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It looks expensive when compared to OVH. But really everything is super expensive when compared to OVH. I mean, if you are paying more than $ 200 for cloud host
by berns 12y ago
It looks expensive when compared to OVH. But really everything is super expensive when compared to OVH. I mean, if you are paying more than $ 200 for cloud hosting, better just get a dedicated server at OVH.
The comparison gets closer with Softlayer or other top tier dedicated hosting providers. On the other hand, AWS bandwidth is just expensive.
- fweespeech 12y agoIt isn't just OVH although OVH/Hetzner/Online.net are the obvious examples. I can list something like 50 providers that can sell something like that [with 10TB of Bandwidth and/or 100mbit+ unmetered] for under the 3 year reserved price. http://ioflood.com/phoenix-dedicated-servers.php http://ioflood.com/phoenix-dedicated-servers.php
- berns 12y agoI think that OVH is the third largest hosting provider in the world. Operates its own datacenters in North America and Europe. It's at the same scale as AWS. That's why it makes sense the comparison.
- cedrickthecrow 12y agoSource for OVH? Amazon is truly massive in scale: http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/11/14/rare-peek-massive-scale-aws/ http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/11/14/rare-peek-massive-s...
- moe 12y agohttps://www.ovh.co.uk/aboutus/ovh-in-figures.xml https://www.ovh.co.uk/aboutus/ovh-in-figures.xml It's hard to get definite numbers from anyone, but they're all in about the same league. My personal guess would be that EC2 is much bigger than OVH in the US, while OVH is almost certainly bigger than EC2 in Europe.
- berns 12y agoWikipedia cites 180,000 servers in 17 datacenters in 2014. So, not exactly AWS scale, but still relevant for comparing.
- fweespeech 12y agoIf I can go to a company and get more nodes than I need for a given DC, I don't care if they are "the same scale as AWS".