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Hm. $230 a month can pay for a lot of dedicated servers. I am sure if you only need one instance for all of this it is far cheaper to just get a dedicated serve

Hm. $230 a month can pay for a lot of dedicated servers. I am sure if you only need one instance for all of this it is far cheaper to just get a dedicated server at a hosting provider with decent bandwidth and reliability and run it from there. Should come in at around 50$ max. With that you could even do a distributed setup with two or three boxen at different geos.

alyandon 13y ago
That's the first thing I thought as well. Do the features of GCE really justify such a large difference in costs?
egb 13y ago
Any pointers on where you can get a reliable dedicated server for $50 a month? Rackspace (if I'm reading it right at https://www.rackspace.com/managed_hosting/configurations/ https://www.rackspace.com/managed_hosting/configurations/) starts at $789 a month?!
- threeseed 13y ago
  http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
- e12e 13y ago
  Webhosting talk is a great place to look for info on hosting. Personally I'm happy with Hetzner: http://www.hetzner.de/ But I think you could find cheaper (but good) alternatives if you want hosting in the US.
- egb 13y ago
  Webhosting talk makes my brain hurt with so much noise vs signal to sort through :-) But I did stumble across http://serverbear.com/ http://serverbear.com/ which seems to have some useful information, though many of the plans they show aren't actually available (out of stock) at the providers listed...
- chromaton 13y ago
  I used Honelive for a while and I think you should be reasonably happy with them at that price range. However, I eventually needed an upgraded server, most importantly the ability to do an out-of-band remote reboot. I switched to Hivelocity for that. To get the best deals on hosting, look carefully at the hosting company's website, search for announcements of sales on Webhostingtalk, and check their Twitter and other social media.
- alyandon 13y ago
  For mid-range dedicated hosting, I've been using OVH and have generally been happy with them. https://www.ovh.com/us/index.xml https://www.ovh.com/us/index.xml It's important to note that their North American data centers are actually located in Canada although I do believe they are planning on eventually opening a data center in the US.
Afforess 13y ago
$230 seems like way too much. There are much cheaper cloud services: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing

alyandon 13y ago

That's the first thing I thought as well. Do the features of GCE really justify such a large difference in costs?

egb 13y ago

Any pointers on where you can get a reliable dedicated server for $50 a month? Rackspace (if I'm reading it right at https://www.rackspace.com/managed_hosting/configurations/ https://www.rackspace.com/managed_hosting/configurations/) starts at $789 a month?!

threeseed 13y ago
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
e12e 13y ago
Webhosting talk is a great place to look for info on hosting. Personally I'm happy with Hetzner: http://www.hetzner.de/ But I think you could find cheaper (but good) alternatives if you want hosting in the US.
egb 13y ago
Webhosting talk makes my brain hurt with so much noise vs signal to sort through :-) But I did stumble across http://serverbear.com/ http://serverbear.com/ which seems to have some useful information, though many of the plans they show aren't actually available (out of stock) at the providers listed...
chromaton 13y ago
I used Honelive for a while and I think you should be reasonably happy with them at that price range. However, I eventually needed an upgraded server, most importantly the ability to do an out-of-band remote reboot. I switched to Hivelocity for that. To get the best deals on hosting, look carefully at the hosting company's website, search for announcements of sales on Webhostingtalk, and check their Twitter and other social media.
alyandon 13y ago
For mid-range dedicated hosting, I've been using OVH and have generally been happy with them. https://www.ovh.com/us/index.xml https://www.ovh.com/us/index.xml It's important to note that their North American data centers are actually located in Canada although I do believe they are planning on eventually opening a data center in the US.

Afforess 13y ago

$230 seems like way too much. There are much cheaper cloud services: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing