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That's an awesome price, but I doubt I could ever go with anybody that cheap. I'm not sure how anybody could ever sell servers that cheap.
by andyhmltn 13y ago
That's an awesome price, but I doubt I could ever go with anybody that cheap. I'm not sure how anybody could ever sell servers that cheap.
- dspillett 13y agoI have one of there machines that acts as part one of my off-site backup sites (amongst a few other things) and it has been completely reliable over the last ~18 months. Though I agree I'm not entirely sure how they do it! (everything on there has an extra redundant copy elsewhere anyway so if it dies unexpectedly I can recreate the content PDQ) I assume they have a metric shed load of those boxes sat somewhere from when they were considered mid-to-high spec, and that the rack space costs next to nothing, and have absolutely everything possible completely automated (I've not needed to contact them since setup: the control panel can do everything down to a full OS rebuild, and they officially offer zero support for those cheap boxes other than in the case of hardware failure). That is the only way I can see them breaking even on the price, before accounting for the PR bonus of attracting people to look (who then take a higher spec service either straight away or later).