I just had to write this review of minecraftserverhost.net in no way do I work for them, I just have a server with them and I want to let everyone know how well they are.
Previously I had been with Hazenet and 123systems and at first they were okay. I had absolutely no lag the first few days or so. After that it quickly went downhill from there. Server was unplayable. Took weeks to get a response from support tickets and when they did respond it would literally say "We will look into it." I don't want to get too far into those servers and my purpose here is to review minecraftserverhost.
From the very start I spoke with minerdave on these forums for over an hour just getting information on their service. He helped me with every question and their response was pretty quick. Soon after I made the decision to switch over to them. They helped me with just about every thing from installing updates to addons. Even took the time to write some simple guides to help me out in the future. They've spent more time working on my server then I have been paying them and I feel their service may seem a little pricey, but with the quality service they provide it's absolutely more then worth it. They will even take the time to log into your server and make sure everything is working correctly.
As far as I know they only run minecraft servers as well as having their own. So they actually have experience in running a minecraft server and no what they are doing as opposed to other providers that just provide a server and the rest is up to you.
Another thing I'd like to add. With the experience I've had with other providers I thought that having a ton of ram was necessary, I didn't know how much overselling would have an impact on that so it made me a little hesitant to go from 6gb(old provider) of ram down to 2gb (new provider) with the new provider. I thought that it would be extremely laggy with the downgrade. When I moved to minecraftserverhost, I'm able to load over 10 different plugins with bukkit and have over 20+ people on the server and still have no lag.
If your looking for a server with excellent service I recommend these guys. Just give them a try. I guarantee you wont be disappointed and I stand by that.
The new server is now online and we are once again adding clients.
Here are the new server specs, we have put together another killer server :smile.gif:
"Billy"
dual intel xeon 5620's
32GB ram
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We have a new special which will run until March 8th.
What RAM configuration are you using? The dual 5620 processor requires triple channel. You can't do triple channel with 32GB ram.
Also, what RAID controller are you using and what datacenter is it in?
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What RAM configuration are you using? The dual 5620 processor requires triple channel. You can't do triple channel with 32GB ram.
Also, what RAID controller are you using and what datacenter is it in?
This post is for promoting our services, if you have questions like this, please pm/email me, but I don't disclose these types of details to our competitors to be honest.
First of Support: 15 out of 10 i had one of the support team ether wake up or stay awake to help my fix my problem :biggrin.gif:
dave has allways been kind even loves our server due to its unquie spawn point out 2 mega builds :biggrin.gif:! they seam to put 150% into support and they listen :biggrin.gif: and if you want to run a diffrent server verison to what u recommend they sayd go right ahead :happy.gif: :biggrin.gif: (read the terms and agreements on that) and i kinda did confuse dave today when i asked him for a restart he thought i ment reload and offerd it for free as a 1 time only thing (didnt need it tho :biggrin.gif:)
Servers: so id give it a 7/10 We have had a few crash's due to our admins being bad boys and doing big commands i run a fair few plugins minor lag If your going to run a server with animals and monsters make sure u get Mobcontrol or ur server will die and lag in the bum i love the Free control of the server if u dont want mcmyadmin you dont have to run it u can upload ur own version of craftbukkit or witch ever version u want to use the full ssh access as well besides a few commands being blocked for safety i would recommend getting the redstone package tho and limiting it to 20 users they need to offer some more ram for there packages just dosnt seam like enough imo 1.5gig ram is the bare minimum
Price's: 5/10 are fairly high but for the bandwidth and servers it could be better but a bit more ram allowance would even the price out but im from australia and i get barly any lag even when we have 20 people on the server
Overall 6 out of 10 id recommend other people to these guys if they upped there ram allowance per server no other problems besides that.
Hey madogi, thanks for your review. Unfortunately we don't have any control over the quailty of Bukkit and how it performs at this point. I will point out your node and vps itself have been running flawlessly.
Our prices may be higher than some of the other budget hosts out there but we only use top quality hardware and we put a minimum amount of clients on each server. Honestly we tried offering cheap hosting when we first started and it's just not worth it in the end.
I have to agree. I am starting to see these effects and we are looking to offer some sort of Premium Server. Better specs etc. But too many people want cheap servers, not quality.
Yeah that would be a good move. As for the cheap servers, I'm hoping the budget bandwagon will blow over. All these fly by night hosts working for 10 cents an hour aren't helping that too much.
I have to agree. I am starting to see these effects and we are looking to offer some sort of Premium Server. Better specs etc. But too many people want cheap servers, not quality.
Yeah that would be a good move. As for the cheap servers, I'm hoping the budget bandwagon will blow over. All these fly by night hosts working for 10 cents an hour aren't helping that too much.
I don't see it blowing over. People want cheap. They will be disappointed when the company oversells/closes in a month.
For the few months I have been around the Minecraft forums I have seen this occur too many times and can not stress how important it is to choose a stable and established provider.
That's okay don't worry about it. You guys both have good points and sadly yes, I guess your right the cheap thing probably won't blow over, I thought things would be different because this game is so resource intensive, but I was wrong. Being I've been hosting for quite a few years I should have realized it was just a matter of time before the bargin-bin hosts tried to get a piece of the action. I guess people just have to make a choice, do they want to go cheap or go for quality?
