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Dedicated Server vs. own server, suggestions?

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Re: Dedicated Server vs. own server, suggestions?

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Post by federicola »

ScottWhigham wrote: post #9

Upgrading memory on dedicated servers is and always has been crazy expensive. It's absurdly expensive - we had a 4gb Dell server at and, if I wanted to double that to 8GB, it was going to be another $50 per month for two years. I could've bought the memory outright for $120. It's around that time that you need to re-evaluate which server you have and whether it's time to change servers completely.

Yes, we have exactly that problem, we will try a pilot project with own server, for a specific service, and see if it works.

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Post by federicola »

Theory5 wrote: post #4

I've always wanted my own server, but then I discovered Amazon's AWS. It's much much cheaper, and you can scale pretty easily.

A couple of years ago Amazon went offline for 4 days, also they have security problems. Not considering them right now. I heard the cheapest dedicated servers are from godaddy, don't know anything about their technical people working there...

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Post by federicola »

dildonics wrote: post #8

Have you guys seen Hetzner hosting? Their servers have ridiculous hardware for very low monthly costs relative to other hosts, and the support usually gets back to me within the hour. http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix/rootserver-pr...

Thanks, but prefer service in the states.

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Post by [deleted] »

federicola wrote: post #13
Theory5 wrote: post #4

I've always wanted my own server, but then I discovered Amazon's AWS. It's much much cheaper, and you can scale pretty easily.

A couple of years ago Amazon went offline for 4 days, also they have security problems. Not considering them right now. I heard the cheapest dedicated servers are from godaddy, don't know anything about their technical people working there...

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Post by makerops »

federicola wrote: post #12
makerops wrote: post #6

Hey, Shoot me an email anthony@makeropspro.com I am developing a service specifically for startups, that you may be interested in, I can probably help.

Hey your website is not finished, you have lots of LOREM IPSUM :)

haha..hence the developing! I really just want some feedback, to see if the business model I have in mind is any good; Ill be happy to make some recommendations in exchange, the OP doesn't have enough for me to help, and would like to ask some more directed questions.

Re: Dedicated Server vs. own server, suggestions?

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Post by hashtree »

I'd colocate if you have a proven/reliable revenue stream, predictable growth, you anticipate more than 6-RUs worth of servers, or need very high speced servers (e.g. 192GB of RAM in one box). You can build entire servers for the cost of one month of PaaS/SaaS in many situations. There is a whole strategy that addresses every single issue that has been brought up (e.g. hardware failing, sys admin, being on call).

Feel free to connect. I can speak to how I do it with about ~1.25 racks worth of servers for my company for ~5 years now. I've also done it for MUCH larger international companies. No, I am not trying to sell you something :)

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