Good alternatives to RackShack, er, EV1

Good alternatives to RackShack, er, EV1

After evaluating dedicated host providers last fall for housing our Linux server farm I narrowed down potential hosting providers to two companies, EV1 and Rackspace. Rackspace won our business for its commitment to service and also for its relationship with RedHat and MySQL (also, using RH Enterprise Server instead of RH 7.3 or RH 9 is a benefit in my book).

After deciding on Rackspace I realized that EV1 was Rackshack -- the company that began as a knock-off of Rackspace.

Rackspace also has a relationship with Microsoft and offers Windows 2003 hosting should that be your need. I understand that the Linux and Windows support teams are separated by a armed-guard-monitored iron wall on the third floor. (Kidding. I saw the the blackout zone upstairs in the Broadway Bank building; no signs of bloody battles between the platform teams.)

I note that LWN is hosted on Rackspace. I don't know about you, but if I had made the misfortune of choosing a hosting partner that decided to wed SCO I'd be sure to correct my mistake by learning from LWN and relocating to Rackspace. For no other reason than the icky factor of knowing my money was indirectly going to SCO. Eeeeewwww.