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I think Kimsufi limits you to 100Mbps which might not be enough bandwidth speed if you plan on server video or other large files to a bunch of people at once. OVH gives you a 1 Gbps unlimited pipe included.
However, given the low price you could rent them in pairs and replicate the data using something like DRBD. Depending on your comfort level, this can be a very viable and cost effective option, or a system administration nightmare. If it's the latter, then definitely look into an object storage solution if your applications are compatible with that.
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Kimsufi's problem is the lack of redundancy, if the single drive on a box dies then you're not going to see your data again. However, given the low price you could rent them in pairs and replicate the data using something like DRBD. Depending on your comfort level, this can be a very viable and cost effective option, or a system administration nightmare. If it's the latter, then definitely look into an object storage…
FYI, DigitalOcean is rolling out expandable block storage summer 2016 (so any day now), so that might be a good way to go. Not a lot of information, but keep an eye on https://www.digitalocean.com/features/storage/ . You may be able to ask support to manually add you to the beta if you need it right now . DigitalOcean is really good about going out of their way to win your business. Full disclosure: I have no relatio…
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Thanks. S3 would work fine for me (from a tech perspective), but the question is, would it offer ~500 GB storage for under $10/mo?
According to their calculator[1], it's $15. Less than $10 seems unreasonably low for what you're asking. [1] https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/
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Understatement of the year.
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