does data center location matter?

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Posted by mihalw, 07-10-2004, 08:04 PM
hi I need a fast & reliable (that's the most important!) hosting for my clients. Having searched some companies I can see that MOST of them have data centers located in US. I'm from Europe though and have some doubts - whether choosing US company is a good idea? Hosting needs to be really fast and 100% sure. Does anyone from Europe use EXTENSIVELY US company as a reseller? Does your clients feel the difference? greetz from Poland, mike
Posted by eddy2099, 07-10-2004, 08:09 PM
Well, it depends on the contents. If it is just basic web hosting, the difference could be a second or two lapse but mostly un-noticable. If you are hosting game servers or streaming media then the issue of latency may come into play.
Posted by Shoey, 07-10-2004, 08:14 PM
I have a european company and my servers are in the US. No problems... Rackcheck.co.uk has great offers in Europe, I will try them soon.
Posted by mihalw, 07-11-2004, 09:23 AM
Well, I'm using surpasshosting.com at the moment and it's a little slow actually. It feels when using email and ftp, less with web pages. I'm still searching for a reliable host in Europe. Thanks for Rackcheck.co.uk, but they offer only dedicated, I need some reselling host for now. thanks for answers, Mike
Posted by crucialx, 07-11-2004, 09:45 AM
Connections between US and Europe are fairly good (so i hear), some data centers are not very reliable (for exampel managed.com). Others are quite reliable. Managed.com at one stage had outages of nearly a day at a time, this is something to take into consideration.
Posted by Akagi, 07-11-2004, 09:47 AM
Maybe try ABOVENet? Think it's very reliable...
Posted by InSite, 07-11-2004, 09:48 AM
In the US, NAC has an excellent connection to the UK and Europe, definitely the best ping / capacity we have found. However, if you are on a fast connection such as broadband, you'll notice a good improvement on sites hosting nearer to home.
Posted by Shaw Networks, 07-11-2004, 06:40 PM
As long as the datacenter has good connectivity through their bandwidth providers you shouldn't have too much of a problem.
Posted by Akagi, 07-12-2004, 05:26 AM
not only is the connectivity important, the reliability of the datacenter is very important as well. Im not saying about the uptime/downtime. It's whether the particular DC is trustable. I've heard a lot of stories about DC just taking away people's server for strange reasons. Just some thoughts. Dont wanna pinpoint any DC though
Posted by wheimeng, 07-12-2004, 06:04 AM
We are in the Asia and only noticed a lil different in page response, other than that, its all good. Do you find yahoo.com slow?
Posted by Anomium, 07-12-2004, 09:30 AM
Datacenter location is not the primary factor. You have to take more things into consideration: support speed and quality, not overloaded servers, reliability, reviews (e.g. on WHT, etc.). I wouldn't choose European host with poor support just because its datacenter is closer. I think it is hard to find very good and cheap reseller in Europe (with servers located in Europe).
Posted by Teessider, 07-12-2004, 11:19 AM
Hi mihalw I run four sites from servers in the US, and as far as speed is concerned, I have no problems. I am based int he UK and all my visitors to two of my sites are UK visitors. The only things to consider are support - don't forget that with time differences, support isn't always available when you would expect. All in all, I have not had many problems using a US based provider. I certainly think the cost savings outweigh the problems as it is over half the price!!