Bob,
I've been researching that very thing.
I don't quite understand why, but the lower limit on co-lo and dedicated hosting seems to be $200/mo. I don't see the benefit of
spending $2500 on a box to co-lo that's going to cost the same as if I got a brand new $2500 Dell server on a 3-yr contract at $200/mo.
Some places charge by the rack-inch, some by a 1/2 or full rack, plus excess bandwidth. It's tough to find anything under $200/mo
that's either co-lo or dedicated.
However, I did find some folks with a very interesting "middle ground". Check out these guys:
http://www.forsite.com/vds.htm
They have something called a "Private Server" option. Essentially, you're getting 5% of a big machine that's configured so it looks
like it's a dedicated server. It's $79/mo. If you run out of bandwidth, though, each 5% "increment" is going to cost you and
additional $79/mo. Which is ok, until you hit 3 units, which puts at (or over) the cost of a dedicated server. (Which they also have.)
-David
Bob Cober wrote:
> How much for a dedicated server? I am interested in getting a dedicated
> server at a host that has excellent connectivity. Id like to put apache,
> tomcat, jboss, qmail,etc. on it and have the box dedicated to me. Possibly
> even run some counter-strike server on it periodically. I would
> administrate it myself through ssh.
>
> I was under the impression that this was upwards of $300+ month at places
> like rackspace.com. Has anybody seen something similar for less? Is it
> alot less if I provide the hardware?
>
> Also, any idea how much cox@work pro costs?
>
> Thanks for any info
> Bob
>
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