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Control over network configuration and hardware is one of the big reasons. I hate getting bitten because my three new servers are halfway across the facility an

by xb95 13y ago

Control over network configuration and hardware is one of the big reasons. I hate getting bitten because my three new servers are halfway across the facility and stuck with somebody else who is maxing out the uplink between our shared top of rack switch and the core... Edited: Also, your "$100/month" quote is pretty fanciful. Who is handing out 32GB with SSDs for that price? I'd really love to know, because the best I've been able to get for a database quality machine (RAID-10 with BBU, SSDs, and lots of RAM) is closer to 10x that.

citricsquid 13y ago
Hetzner will do 48GB RAM / 320GB SSD for under $150.
- ericd 13y ago
  Not in the US, sadly.
  - RyanZAG 13y ago
    That kind of seems like a major benefit these days.
bryans 13y ago
I think the $100 price point might have been slightly hyperbolic, but you can get 32GB of memory with 320GB of SSD space from DigitalOcean for $320 per month.
- e12e 13y ago
  While Digital Ocean is great, it isn't really a fit if you're considering running on your own bare metal server (especially for things like an actually loaded database server).
- hashtree 13y ago
  You can build the same server for less than $1500 and colo at $100. FYI.
dkoch 13y ago
http://www.ovh.com/us/dedicated-servers/ http://www.ovh.com/us/dedicated-servers/ -- the SP2 is $89/month for 32 GB RAM and two SSDs.
- harshreality 13y ago
  Despite that being a xeon, the SP series do NOT use ECC ram. I specifically asked them about that that not long ago, after noticing that the details listed ECC ram for the EG server class and above, but didn't mention ECC for the SP series.
  - scott_karana 13y ago
    AWS predominantly doesn't use ECC RAM either.
    - bigtones 13y ago
      AWS use all ECC ram in their EC2 servers.
    - sargun 13y ago
      That's not true. Where did you get your information?
    - Wilya 13y ago
      Not what they claim: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#Does_AmazonEC2_use_ECC_memory http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#Does_AmazonEC2_use_ECC_memor...
mh- 13y ago
database quality machine (RAID-10 with BBU, SSDs, and lots of RAM) they're not talking about machines of that caliber.

by xb95 13y ago

citricsquid 13y ago

Hetzner will do 48GB RAM / 320GB SSD for under $150.

ericd 13y ago
Not in the US, sadly.
- RyanZAG 13y ago
  That kind of seems like a major benefit these days.

bryans 13y ago

I think the $100 price point might have been slightly hyperbolic, but you can get 32GB of memory with 320GB of SSD space from DigitalOcean for $320 per month.

e12e 13y ago
While Digital Ocean is great, it isn't really a fit if you're considering running on your own bare metal server (especially for things like an actually loaded database server).
hashtree 13y ago
You can build the same server for less than $1500 and colo at $100. FYI.

dkoch 13y ago

http://www.ovh.com/us/dedicated-servers/ http://www.ovh.com/us/dedicated-servers/ -- the SP2 is $89/month for 32 GB RAM and two SSDs.

harshreality 13y ago
Despite that being a xeon, the SP series do NOT use ECC ram. I specifically asked them about that that not long ago, after noticing that the details listed ECC ram for the EG server class and above, but didn't mention ECC for the SP series.
- scott_karana 13y ago
  AWS predominantly doesn't use ECC RAM either.
  - bigtones 13y ago
    AWS use all ECC ram in their EC2 servers.
  - sargun 13y ago
    That's not true. Where did you get your information?
  - Wilya 13y ago
    Not what they claim: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#Does_AmazonEC2_use_ECC_memory http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/#Does_AmazonEC2_use_ECC_memor...

mh- 13y ago

database quality machine (RAID-10 with BBU, SSDs, and lots of RAM) they're not talking about machines of that caliber.