Please recommend a windows cloud provider

Portal Home > Knowledgebase > Articles Database > Please recommend a windows cloud provider

Posted by Dactyl, 06-19-2011, 01:12 AM
Hello Can you please direct me to the best cloud hosting providers (preferably vmware based) that offer Windows on their servers? I've been looking at Gigenet, Rackforce and Gogrid so far. Thanks allot. Last edited by Dactyl; 06-19-2011 at 01:15 AM.
Posted by JESSEJJ89, 06-20-2011, 02:03 AM
cloudweb has good plans.. Cloudweb.com
Posted by software_tech, 06-21-2011, 12:02 AM
you can have a look at gogrid, rackspace and softlayer. If you have budget, my vote goes to rackspace
Posted by Uzii, 06-21-2011, 01:53 AM
go for singlehop....one of the worlds best...58th in Inc500-2008...have pleanty of options and plans...chat online with the customer service...high chances youd get a 30% discount....if not go for softlayer...both the companies a world famous
Posted by feronovak, 06-21-2011, 06:31 AM
Elastichosts, please read my blog summary about them ElasticHosts - weekly update and first SLA refund http://blog.feronovak.com/2011/06/el...and-first.html ElasticHosts - Real user & hosting experience http://blog.feronovak.com/2011/06/el...r-hosting.html
Posted by boskone, 06-22-2011, 04:41 AM
Some clouds even offer Windows at no addition cost, so shop around. You'll also want 1GB RAM or better, and check the provider for performance!
Posted by Dactyl, 06-22-2011, 04:43 AM
Thanks, been talking with Rackspace and Vi.net probably going to try our application with both of them with a small setup before making a final decision.
Posted by boskone, 06-22-2011, 06:13 AM
Decide if HA and failover are important to you - 'clouds' with local disks and no failover are not much different to VPS - check which you are getting! All clouds are not the same, and some clouds aren't even clouds!
Posted by Dactyl, 06-22-2011, 07:05 AM
Thanks, but i am not sure what HA stands for, is it High Availability ?
Posted by boskone, 06-22-2011, 07:10 AM
Yes, High Availability - the ability of the platform to start up your machine instantly on another server if the one you are on dies.
Posted by Dactyl, 06-22-2011, 07:16 AM
Thanks, btw check your pm inbox.

Add to Favourites Print this Article