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In my experience a dedicated server will be cheaper most of the time. I'm using Hetzner for most of my customers (small & medium-size companies) and for several
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
In my experience a dedicated server will be cheaper most of the time.
I'm using Hetzner for most of my customers (small & medium-size companies) and for several services offered by Amazon a dedicated solution is just cheaper. I always calculate the prices beforehand for several scenarios and self hosting scenarios are almost invariably cheaper (storage, computing etc.).
This does NOT mean it's better. Hetzner's servers are in Europe, they're not infallible (but usually they replace the hardware within 30 minutes or so), you need more time for the initial setup than with AWS, and obviously you can't scale them up in the same way. However, they're cheaper.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoMarginally cheaper? In the statistical sense - each one is physically cheaper. But if you count managing them yourself, backing them up, fixing them when they break? Count the room they take in your house/office? If you have enough, count the salary of the person hired to install/manage them as you expand?
- dvfjsdhgfv 9y agoMy experience is that you need a competent person in each case - whether the data is stored in S3 or on a dedicated server, whether you use EC2 instances or doing the job on your own server. For something like 40€/month you get Core i7, 32 GB RAM, 2x4TB HDDs, 1 GBps port and 30 TB included. In this 40€ the cost of storing the server, cooling it, power, etc. is included: https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ex41 https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/ex41 When things break, they repair it. In my case, they usually break once a year - sometimes the PSU, sometimes a hard drive (no a problem with RAID 1 already in place). It all depends on your needs.
- etatoby 9y agoYes, I was referring to Hetzner too.