On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Dave Page <dp...@pgadmin.org> wrote:
> On 5/26/09, Greg Smith <gsm...@gregsmith.com> wrote: > > I keep falling into situations where it would be nice to host a server > > somewhere else. Virtual host solutions and the mysterious cloud are no > > good for the ones I run into though, as disk performance is important for > > all the applications I have to deal with. > > > > What I'd love to have is a way to rent a fairly serious piece of > dedicated > > hardware, ideally with multiple (at least 4) hard drives in a RAID > > configuration and a battery-backed write cache. The cache is negotiable. > > Linux would be preferred, FreeBSD or Solaris would also work; not Windows > > though (see "good DB performance"). > > > > Is anyone aware of a company that offers such a thing? > > www.contegix.com offer just about the best support I've come across > and are familiar with Postgres. They offer RHEL (and windows) managed > servers on a variety of boxes. They're not a budget outfit though, but > that's reflected in the service. +1 These guys have the servers AND they have the knowledge to really back it up. If you're looking for co-lo, or complete hands-off management, they're your guys (at a price). --Scott
