4 ms·

Not to be critical right out of the gate, but the site doesn't suggest any differentiation... rather than asking people to shop around just to figure out what y

Not to be critical right out of the gate, but the site doesn't suggest any differentiation... rather than asking people to shop around just to figure out what your value proposition is, it seems to me it'd make sense to actually state that somewhere. Why or in what circumstances people should choose you over, for example, Rackspace or cloud vendors like EC2 might be a good place to start.

tmikaeld 13y ago
And the physical location...
- DiabloD3 13y ago
  I'll add that to the website in a bit. The machines are located in Dallas, and we're looking into multiple future locations.
300bps 13y ago
Anyone who has evaluated Rackspace for pricing would instantly see that Exelion is a tiny fraction of the price for high-end hardware. Exelion's Basic model includes an incredibly fast Xeon processor, 16 GB of RAM, RAID 1 storage and a gigabit port for $99 per month ($66 per month with 5 year commitment). Compare that to Rackspace which I'm guessing would charge about $1 billion per month for the same thing although I haven't checked their prices lately. In all seriousness - Rackspace can't come close to their pricing. Other than that, there are still some open questions - where are they located, how can we be sure they'll still be in business a year from now, or hey, what operating systems they support, etc.
- nenolod 13y ago
  His business model is, he has a bunch of cabinets colocated in a datacenter I operate in Dallas. And he financed it with his bitcoin winnings, I guess.
- ruffyen 13y ago
  http://i.imgur.com/3fpmImY.png http://i.imgur.com/3fpmImY.png -- Rackspace for a 15GB RAM server is actually around $500 a month. And to be quite honest the service there is fantastic. If you are going to run a production server you need assurances. Assurances that the linked vendor does not provide.
  - esw 13y ago
    I think you're showing VPS pricing (not dedicated servers).
    - ErrantX 13y ago
      We have a rackspace 32GB dedicated machine which costs $750/mo. Just for a firm datapoint.
- mildtrepidation 13y ago
  I'm not suggesting you're wrong. I have a client that uses Rackspace, and while I know they're expensive, they also have extremely good (in my experience) technical support and customer service. Whether you think that justifies the price or not, it's a difference, and if the OP wants to compete or compare -- which he may or may not; it's not clear, and I brought up Rackspace, not him -- then there should probably be some discussion of that. Anyway, my point is exactly that you say "anyone who has evaluated Rackspace." The OP doesn't make claims one way or the other, and if I don't have my own claims I'm willing to evaluate using his service, there's no call to action (I can't believe I just used that phrase).
- keypusher 13y ago
  Rackspace managed hardware starts at $499 a month and goes up from there.

tmikaeld 13y ago

And the physical location...

DiabloD3 13y ago
I'll add that to the website in a bit. The machines are located in Dallas, and we're looking into multiple future locations.

300bps 13y ago

Anyone who has evaluated Rackspace for pricing would instantly see that Exelion is a tiny fraction of the price for high-end hardware. Exelion's Basic model includes an incredibly fast Xeon processor, 16 GB of RAM, RAID 1 storage and a gigabit port for $99 per month ($66 per month with 5 year commitment). Compare that to Rackspace which I'm guessing would charge about $1 billion per month for the same thing although I haven't checked their prices lately. In all seriousness - Rackspace can't come close to their pricing. Other than that, there are still some open questions - where are they located, how can we be sure they'll still be in business a year from now, or hey, what operating systems they support, etc.

nenolod 13y ago
His business model is, he has a bunch of cabinets colocated in a datacenter I operate in Dallas. And he financed it with his bitcoin winnings, I guess.
ruffyen 13y ago
http://i.imgur.com/3fpmImY.png http://i.imgur.com/3fpmImY.png -- Rackspace for a 15GB RAM server is actually around $500 a month. And to be quite honest the service there is fantastic. If you are going to run a production server you need assurances. Assurances that the linked vendor does not provide.
- esw 13y ago
  I think you're showing VPS pricing (not dedicated servers).
  - ErrantX 13y ago
    We have a rackspace 32GB dedicated machine which costs $750/mo. Just for a firm datapoint.
mildtrepidation 13y ago
I'm not suggesting you're wrong. I have a client that uses Rackspace, and while I know they're expensive, they also have extremely good (in my experience) technical support and customer service. Whether you think that justifies the price or not, it's a difference, and if the OP wants to compete or compare -- which he may or may not; it's not clear, and I brought up Rackspace, not him -- then there should probably be some discussion of that. Anyway, my point is exactly that you say "anyone who has evaluated Rackspace." The OP doesn't make claims one way or the other, and if I don't have my own claims I'm willing to evaluate using his service, there's no call to action (I can't believe I just used that phrase).
keypusher 13y ago
Rackspace managed hardware starts at $499 a month and goes up from there.