Expert 100tb.com Review
Jonathan Griffin. Editor, Hosting Expert, SEO Developer, & SEO Consultant.
“100TB’s VPS servers provide affordable, scalable web hosting solutions for those who want control over every aspect of their server configuration.
Featuring 99.99% network SLA, 24/7 support, and enterprise grade hardware, they offer good reliability and help when you need it. "
- Intel® Xeon CPUs with SSD Storage.
- 24x7x365 support via Email, Live Chat, and Telephone.
- 99.99% Service Level Agreement
- Assistance with migrations.
- Automated server deployment. Multiple Operating Systems available, including Windows, CentOS, and Ubuntu.
- Web Accesss via 100TB console, along with full 100TB API for white-labelling
100TB’s main selling point is the technology behind its hosting, including its network, owned data centers, hardware, security (including DDOS protection) and automation.
Network & Data Centers
100TB’s network is extremely impressive, and because they own seven of their own data centers they have the expertise to back it up. Coupled with their partnership with SoftLayer, they have servers in 27 different locations around the world:
- Over 2.8Tbps global network capacity
- 1Gbps Premium Network with 100TB bandwidth as standard
- Premium, 10Gbps, Volume & Private networks available
- Noction intelligent routing optimization
- Seven 100TB-operated data center facilities in Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and Salt Lake City
- Plus 18 SoftLayer-operated data centers spread across the world
- Multiple Tier 1 bandwidth providers in our ultra-redundant BGP network
Automation
100TB are big on automation, with VPS servers provisioned in seconds. Furthermore, with their Control panel you can transfer, backup, scale and see usage statistics quickly and easily. Here are the highlights:
- On-demand deployment: your service is online in seconds. This includes all aspects such as Load Balancers, Firewalls, private networks.
- Flexibility: Transfer VPS nodes to different server locations.
- Backup: Ability to manage and take multiple backups.
- Scalable: Resize your VMs with automatic triggers or on the fly.
- Analytics: Graphing of CPU, Disk, RAM, Bandwidth & more.
Hardware
They use all the latest and best hardware, including SuperMicro, Intel Xeon CPU’s, Kingston memory, Samsung SSD’s with spares kept on-site for quick maintenance and replacement.
Security
In addition to all the usual security precautions (physical and biometric access requirements), 100TB offer 2-factor authentication, and enterprise grade hardware firewalls. 100TB is no slouch when it comes to protecting its services from DDoS either, with Arbor PeakFlow DDoS Protection. Arbor PeakFlow is an almost real-time DDoS detection system that operates at both the network and application level.
Support
100TB offer 24x7x365 support via email, live chat, and telephone. The also offer a 99.99 percent SLA. It is difficult to guage whether 100TB’s users are satisfied, but the lack of complaints around the web seem promising. Certainly, there are some complaints on their other brands which does not bode well.
Control Panels & Software
As an unmanaged provider, you can install whatever software or control panels you like. On the VPS, and cPanel and Plesk licenses are readily available.
Jonathan Griffin. Editor, Hosting Expert, SEO Developer, & SEO Consultant.
“100tbcom’s Dedicated Servers are available for those who require a high performing, stable hosting environment with no noisy neighbours.
100tbcom are one of the few dedicated hosting specialists who take care of everything for you. Even a novice can use them. Furthermore, if you need a completely custom solution you can utilize their Enterprise hosting to get something designed specifically for your needs. "
- FREE WHM + cPanel Control Panel. Easily create multiple accounts.
- HHVM, HTTP/2, OpCache, Memcached and Railgun. Site Staging, Git.
- Full Management, Monitoring with Proactive response.
- 24/7 VIP Support via phone, chat and ticket.
- Private DNS, with 5 free Dedicated IP’s. IP Tables Firewall.
- Enterprise Intel Xeon Servers - E3-1230, E3-1270 or E5-2630 with SSD Storage.
100TB.com offer a range of bare-metal dedicated servers.
With memory ranging from 16GB to 64 GB, and a choice of HDD storage or SSD in Raid 1, and premium 1Gbps connectivity they offer a good selection of pre-set server configurations. If you need a custom solution, they can help with that too.
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Support
Support Methods
- Ticket support is available via their 100TB Console.
- You can contact them via live chat at any time. If you have an urgent issue, they recommend getting in touch with them via telephone. This ensures your issue is dealt with straight away, rather then entering a ticket queue.
- 100TB have a knowledgebase, which features articles about their console, as well as how-to’s. However, the number of articles is fairly limited. Which is dissapointing.
Response Satisfaction
- 100TB will happily provide many issues, including guidance on server configuration or recommending increased security countermeasures.
- 100TB’s suppoort team is available 24/7 365 days per year.
- They have different management level’s. The response and scope of the support will vary depending on which level you choose. The choices are none, Basic Managed ($19.95pm), and Supreme Support ($69 pm).
