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Ask HN: Rent servers with slow CPU, low mem, cheap bandwidth but big disk.

4 points by mmaunder 13y ago

I'm looking for something as awesome as Linode but that does something like a small 1G instance with huge disks e.g. 1 to 5 terabyte of disk space and really cheap bandwidth. I want to use it as a backup server that has a shell so I can schedule jobs, run scripts to trigger and fetch backups etc. Cost is a big concern of mine. So for example if I was billed using 95th percentile instead of for transfer, that would be awesome. Any input appreciated!!

tdec 13y ago
Have a look at the servers that hetzner.de is offering, maybe there's something there for you, also have a look at their auction.
dorfsmay 13y ago
I have not found any virtual with storage cheaper than Amanzon/Google (0.10 $/month/GB). you can find "backup" VMs for cheap but: - these are typically OpenVZ (can't pick your kernel options) - very busy and slow (they meant to be for backup only. http://ovh.com http://ovh.com has physicals at around 40$/month with 2 x 1 GB disks.
wanghq 13y ago
Do you really need a server? You can launch a more powerful EC2 instance (EBS backed), upload your data, and stop the instance (alternatively you can create a snapshot and terminate the instance). Next time when you need the backup or back up more data, just start the instance. You pay the full price of storage and data transfer, but not the CPU. If your other servers are within AWS, you even don't need to pay for the data transfer.
- eip 13y ago
  5TB of storage on AWS would cost >$500/month. You could buy a server and colocate it for less than that.
  - wanghq 13y ago
    You're right. That's a lot if OP really needs 5TB of storage. It's still an option if OP begins with less storage.
iloveshw 13y ago
I don't know if it fits your needs but dreamhost has some hosting where you pay once and host "forever"
eip 13y ago
http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/xs13 http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/xs13
JoachimSchipper 13y ago
Some Kimsufi servers have quite a bit of disk for their price. You'd need to run a RAIS, though.

4 points by mmaunder 13y ago

tdec 13y ago

Have a look at the servers that hetzner.de is offering, maybe there's something there for you, also have a look at their auction.

dorfsmay 13y ago

I have not found any virtual with storage cheaper than Amanzon/Google (0.10 $/month/GB). you can find "backup" VMs for cheap but: - these are typically OpenVZ (can't pick your kernel options) - very busy and slow (they meant to be for backup only. http://ovh.com http://ovh.com has physicals at around 40$/month with 2 x 1 GB disks.

wanghq 13y ago

Do you really need a server? You can launch a more powerful EC2 instance (EBS backed), upload your data, and stop the instance (alternatively you can create a snapshot and terminate the instance). Next time when you need the backup or back up more data, just start the instance. You pay the full price of storage and data transfer, but not the CPU. If your other servers are within AWS, you even don't need to pay for the data transfer.

eip 13y ago
5TB of storage on AWS would cost >$500/month. You could buy a server and colocate it for less than that.
- wanghq 13y ago
  You're right. That's a lot if OP really needs 5TB of storage. It's still an option if OP begins with less storage.

iloveshw 13y ago

I don't know if it fits your needs but dreamhost has some hosting where you pay once and host "forever"

eip 13y ago

http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/xs13 http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/xs13

JoachimSchipper 13y ago

Some Kimsufi servers have quite a bit of disk for their price. You'd need to run a RAIS, though.