Combell vs others
Handy overview of all the differences
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Compare us to other providers |
Combell |
Quality Hoster |
Low cost hoster |
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| Data centre | |||
| Quality of the data centre | Tier 3+ and 4 | Tier 3 | Tier 1 or 2 |
| Multiple data centres | |||
| Personal space in the data centre | |||
| Personal cabling in the data centre | |||
| Network | |||
| Network speed | Extremely fast Minimum 20 Gbit/s on the core network |
Good | OK |
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In-house data centre engineers for quick on-site interventions |
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| 24/7 monitoring by a NOC team | |||
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Isolated network for access and storage |
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BGP network your data traffic automatically chooses the fastest route to the Internet |
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Our own MPLS backbone provides scalability and flexibility |
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Direct access to AMS-IX with our own edge routers in this European node in Amsterdam |
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| Internet connection | Multiple providers | Multiple providers | A single provider |
| Bandwidth to the Internet | Extremely high (10 x 10 Gbit) | Good | Bad |
| Technology | |||
| Hardware | Major brands with guarantees | Major brands | Low-cost minor brands |
| In-house stock with spare parts | |||
| Virtualisation technology | Premium - VMware | Premium | Open source |
| Guarantees on virtualisation technology | |||
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HA - High Availability handles hardware failures |
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DRS avoids problems by proactively balancing the load |
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VMotion allows to perform maintenance tasks on the virtualisation platform with no downtime |
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| Storage | SSD + Enterprise NetApp | SSD Accelerated | Local storage |
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NetApp Redundant cluster for storage |
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| Operating systems | Linux and Windows | Linux and Windows | Linux |
| Security | |||
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External validation of the security processes |
ISO 9001 - ISO 27001 | ||
| Protected against DDoS attacks | Optional | ||
| Shared firewall | Free 10 Gbit Juniper firewall | Optional | |
| Dedicated Firewall | Optional | ||
| Support | |||
| 24/7 support in your own language | |||
| Support provided by experts | Directly on the line | Directly on the line | |
| Technical knowledge | Everyone in the team has a strong level of knowledge |
Part of the team has a strong level of knowledge |
Limited knowledge often outsourced |
| Support up to the OS | |||
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DevOps team optimises the code of your application |
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| Contact options | E-mail and free phone | E-mail and phone | E-mail or chat |
| Account management | Personal account manager | ||
| Range | |||
| SLA service level agreement | With recovery waiting times guaranteed by high penalties |
With response waiting times without recovery guarantee |
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| Complex server solutions | Everything is possible thanks to our extensive expertise |
Many things are possible but depend on in-house knowledge |
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Siegfried Deleyn
Managed hosting specialist