizable at the moment, but I am moving from just being hobby-based to doing full time.

I currently host 24 sites, which do between 5 and 8 Gb traffic per month. I also can register domains through Enetica.

Most of my client's traffic is Australian, so needs to be Australian Hosting, but if you can host in America also that would be an advantage. Server needs to run PHP5, MySQL (standard stuff really). If you can offer a rebrandable interface for selling domains - this would also be desirable. To be able to have my own nameserver addresses would be desirable (but this is just about you having the flexibility to do some DNS records)

At some point in the near future, I would also like a more robust mail solution (maybe Exchange Server), as currently the only real problems I seem to have is with mail going astray for a small time.

Have a couple of sites which require xmlrpc ability (within the same domain).

Also looking for a reasonable level of support.

My initial budget would be $100 per month.

Am ideally looking for someone who can provide the ability to grow, without me needing to be move sites, and have downtime on them.

If you could please email me at sales@veebeeglobal.com.au I would be most appreciative, as I urgently require PHP5 hosting, and this is sort of the catalyst.

Thanks,

Vaughnn

Dear Vaughnn,

Hightek Hosting can most certainly assist you and your business with the plans you have in mind.

We can provide both Australian and US based hosting services, based in a large number of datacentres around the globe, so we can accomodate quite comfortably with your requirements.

With regards to robust and scalable solutions, this is where we can truely help. We offer many forms of scalable hosting, including easily upgraded packages and servers.

We also take advantage of modern hardware and technology, including server virtualisation, where scalability is fantastic.

By the information provided above, I believe a VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a great way to get you started on the pathways you wish to travel. VPS's are completely scalable and upgradable as you grow your business, and should the time come where you need to go beyond our based VPS plans, we can simple scale your solution up to a dedicated server, perform live migrations all without un-necessary downtime.

We provide a 99.999% SLA (Service Level Agreement) and offer you 24x7 support, giving you piece of mind that there is always someone there to help you when you need it.

We currently maintain a large number of high profile clients and can provide client references upon request.

I would like to discuss your requirements in a little more depth and get more of an understanding of your requirements both now, and potential requirements in future.

Feel free to drop us an email to sales@hightekhosting.com.au or give me a call on 1300 85 34 30 and we can discuss the matter further.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Dale Evans
Manager

Hello Vaughnn,

ConnextHosting can provide you with a Brisbane based hosting solution. Our Reseller Hosting would suit your requirements just fine. We guarantee a 99.9% uptime and if it falls below 99.9%, your next month will be free. Our customer support staff are available 24/7 to assist you.

Our Reseller One Plan includes:

Disk Space: 15GB
Bandwidth: 20GB per month
PHP 5
MySQL 5
Overselling Enabled
24/7 Customer Support
99.9% Uptime
Brisbane Based Servers

$15 AUD per month

Order Here

Addon Features:
Master Reseller Account: $3.00 AUD per month
Dedicated IP: $2.90 AUD per month

If you require a customised solution, feel free to send an email to sales@connexthosting.com.au.


Regards,
Shaun

Hello Vaughnn,
we'd be happy to provide you with one of our Aussie Plans,
based in Melbourne.

We also have USA servers if you'd like to also host sites on USA
servers.

Our plans offer decent disk and bandwidth allocations at very reasonable
prices, so you can grow over time without restriction. All our plans
include Apache/PHP5/MySQL etc. Judging by your budget I would recommend
one of our VPS plans, but one of our Reseller plans would also be
adequate.

Below are the plans I would recommend:

AUSSIE VPS Plans (Prices in Australian Dollars)
Operating System of your choice : Centos 5, Debian 4.0, Fedora 9 or
Ubuntu 8.10

AUSSIE VPS3
CPU 2.0GHz
Memory (RAM) 1280MB Guaranteed, 2048MB Burst
Primary Disk Space 150 GB
Backup Disk Space (Mounted) 50 GB
Included IPs: 2
Bandwidth 75 GB/m
Monthly Fee: 89.95/m (Price in Australian Dollars)
Yearly Fee: 749.95/y (Price in Australian Dollars)
SPECIAL - COMES WITH FREE CPANEL UNLIMITED LICENSE

For more VPS Plans please see:
Deasoft Australian Linux Cpanel WHM Web Hosting


Master Reseller Plan
AUSSIE R3
50 GB Disk, 80 GB Band/m
ONLY 49.95/m or 399.95/y

For more Master Reseller Plans please see:
Deasoft Australian Linux Cpanel WHM Web Hosting

All account transfers (migration to our servers) are included free.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

I can resize one of our Resellers Plan for you with just a few mouse clicks. We use Virtuozzo for this purpose, as well as backups, etc. It makes life very easy because I can move images from Shared Plans to Reseller to VPS to Dedicated with little delay.

Our servers are in Sydney, sorry, we do not have any servers in the USoA. I can work something out with domains but it may be easier for you if you apply directly to a registrar for a reseller account.

I can offer a reseller plan for $28.95 a month that should meet your needs.

Basic Reseller Plan LRSP-1 - $28.95
2 GB Disk Space
20 GB Bandwidth
Host up to 12 Accounts
WHM, cPanel and Fantastico
PHP 5 available.

We use Dell PowerEdge 2950 with 2x4 core CPU, 32GB ECC RAM, 6x450GB 15K RPM SAS HD, multi-homed bandwidth. These servers can handle an enormous amount of work. If required, we can stack the reseller plans (eg 3 LRSP-3 to create an LRSP-9 if you like - again, it is all just at the click of a mouse).

