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The boxes with lots of disk and memory are much more expensive when rented vs buying. SSDs are super expensive to rent, for example. I made a Skylake Xeon sys
by mozumder 10y ago
The boxes with lots of disk and memory are much more expensive when rented vs buying. SSDs are super expensive to rent, for example.
I made a Skylake Xeon system with all enterprise components for $2k. You can't even rent Skylake Xeons anywhere right now.
- amazon_not 10y agoI've never had problems ordering custom hardware from my dedicated server providers. At worst, all I've had to do is pay a one-time fee for a particular component. SSDs have never been a problem. Neither has any Intel CPU. It of course depends on your provider. Rent vs buy depends a lot on the circumstances. Maybe if your requirements don't change and you don't upgrade your server hardware it's cheaper in the long run to buy. However, when I've kept a server for more than a year, I've always been able to negotiate a discount. You didn't post your config, so I can't tell how exotic your requirements are.