RackForce is one of North America's fastest growing privately held Hosting Service Providers (HSP).
RackForce provides wholesale server rentals to e-businesses, application providers and hosting resellers. Unlike many so called competitors, RackForce operates its own fully equipped state-of-the-art data centers and servers.
The first of RackForce's data centers was built in the heart of Canada's "Silicon Vineyard" technology center and opened for business in late 2001 and the second data center went online in early 2003. RackForce's third data center went live in late 2005 and data centers four and five currently in the planning stages.
Rackforce has pioneered and brought to market many innovative hosting solutions and technologies including:
Dynamic Dedicated Servers (DDS) - RackForce's proprietary DDS servers took VPS to a new level through their scalability model - the ability to seamlessly migrate from entry level to a dual Xeon fully dedicated servers with virtually no downtime and zero cost.
Unmetered Bandwidth - manage your costs through the predictability of a fixed monthly charge for bandwidth consumption.
Instant Activation - means you can get started right away!
RackForce owns and operates multiple state-of-the-art data centers on the West-Coast of Canada. This strategic western North-American location gives RackForce customers the advantages of:
Dual grid hydro electric power - Two power sources means no risk of grid failures or massive power outages as seen in California and on the east coast of Canada and US.
Multiple gigabit backbone connections - Redundant carriers and ultrafast routing
Very low earthquake risk - Extremely low risk of catastrophic loss of operations.
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This section provides some background information for RackForce.
Year Established: 2001
Legal Structure: Corporation
# of Office Locations: 1
# of Employees: Unknown
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Description: RackForce rents Windows and Linux dedicated and virtual servers for web hosting, applications and more. Its Dynamic Dedicated Server model allows you to migrate to larger servers with no migration costs. Just pay as you grow.
Online Since: 28-Feb-2002
Alexa Site Rank: 86817
Page Load Time: 5985 - Slower Sites 11%
Inbound Links: 77
Other Known Domains: n-01.net, software995.com, rackforce.net, worldspec.org
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This section provides an insight into the billing policies for RackForce.
Money Back Guarantee: See Website
Billing Cycle/Options:• Monthly
Payment Method(s):• Visa • MasterCard • PayPal
Miscellaneous Fees
Additional IP #'s: 13 IP's w/Private Subnet $10.00 Monthly CDN
Additional Databases: NA
OVERAGE FEES: The prices below are charged for exceeding the monthly hosting plan limit.
Bandwidth Charge: Unmetered Bandwidth
Disk Space: Unknown
HOURLY BILLING RATE: This hourly billing rate is for support/administrative duties that are outside of the normal service plan (such as reinstalling the operating system, custom work, etc.).
ACCOUNT REACTIVATION FEE: If your account is suspended (for nonpayment, returned payment, etc.) this is the fee you'll have to pay.
Reactivation Fee: Unknown
BACKUP RESTORATION FEE: If your website files are corrupt and must be restored from the providers backup, this is the fee you'll have to pay to restore your website.
Below are the web hosting configurations that RackForce can provide you with.
Feature Summary:• 24x7x365 Network Monitoring • Certified Support Engineers • Dedicated IP Address(s) • Fantastico Script Support • Unmetered Bandwidth Available • Subdomain Support • FTP Access • PHP Support • ASP Support • Firewall Protection
Customer Support Options:• 24x7x365 Toll-Free Phone Support • Ticket-Based Help Desk • Knowledgebase (FAQ) • Instruction Manuals (online) • Support Forums • Flash Video Tutorials
System Platform(s): • Unix/Linux • Windows
Uptime Guarantee: 99.99% Uptime ?
Type of Hosting:• Dedicated Servers• VPS (virtual private server)
Serving/Managing: Over 2,300 Customers Worldwide
# of Data Center Locations: 3
Own The Data Center(s): Yes
Data Center Location(s): Kelowna, BC Canada
Operating System(s):• CentOS • Windows Server 2003 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • FreeBSD
Control Panel(s) Offered:• cPanel • cPanel with WebHost Manager (WHM) • Plesk for Linux • Plesk for Windows • Ensim Pro for Windows
From time to time, web hosting provider's may offer a special discount or include free extras to encourage you to try their service. These freebees may include; no setup charge, extra memory, more bandwidth, or even a free 2nd hard drive.
Shown below are the current special(s) that RackForce is offering.
Shared Hosting Coupon
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Current Offer: No Shared Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
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Current Offer: No Dedicated/VPS Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
Dedicated Server Coupon
Coupon Expires: 00/00/0000
Current Offer: No Dedicated/VPS Hosting Coupon Available Redemption Notes/Instructions:
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