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Let's do some basic math. Let's say that I rent two redundant dedicated servers that : - are each used at about 80% - are each equivalent of about 100 cloudl
by traxtech 15y ago
Let's do some basic math.
Let's say that I rent two redundant dedicated servers that :
- are each used at about 80%
- are each equivalent of about 100 cloudlets
- cost each $ 60 / month
If I want to switch to Jelastic, that's 14 x 100 x 2 x 0.8 = $ 2240 per month (gross simplification), against 2 x 80 = $ 160 per month + maintenance.
So if maintenance is < 2k€ for me, that's a no deal. In US a freelance sysadmin will cost more (?), but in my country, no. Too bad :)
- jjohns 15y agoI think you are looking at this from the wrong perspective. The idea is that you only pay for what you use. 2 dedicated servers means you always pay for the whole thing, plus you have to be the sys admin and a few other things. Jelastic eliminates that layer and it only charges you for what you actually use. I doubt you need to dedicated servers full time to run an app. The idea behind automated scaling is that you eliminate the costs associated with hosting. I come from a hosting background and this is a HUGE cost saving measure. Even if you get a sys admin for super cheap (Eastern EU or a BRIC country), it would still be cheaper to use Jelastic. All that said, another issue with mirrored, dedicated servers would be the issue of one going down: with Jelastic you won't have that issue.