A Note About Dedicated Servers

December 5th, 2009

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Dedicated Servers are a great for high-load applications or websites. The load on the server is not shared by other users. The owner of the dedicated server has complete control over all the resources of that dedicated server.

Why EchoServers?

Unlike all of our competitors, our networks are not over-sold. Our business model is designed to load our networks to 100% of their effective capacity and no higher. It is our goal to provide our customers with the best service and highest quality servers possible. If you enjoy your server, you’ll tell others about us, and that is how we make money, not through overloading our serivces.

Music Hosting!

December 2nd, 2009

I found this amazing new website that allows you to host mp3 files up to 200mb for free. It is called IRON DJ. The service is designed to allow DJs and musicians to share their work with the world. The website offers many features:

  • Unlimited 200MB MP3 uploads
  • Unlimited MP3 downloads
  • User profile page with bio, and other booking information
  • Personal podcast of your tracks
  • Twitter integration
  • Leave users feedback on their work

Softlayer Washington DC

December 1st, 2009

Facility

Our Washington DC data center is located just 7 miles from Dulles International Airport. The DC area has one of the highest concentrations of fiber connectivity in the US and provides us with multiple network options and world class performance and is specially sited for serving content into Europe. The facility was designed to full Tier IV standards and provides multiple redundant power connections, in addition to the three 2-megawatt generators and eight 750 kVA redundant UPS systems.

Bandwidth / Routing

Bandwidth is currently provided through redundant Internap connections (20G). This gives us a total network capacity of 20 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

Security

Bandwidth is currently provided through redundant Internap connections (20G). This gives us a total network capacity of 20 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

A Note About Virtual Private Servers

November 23rd, 2009

Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are useful for users who need their own server, but do not want the over-head that comes with owning and managing a full dedicated server.

Why EchoServers?

All Echoservers virtual private servers are guaranteed the full resources listed below. We also include HyperVM Control Panel, full root access and a full list of OS options.

Unlike all of our competitors our servers are not over-sold. Our business model is designed to load a VPS node to 100% of it’s effective capacity and no higher. It is our goal to provide our customers with the best service and highest quality VPSes possible. If you enjoy your VPS, you’ll tell others about us, and that is how we make money, not through overloading VPS nodes.


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Softlayer Seattle

November 18th, 2009

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Facility

Our Seattle, WA data center features 55 MW in existing electrical capacity, 45 onsite generators with one half million gallons of on site fuel storage. Within this building, cross-continent ISPs provide connectivity, with fifty miles of secure conduit vaults for rock-solid connectivity. The building is ideally located outside the Seattle Fault Zone and was engineered to sustain a seismic event and remain online and operational. With abundant connectivity and inexpensive hydroelectric power, Seattle is the right choice to provide hosting services: the ultimate in security, scalability and reliability.

Bandwidth / Routing

Bandwidth is currently provided through Qest (10G), and Internap (20G). This gives us a total network capacity of 30 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

Security

Bandwidth is currently provided through Qest (10G), and Internap (20G). This gives us a total network capacity of 30 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

Echoservers.com – **NEW PLANS & SPECS ** – Xen, Windows, Unmetered, OpenVZ, Reseller

November 15th, 2009

Since we’re in 4 different data centers, I am going to leave out the details in this post to save space for all the server packages. ALL data center details can be found here

Echoservers.com is always looking for ways to bring our customers better service, lower ping response times and lower page load times. We want to bring value-added services to our customers at no additional charge. We’ve been in business for over a year now and have been constantly innovating.

We strive to bring you premium web hosting solutions at a fraction of the cost. We have built our reputation on the belief that we can save you money, increase your presence on the web and do it all with sacrificing the quality level of support. We take it upon ourselves to treat all customers the same way: if you spend 5.99 a month with us or 5999.99 a month with us, we believe you deserve fast, respectful and helpful replies to all your support and sales needs.

