My friend has a Blue host shared account and he is looking for a better host. He says they are too slow. If the VPS has at least 2 cores, 4GB of RAM, and root/ssh, that is a great deal!! On 2021-07-23 08:09, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > For cost/efficiency, it is hard to beat some of the online hosting > options. Dreamhost has a shared plan with unlimited everything and a > domain for 9 per month (down to 3 for 1 or 3 years paid upfront) 10 > per month Ifor a VPS. > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 3:45 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >> I think you'll find that server of yours used closer to $500 than >> $120. Based on the 600watt number that you gave your usage would >> look like this on SRP right now under their normal flat rate plan: >> >> Months >> Number of Days >> Kwh Cost >> Machine Load in Kilo watts >> Cost per hour(KWH cost times wattage) >> Cost per day(Cost per hour time 24 hours) >> Total Cost (Cost per time period) >> >> May, Jun, Sep, Oct >> 122 >> 0.1091 >> 0.6 >> 0.06546 >> 1.57104 >> 191.66688 >> >> Jul,Aug >> 62 >> 0.1157 >> 0.6 >> 0.06942 >> 1.66608 >> 103.29696 >> >> Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, April >> 182 >> 0.0782 >> 0.6 >> 0.04692 >> 1.12608 >> 204.94656 >> >> Grand Total >> 499.9104 >> >> Even if you machine used half the power you specified it would still >> be about twice what you thought it was. >> >> I always recommend that people don't use their old computers when it >> comes to use cases like using them for routers because it's MUCH >> cheaper to buy something like a PI or a dedicated router than it is >> pay for power to feel a machine that uses waaay more than you need >> to. >> With a raspberry pi under worst case useage with it being use to >> 100% capacity you'd only get charged $6.32 per year, but it would >> most likely be closer to it's idling cost of $2.82 for power: >> >> Months >> Number of Days >> Kwh Cost >> Machine Load in Kilo watts >> Cost per hour(KWH cost times wattage) >> Cost per day(Cost per hour time 24 hours) >> Total Cost (Cost per time period) >> >> May, Jun, Sep, Oct >> 122 >> 0.1091 >> 0.0076 >> 0.00082916 >> 0.01989984 >> 2.42778048 >> >> Jul,Aug >> 62 >> 0.1157 >> 0.0076 >> 0.00087932 >> 0.02110368 >> 1.30842816 >> >> Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, April >> 182 >> 0.0782 >> 0.0076 >> 0.00059432 >> 0.01426368 >> 2.59598976 >> >> Grand Total >> 6.3321984 >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 7/21/21 3:50 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> >> Back when I ran a home server on my Athlon X2 with 1500 W supply, >> the machine never drew that much. Even with several disks spinning, >> 8 VMWare instances going and a few other goodies, that machine never >> drew more than 600w at maximum. I kept it live 24/7 for a few years >> and it added less than $120 yearly to the electrical bill. These >> days, that machine is out of service and is only good for parts. My >> Mac mini, which draws at most 100 W under full load is on 24/7 and I >> don’t even see it add that much to the electrical bill here. There >> are really only 3 high draw appliances in this house now: >> 1. The refrigerator >> 2. The stove/oven >> 3. The master cool evaporative cooler. Everything else either runs >> on wall warts or only gets used occasionally. In fact, we spend less >> than $150 a month here for electric. Now, if I put that Athlon X2 >> back into service, we might see $10 a month in extra use. I am still >> contemplating putting it back up and using it as my go to linux >> development machine. >> >> -Eric >> From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Utilities Dept. >> >> On Jul 21, 2021, at 7:33 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I just read this quote about the electrical costs to run a web >> server from home: >> >> Cost: While it may sound cheaper to use that computer lying around >> doing nothing when creating your web server, when you factor in the >> cost of powering an old computer 24 hours a day, it can get very >> expensive. A 250W desktop computer running 24 hours per day at 12 >> cents per KW/h is a whopping $262.00 per year! >> >> --- >> I think their math is wrong. >> >> The average residential electricity rate in Chandler is 10.85¢/kWh. >> >> I'm thinking a low traffic PHP web server running on an old Dell >> with a 400 watt power supply is not using but maybe 100 watts on >> average. I've read that the computer should use no more than half >> the power supply capacity. Is this correct? >> >> If my home web server is using 100 watts an hour that mean 100 watts >> * 30 days * 24 hours or 72K watts. >> >> I'm thinking 72 * .1085 = $7.81 a month. >> >> Any thoughts are much appreciated. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss