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I did look at SoftLayer and it's still not significantly cheaper than AWS. Hetzner doesn't seem to have servers in the US, so I've already ruled them out. Ince
by cstejerean 13y ago
I did look at SoftLayer and it's still not significantly cheaper than AWS. Hetzner doesn't seem to have servers in the US, so I've already ruled them out.
Incero seems cheap, but that's the only thing I've seen about Incero. I consider Incero to be in the bargain hunting on WebHostingTalk category of providers. I'm not entirely comfortable hosting mission critical infrastructure there yet.
- Udo 13y agoThere are probably a lot of alternatives that other people know more about than I do. Just to address a concern with Hetzner: connectivity is really good there. Last time I was in the US, I got better roundtrip times from my German server than I got from MediaTemple gs in California (though they also have some very nice features). Of course there is no going around light speed the limitation, but I'd say for a lot of projects a European server +CloudFlare is totally sufficient. In the end, it's all a tradeoff between different factors ;)
- justinsb 13y agoI've tried Incero, Softlayer, Hetzner & OVH. I'd recommend Hetzner & OVH, and Softlayer if budget is less of an issue.
- MrDOS 13y agoOVH has a history of suspending service at the drop of a hat. I'd avoid them for anything business-critical.
- corresation 13y agoAn issue with virtually all dedicated server vendors is the tendency to grossly under-equip servers with memory: My Mac Mini has 16GB (a $100 upgrade), and it is simply ridiculous that going above 4GB on a server is considered some extravagant feature the requires significant, expensive upgrades of every other component.
- BadassFractal 13y agoIn VPS, memory is everything. Memory is the # of VMs they can spin up, which is directly proportional to the amount of money they're making. What you're ultimately paying for is memory. Yes, some bandwidth, but mostly memory. It's what hotel rooms are for hotels.
- corresation 13y agoIf we were talking about VPS servers, then sure, however we're talking about dedicated servers. What you are renting is a physical box (such as Dell R210s) sitting in a rack somewhere.
- BadassFractal 13y agoIs it possible that they might want to save money by giving you wimpy memory, because they feel that with the 32gb they give you, they could be making a lot more with something like 64 micros?
- dan1234 13y ago16GB of ECC memory for servers is a lot more expensive than your Mac Mini's memory. I recently spent £250 on 2x 4GB DIMMs for a Dell Poweredge server[1] (ok DDR2 is older and therefore more expensive, but still). The same configuration for my Mac Mini came in at around £50[2] [1]http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=36C1FA30A5CA7304 http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=36C1... [2]http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=9137AB4EA5CA7304 http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=9137...
- p1esk 13y agoActually prices for ECC memory are comparable with regular desktop RAM - both are around $300 for 32GB (4x8GB) sets: ECC memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007952%20600083963&IsNodeId=1&name=32GB%20%284%20x%208GB%29 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=... Regular memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600083963%204802&IsNodeId=1&name=Top%20Sellers http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=...