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[domainscot]

how long does take for a reboot for a server.

For last 3 years been renting a server from godaddy today when I went to log into contol panel to add new domain it was not working so rebooted the server and nothing happened. I contact godaddy who told me it takes now 1 hour for a reboot. what planet are these guys living on. 1 hour for a reboot that take max of 10 mins.

Today I will be searching for a new server company any one got any recomedation.

 

[Sonny Banks]

Try HostGator.

 

[domainscot]

I was told take upto 72 hours
and im on holiday tomorrow for 5 days. spoke to godaddy just now. and within 5 mins server back up sorted.

Now thats what I call good service. but dont tell me upto 72 hours especially when of holiday tomorrow,

give credit where its due. I was complaining but retract that and say very good service.

how long does take for a reboot for a server.

For last 3 years been renting a server from godaddy today when I went to log into contol panel to add new domain it was not working so rebooted the server and nothing happened. I contact godaddy who told me it takes now 1 hour for a reboot. what planet are these guys living on. 1 hour for a reboot that take max of 10 mins.

Today I will be searching for a new server company any one got any recomedation.

 

[tristanperry]

GoDaddy are an awful host. For a dedicated server, you should be looking at (say) Hivelocity for budget ones, 10tb.com for powerful and quite competitive ones, and SoftLayer for premium service. All offer remote reboot (which takes minutes....), either free (10tb and SL) or paid (Hivelocity)

JMO Also ask around on WebHostingTalk.com - but definitely avoid a company like GoDaddy.

 

[PRED]

jaguarpc.com are the worst hosting company on the planet, trust me on this

 

[jmcc]

how long does take for a reboot for a server.

For last 3 years been renting a server from godaddy today when I went to log into contol panel to add new domain it was not working so rebooted the server and nothing happened. I contact godaddy who told me it takes now 1 hour for a reboot. what planet are these guys living on. 1 hour for a reboot that take max of 10 mins.

If it is Linux, it can depend on the last time the server was rebooted. On booting, a Linux system will check the file system and if it has gone over the preset number of days for a filesystem check, then it will start checking the relevant partitions. Depending on the size of the file systems being checked, it could take a while. However that's just a techie answer - I have absolutely no experience with dealing with Godaddy and how they run their servers.

Regards...jmcc

 

[tristanperry]

If it is Linux, it can depend on the last time the server was rebooted. On booting, a Linux system will check the file system and if it has gone over the preset number of days for a filesystem check, then it will start checking the relevant partitions. Depending on the size of the file systems being checked, it could take a while. However that's just a techie answer - I have absolutely no experience with dealing with Godaddy and how they run their servers.

Regards...jmcc

That's a good point. Although I use Ubuntu on my home PC, with a 250 GB hard drive, and its filesystem check (on startup, after the set amount of days has passed) takes about 5 minutes.

I think this is just GoDaddy playing games again.

I know it's slightly different, but I once seen one of their shared servers with 1,400 accounts/domains on it, and server loads would average at 22+ at peak times. Really worrying stuff; that sort of thing shouldn't be legal IMO.

 

[Gregcyber]

Liquidweb

search for "Liquidweb Promo"

 

[Albert Tai]

how long does take for a reboot for a server.

For last 3 years been renting a server from godaddy today when I went to log into contol panel to add new domain it was not working so rebooted the server and nothing happened. I contact godaddy who told me it takes now 1 hour for a reboot. what planet are these guys living on. 1 hour for a reboot that take max of 10 mins.

Today I will be searching for a new server company any one got any recomedation.

PM me if you want a dedicated server or a shared server.
Either way.

I got my own dedicated server if you wondering and 100% uptime.

 

[Bionic]

ipowerweb are buggy. file manager, stats, adding a domain, auto install scripts, installing common scripts all buggy

 

[draggar]

That's a good point. Although I use Ubuntu on my home PC, with a 250 GB hard drive, and its filesystem check (on startup, after the set amount of days has passed) takes about 5 minutes.

I think this is just GoDaddy playing games again.

I know it's slightly different, but I once seen one of their shared servers with 1,400 accounts/domains on it, and server loads would average at 22+ at peak times. Really worrying stuff; that sort of thing shouldn't be legal IMO.

A home PC is nothing like a server used for web site hosting. A home PC might have, at most, a few hundred thousand files. The host would have at minimum, millions and millions of files, possibly ranging into the billions. We have one server at work that would take over an hour to reboot.

Granted - GD telling the OP 72 hours is a far fetched, but I'm willing to bet it is not uncommon on several factors:

- They are probably sharing their "dedicated servers" or using VPS instead of actual dedicated servers. I'm sure there is some loophole they are exploiting to allow them to do this - or something further up the line needed to be rebooted.

- They are giving him "safe" answers - sure it might only take 20-30 minutes to reboot the server but if something goes wrong, it'll give them time to resolve it. Besides, which would make the average person happier - being told it'll take an hour but it only takes 20-30 minutes or being told it'll take 20-30 minutes and it takes over an hour?

 

[Albert Tai]

A home PC is nothing like a server used for web site hosting. A home PC might have, at most, a few hundred thousand files. The host would have at minimum, millions and millions of files, possibly ranging into the billions. We have one server at work that would take over an hour to reboot.

Granted - GD telling the OP 72 hours is a far fetched, but I'm willing to bet it is not uncommon on several factors:

- They are probably sharing their "dedicated servers" or using VPS instead of actual dedicated servers. I'm sure there is some loophole they are exploiting to allow them to do this - or something further up the line needed to be rebooted.

- They are giving him "safe" answers - sure it might only take 20-30 minutes to reboot the server but if something goes wrong, it'll give them time to resolve it. Besides, which would make the average person happier - being told it'll take an hour but it only takes 20-30 minutes or being told it'll take 20-30 minutes and it takes over an hour?

Well I own a dedicated server myself.
I have full root control so in whm i can reboot shut down etc the server myself.
Doesn't take 72 hours though.

 

[tristanperry]

A home PC is nothing like a server used for web site hosting. A home PC might have, at most, a few hundred thousand files. The host would have at minimum, millions and millions of files, possibly ranging into the billions. We have one server at work that would take over an hour to reboot.

Granted - GD telling the OP 72 hours is a far fetched, but I'm willing to bet it is not uncommon on several factors:

- They are probably sharing their "dedicated servers" or using VPS instead of actual dedicated servers. I'm sure there is some loophole they are exploiting to allow them to do this - or something further up the line needed to be rebooted.

- They are giving him "safe" answers - sure it might only take 20-30 minutes to reboot the server but if something goes wrong, it'll give them time to resolve it. Besides, which would make the average person happier - being told it'll take an hour but it only takes 20-30 minutes or being told it'll take 20-30 minutes and it takes over an hour?

Granted However my dedicated server - running on CentOS with two 500 GB hard drives (in hardware RAID 1) doesn't take anything like the time GoDaddy stated for a reboot

From what I've seen of GoDaddy, they simply are an awful host. Their shared servers are nearly always completely overloaded, so I can't imagine their VPSes and dedicated servers are built with good hardware and all.

This is what I think the problem is, not the number of inodes.

Plus whilst I agree that a home PC may not have the same number of files than a dedicated server, the basic OS is exactly the same. CentOS for a server is simply 'standard' CentOS; there's no difference in any of the files compared to CentOS for a home PC. It's not exactly like a server is a million miles different from a home PC.