Scalability is a major aim of our hosting business.

Hello,

We can actually offer you a Quad Core Xeon dedicated server for under $100 per month / $999 setup:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com.au/aus...sale-9212.html

Server comes with 20GB of Data and 2GB RAM. RAM is upgradable for $10 per mont. Data $1.10 per GB.

Hi Vaughnn,

Pro-Tech IT can offer you a Virtual Private Server within your budget. We have a 50% special at the moment, which also gives you free server monitoring. Simply use coupon myvps at the checkout to receivce 50% off your first invoice.

Depending on which control panel you prefer we can offer you:

cpanel Bronze VPS

40GB Disk Space
100GB Data
768MB RAM
1504MB Busrtable RAM
2 IP Addresses

Fantastico $5.00 Per Month

Free Setup

$80 Per Month - Order here

Linux Plesk Silver VPS

20Gb Disk Space
50GB Data
512Mb RAM
2GB Burstable RAM
100 Domain Plesk License

Free Setup

$74.95 Per Month - Order here

We provide a 99.999% SLA (Service Level Agreement) and offer 24x7 support.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries.

Phone - 1300 405 305
Email - sales@protechit.com.au

Regards,

Leigh

We can assist you, please send us an email to sales@crucial.com.au to discuss.

Kind Regards,
Aaron

Thanks all for replying to my first message.

I am in the process of going through all the messages I received, and will reply to everyone in the next two days.
I will be making a decision by the end of this week on the hosting I go with.

In essence the only "problem" I will have outstanding, is domain name registration. I may need two separate providers (one for domains, one for hosting), although this would not be the preference.

Thanks again

VeeBee

As I have said - a huge thanks for all previous messages.

Have sorted through the various messages I received.

If you could send me a link to, or a reply to this followup request - I would be most appreciative, as I will make a decision this weekend, and will look at making a commitment next Monday, with an aim to schedule moving the 20+ sites I currently have on Enetica cPanel hosting.

I am looking for Australian based VPS Hosting with cPanel, which you are capable of upscaling.
Must be PHP5 / MySQL / (also have a need for xmlrpc)
Support - 24x7 (is this email based, or phone support?)
Preference if I can have my own branded name servers.

Are you able to offer WHMCS or ModernBill - if so - the cost.
Pricing: My budget is $100 per month (if you have a setup fee, please make this clear)

Ideally, you also have US based Hosting.
I also do domain reselling, so indicate if you can offer me this.

My preference is for around 100Gb Traffic and 50Gb Disk Space

With our sites on cPanel - what can you offer in moving the sites we currently have??

Second lastly (hmmm - is there such a thing), where are your machines located, and how capable are you of really scaling up for me over time. As my ex-hobby, now full time business grows, I will be looking to make acquisitions from next year. With the focus this year on more being a web designs business.

Finally once I select the top 3 over the weekend, I will want to do a bandwidth speed test on Monday - to confirm my decision.

Thanks in advance (again)

Vaughnn

ConnextHosting - ConnextHosting AU – Australian Shared, Reseller & VPS Hosting VPS can offer you managed Australian VPS's from $50 AUD/month. Our servers are located in Brisbane. Our VPS's have NO setup fees

We have 3 VPS plans to offer below

VPS-1

Disk Space: 10GB
Bandwidth: 20GB
IP Addresses: 2
Guaranteed RAM: 512MB (burstable 1GB)
Virtuozzo
24/7 Support
Root Access (SSH)
Choice of Operating Systems
Fully Managed
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$50 AUD/month

VPS-2

Disk Space: 15GB
Bandwidth: 30GB
IP Addresses: 2
Guaranteed RAM: 1024MB (burstable 2GB)
Virtuozzo
24/7 Support
Root Access (SSH)
Choice of Operating Systems
Fully Managed
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$70 AUD/month

VPS-3

Disk Space: 50GB
Bandwidth: 70GB
IP Addresses: 2
Guaranteed RAM: 2048MB (burstable 4GB)
Virtuozzo
24/7 Support
Root Access (SSH)
Choice of Operating Systems
Fully Managed
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$85 AUD/month


Control Panels
cPanel / WHM – $25.00 AUD per month
Fantastico (cPanel / WHM addon) – $8.00 AUD per month


We do also provide US hosting.


If you have any questions about these plans, feel free to jump onto our live chat or alternatively drop us an email to sales@connexthosting.com.au.


Regards,

Shaun

Hi VeeBee,

It was our pleasure to provide the information for you, and our pleasure once again to provide more

We can most certainly be of assistance. I have emailed you a quote.

We most certainly can, and I have included this in our quotation.

We also can provide US based hosting services, so feel free to let us know if you would like a quote on shared, reseller or VPS services for US based

As mentioned in the quote, we can offer a free transfer of all your existing accounts to the new VPS service

Our current cPanel nodes are located in Melbourne, Victoria within the Fujitsu datacentre.

The beauty of our VPS services is that they are completely scalable, to the point of being able to easily move to a dedicated server in future should your requirements reach that level. Fast and simply migrations from our VPS solutions to a dedicated solution is definitely one of our promising sides.

Resources are also completely scalable over time and can be done on-the-fly with no downtime experienced.

If you woule like any further information, feel free to get in touch with us.

Regards,

Dale Evans
Manager