Premium Service:

  • All non-Xen servers are protected by twice daily backups off-site.
  • We do not over-sell our servers’ resources
  • Premium Networks – Want IPs to ping or trace to? Email us and we’ll provide real server IPs, not fake test IPs that perform better than yours will.
  • Premium Servers – You’ll find nothing less than quad core servers with Xeon or Opteron Processors from us. No desktop chips allowed. At least 8GB of ECC RAM is a must.
  • Fast and Helpful support when you need it
  • Proactive server monitoring 24/7 provided by Panopta.com
  • We honor all promises made for refunds, SLA, or account upgrades and changes
  • No hassle cancelation: If you do ever feel the need to leave our services behind we won’t hassle you about it

A Note About Shared Hosting

November 12th, 2009

Shared Hosting is a great low priced alternative to dedicated / managed hosting. All shared hosting domains are hosted on a single powerful server; all of the domains pull from the same pool of resources.

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Why EchoServers?

Unlike all of our competitors our shared servers are not over-sold. Our business model is designed to load a server to 100% of it’s effective capacity and no higher. It is our goal to provide our customers with the best service and highest quality servers possible. If you enjoy your service, you’ll tell others about us, and that is how we make money, not through overloading services.

Features (Included free in all plans)

  • 2×1000mbits Server port
  • No bandwidth throttling
  • PHP 5
  • MySQL 5
  • Apache 2
  • Full DNS Control
  • Full E-mail Control

Softlayer Dallas

November 12th, 2009

Facility

Our Dallas data center is loacted inside the INFOMART telecom suite in downtown Dallas Texas. The INFOMART suite in hosting and data center services. They also house many other datacenters including but not limited to MCI, Verizon, Level 3, Verio, and Switch and Data. With over 35 bandwidth providers we guarantee the best routing and through put for your money.

Bandwidth / Routing

Bandwidth is currently provided through Global Crossing (10G), Internap (10G) SAVVIS (10G) NTT / Verrio (20G) and Level 3 (10G). This gives us a total network capacity of 60 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry-leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

Security

Bandwidth is currently provided through Global Crossing (10G), Internap (10G) SAVVIS (10G) NTT / Verrio (20G) and Level 3 (10G). This gives us a total network capacity of 60 Gigabits per second. The network has been designed to be fault tolerant using industry-leading equipment from Cisco and Foundry. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

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Equinix Chicago

November 9th, 2009

Facility

Our Equinix Chicago data center is located inside the Chicago Board of Trade Building in downtown Chicago. Power to this building is supplied from 6 different substations ensuring redundant and clean power. All power entering the building is cleaned and stabilized by on-site Liebert Precision Power unites. This system ensures that your servers are receiving clean and reliable power.

Bandwidth / Routing

We currently have bandwidth provided by XeeX (10G), Comcast (40G), nLayer (20G), Internap (10G), ATT (1G), and Telecom Italia (10G). This gives us a total network bandwidth of over 90 Gigabits per second. Our fault-tolerant and multi-homed approach gives our servers the edge over others. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

Security

We currently have bandwidth provided by XeeX (10G), Comcast (40G), nLayer (20G), Internap (10G), ATT (1G), and Telecom Italia (10G). This gives us a total network bandwidth of over 90 Gigabits per second. Our fault-tolerant and multi-homed approach gives our servers the edge over others. We guarantee our servers will have better routing, less packet loss and higher throughput than our competition. We are always in the process of bringing online new bandwidth providers. We are constantly seeking to increase bandwidth and redundancy across our network.

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EchoServers – $5.99 192MB OpenVZ VPS

November 8th, 2009

Via this WHT offer. EchoServers has released their new plans and specs for their line up of virtual servers. The price tag of their standard package is still the same — $5.99/month, but with updated specifications:

  • 192MB guaranteed/384MB burstable memory
  • 5GB storage
  • 300GB/month data transfer
  • 2 IP addresses
  • OpenVZ/HyperVM