That's okay don't worry about it. You guys both have good points and sadly yes, I guess your right the cheap thing probably won't blow over, I thought things would be different because this game is so resource intensive, but I was wrong. Being I've been hosting for quite a few years I should have realized it was just a matter of time before the bargin-bin hosts tried to get a piece of the action. I guess people just have to make a choice, do they want to go cheap or go for quality?
Sorry for getting a little off topic but some have to realize quality usually never comes at a cheap cost and we've seen those results everywhere in our day to day lives, including the Minecraft forums.
dont get me wrong i wont change off minecraft server host there servers are good id prolly like to see a bit more ram allocated to each server to help balance it out and run smoother
Just an update: Our current sale prices will go until Monday night. We currently are at 85% capacity, we may be sold out by the weekend, so order today :smile.gif:
Update: Currently we have about 7 slots available for sale. We are extending our current sale prices until this Friday. We will be launching our dedicated server offerings for larger scale servers very soon.
Hello everyone!
I just had to write this review of minecraftserverhost.net in no way do I work for them, I just have a server with them and I want to let everyone know how well they are.
Previously I had been with Hazenet and 123systems and at first they were okay. I had absolutely no lag the first few days or so. After that it quickly went downhill from there. Server was unplayable. Took weeks to get a response from support tickets and when they did respond it would literally say "We will look into it." I don't want to get too far into those servers and my purpose here is to review minecraftserverhost.
From the very start I spoke with minerdave on these forums for over an hour just getting information on their service. He helped me with every question and their response was pretty quick. Soon after I made the decision to switch over to them. They helped me with just about every thing from installing updates to addons. Even took the time to write some simple guides to help me out in the future. They've spent more time working on my server then I have been paying them and I feel their service may seem a little pricey, but with the quality service they provide it's absolutely more then worth it. They will even take the time to log into your server and make sure everything is working correctly.
As far as I know they only run minecraft servers as well as having their own. So they actually have experience in running a minecraft server and no what they are doing as opposed to other providers that just provide a server and the rest is up to you.
Another thing I'd like to add. With the experience I've had with other providers I thought that having a ton of ram was necessary, I didn't know how much overselling would have an impact on that so it made me a little hesitant to go from 6gb(old provider) of ram down to 2gb (new provider) with the new provider. I thought that it would be extremely laggy with the downgrade. When I moved to minecraftserverhost, I'm able to load over 10 different plugins with bukkit and have over 20+ people on the server and still have no lag.
If your looking for a server with excellent service I recommend these guys. Just give them a try. I guarantee you wont be disappointed and I stand by that.
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chilldy: Thank you for your very detailed review, we are glad you are happy so far and we'll aim to keep up the great service/performance.
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What RAM configuration are you using? The dual 5620 processor requires triple channel. You can't do triple channel with 32GB ram.
Also, what RAID controller are you using and what datacenter is it in?
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This post is for promoting our services, if you have questions like this, please pm/email me, but I don't disclose these types of details to our competitors to be honest.
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Thanks for the compliment :smile.gif: We'll aim to keep up the good service and support!
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dave has allways been kind even loves our server due to its unquie spawn point out 2 mega builds :biggrin.gif:! they seam to put 150% into support and they listen :biggrin.gif: and if you want to run a diffrent server verison to what u recommend they sayd go right ahead :happy.gif: :biggrin.gif: (read the terms and agreements on that) and i kinda did confuse dave today when i asked him for a restart he thought i ment reload and offerd it for free as a 1 time only thing (didnt need it tho :biggrin.gif:)
Servers: so id give it a 7/10 We have had a few crash's due to our admins being bad boys and doing big commands i run a fair few plugins minor lag If your going to run a server with animals and monsters make sure u get Mobcontrol or ur server will die and lag in the bum i love the Free control of the server if u dont want mcmyadmin you dont have to run it u can upload ur own version of craftbukkit or witch ever version u want to use the full ssh access as well besides a few commands being blocked for safety i would recommend getting the redstone package tho and limiting it to 20 users they need to offer some more ram for there packages just dosnt seam like enough imo 1.5gig ram is the bare minimum
Price's: 5/10 are fairly high but for the bandwidth and servers it could be better but a bit more ram allowance would even the price out but im from australia and i get barly any lag even when we have 20 people on the server
Overall 6 out of 10 id recommend other people to these guys if they upped there ram allowance per server no other problems besides that.
Cheers
Madogi
Our prices may be higher than some of the other budget hosts out there but we only use top quality hardware and we put a minimum amount of clients on each server. Honestly we tried offering cheap hosting when we first started and it's just not worth it in the end.
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Yeah that would be a good move. As for the cheap servers, I'm hoping the budget bandwagon will blow over. All these fly by night hosts working for 10 cents an hour aren't helping that too much.
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For the few months I have been around the Minecraft forums I have seen this occur too many times and can not stress how important it is to choose a stable and established provider.
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Sorry for getting a little off topic but some have to realize quality usually never comes at a cheap cost and we've seen those results everywhere in our day to day lives, including the Minecraft forums.
madogi: we'll see what I can conjure up, it does boil down to my price per gb of ram though.
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