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Yes, and i'm not cheap. I have 2 HA clusters with 2 different providers, with sync and failover between the 2 sites. I also have DO as an emergency fallback / o

Yes, and i'm not cheap. I have 2 HA clusters with 2 different providers, with sync and failover between the 2 sites. I also have DO as an emergency fallback / overflow. I manage and maintain everything for our clients. My cost is about $500 per month for 6 machines in total, 16CPU/64GB RAM/25TB SDD per machine. My minimum monthly charge for hosting a site is $150 for a simple site, $300 for something more complex, and most of my clients are at $500. This includes 1/2/3 hours support/site changes respectively, and dealing with security, patching, speed, uptime etc. If you can build something like above and keep it running, it is a nice money-maker.

spacetexas 9y ago
What kind of websites are they?
- slice_of_life 9y ago
  Feels like a question I should have asked as well. $150 p/m per site seems exorbitant.
  - mschuster91 9y ago
    Not for a managed hosting with 1-3h of allocated maintenance work plus HA guarantee. It's cheap, for that level of service. Either you want cheap mass hosting, then you have to live with support that can only assist you with basic stuff (and most don't have any support other than FAQ pages), or you pay more and get support that can actually help you. For example, a hoster I know, when you go to them even with the most hipster tech stack imaginable, they'll educate themselves on said technology and will help you until the app is set up successfully.
    - mdekkers 9y ago
      Indeed, it is guaranteed HA and autoscaling, no hassles on peak traffic, and dedicated maintenance work. It isn't cheap as such, but it is very price competitive.
  - bdcravens 9y ago
    > This includes 1/2/3 hours support/site changes respectively $150 surely includes 1 hour of billable time. For many, this is in the $50-100/hour range (though higher isn't unheard of), so this seems pretty reasonable.
- mdekkers 9y ago
  Mostly Drupal, some WP, some other custom stuff
jolmg 9y ago
Why was this downvoted?
chrishn 9y ago
Interested, how do you come to these prices?

spacetexas 9y ago

What kind of websites are they?

slice_of_life 9y ago
Feels like a question I should have asked as well. $150 p/m per site seems exorbitant.
- mschuster91 9y ago
  Not for a managed hosting with 1-3h of allocated maintenance work plus HA guarantee. It's cheap, for that level of service. Either you want cheap mass hosting, then you have to live with support that can only assist you with basic stuff (and most don't have any support other than FAQ pages), or you pay more and get support that can actually help you. For example, a hoster I know, when you go to them even with the most hipster tech stack imaginable, they'll educate themselves on said technology and will help you until the app is set up successfully.
  - mdekkers 9y ago
    Indeed, it is guaranteed HA and autoscaling, no hassles on peak traffic, and dedicated maintenance work. It isn't cheap as such, but it is very price competitive.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  > This includes 1/2/3 hours support/site changes respectively $150 surely includes 1 hour of billable time. For many, this is in the $50-100/hour range (though higher isn't unheard of), so this seems pretty reasonable.
mdekkers 9y ago
Mostly Drupal, some WP, some other custom stuff

jolmg 9y ago

Why was this downvoted?

chrishn 9y ago

Interested, how do you come to these prices?