GoDaddy dedicated hosting may not have been the original a la carte web hosting provider, but over the years they've managed to become the seminal one. Giving customers the ultimate in freedom to choose exactly what features they want and need is only part of it. They've also priced each a la carte element so generously that, once you fill up your shopping cart, the self-designed plan you've come up with is still competitively affordable.
What's more, Go Daddy is renowned for its eminently accessible and down-to-earth customer support team. With their dedicated hosting offerings, GoDaddy dedicated hosting takes its "have-it-your-way" approach to an entirely new, and inspired, level.
With GoDaddy, you can not only take their "pre-configured" dedicated server plans but they also offer a unique "Build to Order" custom dedicated server that allows you to pick and choose the options that you want in your dedicated server. Whichever option or options you choose, rest assured your GoDaddy dedicated hosting server will offer the performance and reliability you are looking for. You've got the backing of one of the most stable and popular hosting providers around. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1Mw1Adrk0
Dedicated server customers generally want control, flexibility and options – but no hassle. If these are your criteria, check out GoDaddy dedicated hosting. You won't regret it.
Unique Benefits
- Exclusive 20% off select dedicated hosting packages!
- Build your own plans starting as low as $84.59 per month
- No long-term contracts required. GoDaddy is willing to prove their servers are the right solution by offering month-to-month billing.
- Managed hosting (which they call the Assisted Service Plan) is also available, offering complete setup and select ongoing monitoring and maintenance
- Fast efficient setup - your server is fully functional in hours.
Key Features
- Free, fast setup
- Choice of Operating Linux: CentOS (4 or 5) or Red Hat Fedora 7, Linux: Red Hat Enterprise (4 or 5), Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, Windows Server 2003 Std Edition, Windows Server 2008 Web Edition, Windows Server 2008 Std Edition
- Choice of Processor: Celeron® 2.0GHz, Pentium® 4w/HT - 3.0GHz, Core 2 Duo - 2.13 GHz, Core 2 Duo - 2.66 GHz, Quad-Core - 2.5 GHz, Quad-Core - 2.83 GHz
- Choice of Control Panel: Simple Control Panel unlimited domains, Plesk (30, 100, or unlimited domains), or cPanel unlimited domains depending on the plan you choose.
- Optional Bandwidth Overage Protection - temporarily suspends your account rather than charges you for additional bandwidth over your allotted amount until and unless you purchase additional bandwidth or the next monthly cycle begins.
- TippingPoint Intrusion Protection Systems - scans incoming data packets to identify and block those that are harmful.
- Free SSL certificate - up to 256-bit encryption and 99.9% browser recognition
- Free Google AdWords credit
- Red Hat Fedora Core 4 Linux-based OS with 3 dedicated IPs
- Virtual Dedicated Servers also available
- 24/7 FTP access
Editors' Comments
If you are looking for a safe, reliable solution for multi-domain hosting, then Go Daddy might just be the ticket. GoDaddy is growing exponentially in the dedicated server space as customers take advantage of their extreme buying power and quality customer service. If you host multiple domains or are looking to run a virtual hosting company that you should seriously consider GoDaddy. Considering that with your standard pre-configured server plans, you also get licenses for Plesk or Cpanel, how can you go wrong if you are looking at being your own little GoDaddy? Support is excellent and you do get 24x7 email and telephone support.
From their beginnings as a dominant provider of Domain Registrar services, GoDaddy has now put a great deal of attention over to the web hosting side of their business and we can see why GoDaddy is becoming one of the fastest growing dedicated server companies on the planet.
Uptime Guarantee
Go Daddy offers a 99.9% uptime guarantee on its hosting services.
Basics - What you need to know
DataCenter
GoDaddy’s world class, 30,000+ square foot data center boasts an Ethernet backbone that's DWDM powered, multi-10 Gbit and includes a Multi-Protocol Label Switching/Virtual Private Network to engineer traffic and virtualize connections between networks that are isolated from one another. Your dedicated server will be connected with full Border Gateway Protocol router peering to multiple diverse upstream providers, giving you access to a total of 9 Gbps of Tier-1 level bandwidth.
Power Management
GoDaddy promises full network redundancy and fully redundant (N+1) power with utility power provided through diverse streams and conditioned through redundant uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). Plus they have enough diesel backup generators and fuel to run the entire facility for a week or more.
Physical Security
The facilities are monitored by trained security staff 24/7/365 as well as integrated monitoring and dedicated prevention systems that alert the Network Operating Center of the status of all critical power, atmospheric, server, and network parameters as well as ensures that the building's perimeter stays secure. There are ample air conditioning and fire detection and suppression systems in place throughout. Locked cages secure all equipment. The facilities are continually monitored with video surveillance equipment and they utilize multiple Biometric methods (fingerprint, retinal scan) for entry.
Server Access by Customer
Physical Access: No physical access to the server
Root Access: You may install and run anything you want on the server that doesn't violate your licensing agreement.
Service Offerings
Standard Support
If the source of the technical problem you are experiencing lies within systems or technology under our exclusive management, no charge will apply.
Assisted Support Plan
For $99.99 per month (per server) GoDaddy’s Assisted Service Plan is a dedicated server option that shifts the responsibility of set up, monitoring, backup, maintenance, security, and patching of your dedicated server to GoDaddy’s server support team. With Assisted Service Plan, custom support services are also available for an hourly rate. Assisted Service Plan dedicated servers remove your root/system-level access but allow control over all other aspects of your dedicated server.
Assisted Service Plan dedicated servers use Plesk control panel. Windows versions run the Windows Server 2003 Standard or Web operating systems. Linux versions run Red Hat Fedora Core 4. Assisted Service Plan can be purchased with or added to a dedicated server.
Custom Support Options
Extended Support Services are also available through GoDaddy, such as Script troubleshooting, Kernel Modifications, Advanced scripting/web programming help, OS Hardening, IPTables updates, Custom software configuration, PHP/SQL version changes, etc. for $49.99 per half hour of technician time (time quoted in advance of work).
Security and Updates
Host-based security includes GoDaddy automatically scanning and cleansing all emails for viruses and an in-depth monitoring around the clock ensuring that all systems are secure.
Firewall
The Plesk control panel includes a software firewall you could install. Otherwise you may install any software Firewall you wish on your dedicated server. A Cisco PIX 501 external hardware Firewall, good for up to 10-active hosts, can be added for $29.99/month.
Backup Services
GoDaddy dedicated hosting offers hardened operating system builds and optional monthly FTP backups of 20 GB, 100 GB, or Unlimited (up to your own total storage) are available at extra cost.
Customer Profiles
- Gaming sites
- Virtual hosting companies
- Any traffic-heavy sites
- Multiple domain hosting
Customer Testimonials
"How lucky did we get? Bob Parsons was actually at the 2006 telethon to make a generous donation on behalf of GoDaddy, when our website (that was not hosted by Go Daddy) crashed. Even though our staff had prepared for the increase in traffic, our provider let us down. Luckily, Bob jumped right in, created a Web site at Go Daddy that viewers could visit to continue making online donations. In fact, online donations this year topped last year by 635 percent! We decided then and there to move our website over to GoDaddy.
“The Arizona Humane Society hosts the highest-grossing pet telethon in the United States. Our Web site just has to work. Now that we're at Go Daddy, we have the peace of mind that it will be up and running every day, 24/7/365. Thanks Go Daddy."
- Cheryl Naumann, President & CEO, Arizona Humane Society