Speed
Cutting Edge Technology
- SSD - Solid State Disk storage increases the performance of your website, but decreasing latency, I/O Input and Throughput, as well as increasing reliability.
- Enterprise Grade Hardware - Intel® Xeon CPUs, Kingston® memory, Samsung SSDs
Premium Network
- Premium Network - 1Gbps Premium Network with 100TB bandwidth as standard. 5.9 Tbps Global Network Capacity, and Cisco & Juniper routing equipment.
- Redundant Network - Multiple Tier 1 bandwidth providers are contained within their ultra-redundant BGP network
Uptime
100tb.com promise a 99.99% service level agreement in respect of their Premium Network. They are able to offer such a high SLA due to the built-in redundancy at every level.
The SLA does not apply to scheduled maintenance, software, hardware failure or DDoS attacks, so it excludes the most common causes of downtime. Make of that, what you will.
Value
Typical 100tb.com Prices
Payment methods accepted: Debit \ Credit Cards. PayPal is also available.
100tb.com Hosting Plans
VPS Hosting Plans
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V1-15 [1] | 25 GB | 1 CPU Cores | 0.5 | 2 TB | $5.00 | More Details |
| V2-15 [2] | 25 GB | 1 CPU Cores | 0.5 | 2 TB | $5.00 | More Details |
| V3-15 [3] | 25 GB | 1 CPU Cores | 0.5 | 2 TB | $5.00 | More Details |
| V4-15 | 25 GB | 1 CPU Cores | 0.5 | 2 TB | $5.00 | More Details |
| V5-15 | 25 GB | 1 CPU Cores | 0.5 | 2 TB | $5.00 | More Details |
Notes:
- [1] CentOS requires V2-15 plan, Windows v3-15 Plan minimum
- [2] CentOS requires V2-15 plan, Windows v3-15 Plan minimum
- [3] CentOS , Windows, debian, ubuntu and fedora available on this plan and higher.
Dedicated Hosting Plans
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | Bandwidth | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1-18 | 2 x 1000 GB | 4 Cores x 3.5 GHz | 16 | 20 TB | $99.00 | More Details |
| S1-18 | 2 x 1000 GB | 4 Cores x 3.5 GHz | 16 | 20 TB | $126.00 | More Details |
| M3-18 | 2 x 1000 GB | 4 Cores x 3.8 GHz | 32 | 50 Tb | $148.00 | More Details |
| S3-18 | 2 x 1000 GB | 4 Cores x 3.8 GHz | 32 | 50 TB | $184.00 | More Details |
| M5-18 | 1 x 512 GB | 4 Cores x 3.8 GHz | 32 | 100 TB | $207.00 | More Details |
| S5-18 | 1 x 512 GB | 4 Cores x 3.8 GHz | 32 | 100 TB | $247.00 | More Details |
| D10-18 | 2 x 512 GB | 2 x 10 Cores x 2.2 GHz | 64 | 100 TB | $279.00 | More Details |
| S15-18 | 2x500GB NVME GB | 2 x 8 Cores x 2.1 GHz | 64 | 100 TB | $472.00 | More Details |
Notes:
Frequently asked questions
Does 100TB offer shared hosting?
No. They focus on bare-metal dedicated servers, and VPS servers. All are self-managed, but support is available.
They also promote high quality gaming servers.
Does 100TB own their own data centers?
They own data centers in Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and Salt Lake City. They have partnered with SoftLayer to offer servers in 28 other locations worldwide.
Can I choose where the server is located, and will it cost more in certain places?
There is no extra charge for servers in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. Not all servers are available in each location, and pricing may vary for other locations.
Is 100TB owned by EIG?
No. They are part of the UK2 Group that also own UK2.net, Midphase, Resell.biz, Westhost, Virtual Internet, and VPS.net.
Can I customize the dedicated server configuration?
Yes. You can specify Hardware RAID, Management level, Memory
What control panel will be provided with my account?
100tb.com use a custom control panel for their dedicated server hosting that allow you to do the following:
- Manage and monitor your services
- Increase security on your account
- Upgrade your services & purchase add-ons such as ssl certificates.
- Instantly provision all services from the control panel, including V{S hosting, cloud server hosting, reseller hosting, Bare Metal Servers, Private Cloud, Backups, Server Monitoring, Load Balancers, Firewalls and more. Remember to check back here for 100tb.com coupon codes before adding new services!
- Provide usage statistics
- Submit support tickets.
In addition, they offer an API that allows you to fully automate deployments of their 100tb dedicated servers.
Jonathan Griffin Editor, SEO Consultant, & Developer.
Jonathan Griffin is The Webmaster's Editor & CEO, managing day-to-day editorial operations across all our publications. Jonathan writes about Development, Hosting, and SEO topics for The Webmaster and The Search Review with more than nine years of experience. Jonathan also manages his own SEO consultancy, offering SEO developer services. He is an expert on site-structure, strategy, Schema, AMP, and technical SEO. You can find Jonathan on Twitter as @thewebmastercom.