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Review: SoftLayer
03-17-2008, 01:10 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 144 Location: Southern California   
| Review: SoftLayer Granted I am spending quite a lot for my dedicated server ($215 a month), I am very satisfied with SoftLayer for numerous reasons. 1. Great support - You can either submit a ticket or post in their user forums. I've received impressive reply times for both. 2. Great uptime - I've experienced 3 downtimes, once was my fault (messed around with DNS). The other two times, the downtimes were literally minutes long. I was gone while the downtime occurred, but the server AUTOMATICALLY reset itself and was running fine. I also received an email of the warning, and the notification that it was restarted. This is VERY important for webmasters with large traffic websites. I can go on vacation now without having to worry about downtimes. 3. Great software - They have a custom control panel, as well as the standard cPanel/Plesk. Their custom control panel is very useful and offers numerous features. I see a long future with them.   | ||||
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03-17-2008, 01:25 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,464 Location: Alabama  
| I used them before I moved to co location and never had a problem as well. Good service and reliability on their network.
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03-17-2008, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 136 Location: Ringgold, GA
| SoftLayer is a good provider indeed. The team there has always been friendly and more supportive than most dedicated server providers I've dealt with.
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05-23-2008, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 18 | Softlayer is a good company. They are on the pricier side, but its worth it for the customer service. | ||||
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05-26-2008, 05:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 144 Location: Southern California
| Definitely. To be honest, I don't trust those smaller hosts... One time my host just 'disappeared' without warning. Thank goodness I had backups. | ||||
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05-26-2008, 02:31 PM
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Title: Thanks For Asking
Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 869 Location: USA | Quote:
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