Why ServInt (competitor) stands behind Rackspace

by billclerico on 7/8/2009, 11:02 PM with 14 comments
  • by mcantor on 7/9/2009, 3:42 AM

    Potential ulterior motives notwithstanding, this is admirable. Inspiring, even! Can you imagine Microsoft giving Apple props, without condescending overtones? Can you imagine Apple giving ANYONE props, without condescending undertones? I can't. Well, I can, really, but that doesn't mean it'll ever, ever happen.

  • by jacquesm on 7/8/2009, 11:14 PM

    Outages like this are a really good reminder why you should not have all your servers in a single colocation if you plan on weathering any kind of crisis.

  • by j_baker on 7/9/2009, 1:41 AM

    The ironic thing is that this may end up being a better advertisement than the others are making.

  • by pavs on 7/9/2009, 3:54 AM

    Looking at their VPS prices and features and comparing to slicehost (my current server) I feel like I am doing it wrong. If I could get more info on how much processing power is allocated to each VPS and more option than just centOS I can see myself moving right now.

  • by philfreo on 7/9/2009, 6:07 AM

    Interesting post from a competitor (not something you see every day). I've been a ServInt customer for a couple years now and have been extremely happy with what I get and their level of service for $50/month.

  • by cakesy on 7/9/2009, 4:07 AM

    What a joke. So we should now laud companies who take responsibility for messing up? Of course they should take responsibility, this doesn't add anything to the conversation at all. That is the minimum they should do, and something they should be congratulated. Sure, they didn't bury there head in the sands, and deny it all, like Nvidia did with its video card problem, but that should not be encouraged.