WiredTree’s Grove CP August 10, 2008
Posted by Jonathan in : Hosting, Internet, Other, Webmaster , trackbackI recently purchased the dedicated server I said I’d lease from WiredTree, and as previously I had two VPS’ with them, however I’m moving all accounts to the dedicated server so I’ll be cancelling the VPS’ which is why I initially bought the server. Though apart from explaining myself, I’m posting this as I wanted to show everyone the features inside WIredTree’s Grove control panel.
Firstly is their monitoring tab, from where you can monitor all the services you have with them. Such as bandwidth usage, statistics regarding how much RAM you are using, CPU, load average and SWAP. Server status also shows whether your services are up or down, e.g. httpd, smtp, dns, ping, pop3 and imap. So you are wondering what the IPMI metrics are all about? IPMI metrics feature in Grove is outstanding, you can remotetly monitor the heat of your dedicated server, the voltage and even the fan speeds. Click here for a small preview of my dedicated server IPMI metrics!
To make this detailed, I will post screenshots of what each of the above look like. Just click on any of the following text links and the images will be pretty self explanitory however please do post if you want more information on whatever tab/service.
IPMI metrics
Monitoring Configuration
Server Statistics
Bandwidth Usage
Server Status
There is also a remote boot, for all dedicated servers which is included free as I didn’t have to pay for it. However this feature is just great and I love the “Grove” control panel, it’s a great feature if your server or if one of your server services go down. Generally I’d contact WiredTree and they would fix it or they would automatically fix it for me. Here is a screenshot of what the remote boot looks like: (It’s nothing fancy, but then it doesn’t have to be.) - Though all these features I’m showing you are all a part of their website.
On the main page of Grove, they have this:
I hate this personally. No, not that they have the above in the main page of “Grove”, but that Plesk is actually winning, I voted DirectAdmin obviously and I hope they add it, as I’d love to play around with it and plus that it’s cheaper by a couple dollars now I think that cPanel increased prices on their VPS Optmized version of cPanel. 
*(I think all the DirectAdmin lovers with WiredTree should go on a hunger strike if Plesk wins outside the WiredTree office holding up boards saying “We love DirectAdmin”.) Yes I’m a little far fetched towards this!
Moving on…
They also have a DNS feature:
Now this is probably something you won’t find in your hosts WHMCS support/billing desk! It’s some pretty advanced stuff for newbies however it’s just like what your domain registrar provides in terms of editing DNS. IP Request Form comes handy once in a while, especially with the free hosting service that I provide, as I do get the occasional spammers however they are delt with usually when we of course find out they are spamming. - Though our system is pretty complex to get hosting from us which doesn’t exactly invite spammers.
That is it for now as I’m quite bored, so I thought I’d post some of the amazing features that WiredTree provide. Did I also mention their support? That is one amazing feature to have. You have replies from them in minutes and they are actually from humans not audited - automatic replies. To addon to this, I have opened at least 80 tickets with them and they have all been replied in a timely manner on average of around 10 minutes per ticket to under 1 minutes for a couple tickets or a 25% ticket reply rate. My favourite quote which I like to say about them: “They don’t just tell you the story, they tell you how it functions” which is exactly what they do! - Their staff are also pretty friendly and I have got quite acquainted with them.
So why do I recommend them so much on
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To quite frankly answer that question, why not? I’ve explained it all above and I’ve given reviews. I’ve been with them for over 8 months now (I believe around the 10 month period which I’ve been with them) and they have provided an outstanding service. I’ve gone from LayeredTech, Jewlzk, Softlayer, Burst, PC-CORE to the almighty WiredTree and they have been the best dedicated/vps provider I have EVER come across. It is literally the perfect service and as always, if there were a company I’d buy with such high stature and praise from myself it would be WiredTree! I also believe that if you come across a gem, you should share it and they are a total gem in this market and they need to be heard as the service they provide is … amazing in all ways.
Check their website out: WiredTree.com for more information! Yes, these guys host this blog!
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