✔ Sola Drive review

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SolaDrive started being active in 2009 and became a popular online presence in 2010 as a provider of virtual private servers and dedicated servers. SolaDrive offers hosting solutions for small and medium-sized companies.

With more than 12 years in the hosting industry, SolaDrive has provided services for over 5,000 customers in 65 countries. As mentioned previously, SolaDrive offers VPS and dedicated servers, as well as colocation.

Powered by enterprise grade hardware, VPS servers run on Linux / Windows OS. Fully managed Linux servers are based on XEN virtualization technology with 1Gbps VPS network speed port. Security is guaranteed through DDoS protection and free SSL certificates. Running on high-end Supermicro nodes, customers benefit from daily and weekly offsite backups.

Dedicated servers come with Cloudflare CDN (helping cache static content and reduce latency). These servers are based on KVM virtualization and customers have the flexibility to customize the server they want.

💰 Price & Cost

Given the number of features and add-ons that automatically come included in the hosting solutions, SolaDrive offers affordable pricing rates.

The company accepts credit/debit cards (VISA, Discover, MasterCard), as well as PayPal. The good news is that they provide a 30-day refund policy which offers customers the possibility to get their money back if they are not happy with their purchase.

⌛ Reliability

Unlike the majority of companies that guarantee the average 99.9% uptime availability, SolaDrive promises 100% uptime backed by SLA.

🏢 Data Center

The company is based in Buffalo, New York. Other than the main office, the company has multiple locations. The following technical specifications come along with their data centers:

• Buffalo, New York: in compliance with SAS 70 Type II, minimum N+1 on systems, 2 power utility feeders and 4 power transformers, redundant network, powered by Cisco Catalyst Distribution switches;

• Los Angeles, California: utilizing L.A. Telecom Center, suite equipped with 2 x 150 KvA UPS battery backup units, redundant brocade XMR 4000 Edge Routing, powered by Cisco Catalyst Distribution switches and Cisco Catalyst 2950/3750 access switches;

• Seattle, Washington: with multiple 13.5 kV feeds, multiple transformer vaults – 480V 3 phase, 2N redundancy facility wide, carrier neutral facility with more than 200 carriers and multiple fully diverse underground main points of entry;

• Coventry, UK: in compliance with SAS 70, two redundant high voltage power system, two redundant UPS, latest technology N+1 evaporative cooling system, 100Gbps onsite connectivity, multiple ranges of fiber providers sitting miles from DC, premium Cisco hardware with redundant topology;

• Singapore: N+1 standby power redundancy, Cat5e/6, COAX and Fiber cross-connects, fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10Gigabit Ethernet; (Source: https://www.soladrive.com/datacenter )

✍️ Customer Support

Tech support can be accessed on phone, e-mail, ticketing system of live chat. They claim that average support response takes around 10 minutes. There are quite a number of positive reviews regarding their fast response time.

Self-support is also provided as customers have the possibility to access an FAQ section and a knowledgebase.

🔨 Control Panel

Servers can be controlled via cPanel although it is not mandatory for server management given the fact that there are other alternatives. Dedicated servers come with IPMI – a control panel equipped with management features. Windows VPS servers are controlled via SolusVM control panel.

🎯 Conclusion

The company offers affordable prices, well-equipped hosting solutions, a 30-day money-back guarantee and 100% uptime guarantee.

One disadvantage for some customers might be the fact that there are no shared hosting services available at SolaDrive. Overall, SolaDrive is recommended for customers looking for reasonably priced VPS/dedicated servers.

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Los Angeles Buffalo Seattle Coventry Singapore

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