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Does someone have experience hosting a dedicated server on EC2 24/7? How's the performance and is it cost effective? Or is it preferable to host on digital ocea

Does someone have experience hosting a dedicated server on EC2 24/7? How's the performance and is it cost effective? Or is it preferable to host on digital ocean/linode?

rb2k_ 11y ago
At my current employer, we run about 10k+ EC2 instances 24/7. DO / Linode will mostly be cheaper and proooobably offer a better price/performance ratio. You will however get a lot less options (especially GPU wise)
kuschku 11y ago
If you want to get a lot of power, especially for gaming, you can forget DO. Let’s take your average (okay, this is really beefy, but I couldn't find something lower at most dedicated hosters) gaming system: 8 Cores (16 Threads), 32GB RAM, 2TB HDD. At Digital Ocean, you pay approx. 320$/month for 12 Cores, 32GB RAM, and 320GB SSD Let’s take your average small hoster, in this case Hetzner, as comparison: You pay 55$/month (plus 55$ setup) for 8 cores (16 Threads), 32GB RAM and 2TB HDD. I’m just showing this as example: Using Cloud hosters for stuff that is running 24/7 is not cost effective, especially if you always need the same performance – use a dedicated server instead, hosters that specialize on that can provide far better offers.
- Namrog84 11y ago
  I think your thoughts on average gaming system are skewed
  - kuschku 11y ago
    Well, it’s the cheapest dedicated server that Hetzner and OVH provide, so I used it for comparison, and a lot of people have similar specs nowadays.
- Diamons 11y ago
  What games are you playing that need 32GB of RAM?
- nickpsecurity 11y ago
  I agree on using dedicated hosting. However, average gaming systems are that powerful. I was digging for an above-average rig for a friend to play the latest games. The system I built him (Jackel) was 6 cores with 8GB of RAM and runs most of them very well. Only cost $700 with the Win7 license. At those prices, it would be a better deal than hosting after around a year given it would continue working and have resale value. Jackel Gaming Rig http://elitegamingcomputers.com/gaming-computers/#2 http://elitegamingcomputers.com/gaming-computers/#2
driverdan 11y ago
If you're going to be running a single, stand alone server 24/7 with high resource requirements your best bet is a dedicated server, not a VPS.
- kuschku 11y ago
  Yeah, I got quite annoyed when trying to run a gaming server on DO, even their 160$/month tier is worse for that than a dedicated server for 20$ a month from a competitor.
Thaxll 11y ago
If you don't mind your instance crashing for no reason it's fine.

Does someone have experience hosting a dedicated server on EC2 24/7? How's the performance and is it cost effective? Or is it preferable to host on digital ocean/linode?

rb2k_ 11y ago

At my current employer, we run about 10k+ EC2 instances 24/7. DO / Linode will mostly be cheaper and proooobably offer a better price/performance ratio. You will however get a lot less options (especially GPU wise)

kuschku 11y ago

If you want to get a lot of power, especially for gaming, you can forget DO. Let’s take your average (okay, this is really beefy, but I couldn't find something lower at most dedicated hosters) gaming system: 8 Cores (16 Threads), 32GB RAM, 2TB HDD. At Digital Ocean, you pay approx. 320$/month for 12 Cores, 32GB RAM, and 320GB SSD Let’s take your average small hoster, in this case Hetzner, as comparison: You pay 55$/month (plus 55$ setup) for 8 cores (16 Threads), 32GB RAM and 2TB HDD. I’m just showing this as example: Using Cloud hosters for stuff that is running 24/7 is not cost effective, especially if you always need the same performance – use a dedicated server instead, hosters that specialize on that can provide far better offers.

Namrog84 11y ago
I think your thoughts on average gaming system are skewed
- kuschku 11y ago
  Well, it’s the cheapest dedicated server that Hetzner and OVH provide, so I used it for comparison, and a lot of people have similar specs nowadays.
Diamons 11y ago
What games are you playing that need 32GB of RAM?
nickpsecurity 11y ago
I agree on using dedicated hosting. However, average gaming systems are that powerful. I was digging for an above-average rig for a friend to play the latest games. The system I built him (Jackel) was 6 cores with 8GB of RAM and runs most of them very well. Only cost $700 with the Win7 license. At those prices, it would be a better deal than hosting after around a year given it would continue working and have resale value. Jackel Gaming Rig http://elitegamingcomputers.com/gaming-computers/#2 http://elitegamingcomputers.com/gaming-computers/#2

driverdan 11y ago

If you're going to be running a single, stand alone server 24/7 with high resource requirements your best bet is a dedicated server, not a VPS.

kuschku 11y ago
Yeah, I got quite annoyed when trying to run a gaming server on DO, even their 160$/month tier is worse for that than a dedicated server for 20$ a month from a competitor.

Thaxll 11y ago

If you don't mind your instance crashing for no reason it's fine.