Ask HN: Best dedicated server in the US
25 points
2 days ago
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Need a dedicated. What's the most reliable + reasonably-priced? Came across Datapacket.com, which seems pretty good. All insights welcome. I'm sure many will benefit with this info!
ksec
2 days ago
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You are asking on HN which means you might want to look at M5Hosting, which hosts HN itself.

Otherwise,

https://www.liquidweb.com/dedicated-server-hosting/

https://www.hivelocity.net/dedicated-servers/

https://phoenixnap.com/servers/dedicated

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codegeek
1 day ago
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I have used hivelocity for a few servers over the last 10 years and overall has been solid. Their support used to be much better than recently as they grew and became much bigger but they are still decent with support. I can definitely recommend them if you want a reasonably priced dedicated server.
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Maro
2 days ago
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I've been using OVHCloud for 8 years for running a dedicated server for personal use, for about $30/mo. Had zero issues, it just works for me, can highly recommend.
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tracker1
2 days ago
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OVH dedicated server here for a few years as well. Wish the docs for IPv4 subnet routing with Proxmox was a bit better, but that was my only issue.
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stevenicr
2 days ago
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I'd rent a server and make a couple support tickets and see how that goes (time until replied, time until fixed, if they have any clue what you are talking about?)

What is that one company that bought like dozens of other hosting companies? I'd avoid all of them.

btw I block all of datapacket's ips from most of my websites, not that that in of itself would be a problem for you, but ips from dpacket, ovh, digital ocean, and similar are blocked en masse from several places I control - I can't be the only one that puts trust things from them on a lower tier for reasons with whatever effects.

Of course if you don't send email, you just need something that can serve files fast and stay online, but the support you get or don't get can cost more than the dollars you save in some cases.

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jesterson
2 days ago
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> I block all of datapacket's ips from most of my websites

Same, I block all DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS and sorts form access at all. 99% of security issues together with content are resolved after it.

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truetraveller
2 days ago
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Isn't Datapacket considered high-end? I mean, it has glowing reviews from top-tier companies. And would a bad IP address even matter for a SaaS app? Perhaps only if my server was interacting with your server, or sending mail, correct?
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stevenicr
8 hours ago
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"Perhaps only if my server was interacting with your server, or sending mail, correct?" - yep I believe you can run email through a different service and be just fine,

I don't know if datapacket is considered high end at all, it might be.. my only knowledge of it is seeing it's ip addys regularly used in failed admin login attempts and being used to send contact form spam..

Of course they are not the only ones being used for such things.

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mmh0000
2 days ago
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Cheap, reliable, no/limited support: https://www.wholesaleinternet.net/dedicated/

They're cheap because they're older hardware and they sell out to email spammers. Works great as long as you don't need a good IP reputation for email delivery.

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Cheapish, okay support, reliable in my experience:

https://www.xlhost.com/

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If you just need storage, this is some of the cheapest out there on a shared host:

https://www.interserver.net/storage/

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johng
1 day ago
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I've used interserver as well before, never had any issues.
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sea-gold
2 days ago
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https://berrybyte.net/dedicated-servers

Ryzen 9 configs

96GB+ DDR 4/5

Starts at $199/month

They usually have a good Black Friday deal.

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cweagans
2 days ago
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I have a VPS with Crunchbits and I’ve been pretty happy with it. They also have dedicated servers: https://www.crunchbits.com/dedicated#Plans

Same story with Racknerd: https://www.racknerd.com/dedicated-servers (they have new years deals rn too!)

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throwaway519
2 days ago
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https://www.serverhunter.com/

I have no affiliation.

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stop50
2 days ago
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Probably not the cheapest, but i throw the hoster of my servers here: https://www.netcup.com/en/hosting

They recently expanded to the us.

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truetraveller
2 days ago
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FYI, I have come across OVH, which is something I want to avoid. Why? Among other things, I find the UI of the console terrible. It really is bad; Hetzner on the other-hand is incredible. But they have no US-based dedicated boxes.
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AznHisoka
2 days ago
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The UI is really bad. That said, it’s not something you really have to use more than a couple times every few months. Only when you install a new server, restart and cancel
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johng
2 days ago
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Their UI is amazingly bad for how big they are.

I recently discovered these guys and they had Black Friday specials up until about a month ago... Their support has been top notch. I ended up switching 5 pretty decent sized VPS's to them and 1 dedicated server.

Very happy in every way with them: https://www.hivelocity.net/

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luckylion
2 days ago
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Leaseweb works well for me, even though their administrative side can be a nightmare (need a new account for each country).
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jesterson
2 days ago
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RamNode and HostHatch.

First has great support and second has horrible to say the least support. Both are cheap and reasonably stable

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