I became interested in NewServers while looking for affordable dedicated server hosting providers. I am personally less interested in "cloud" scalability for my pet project, and more in getting a "decent" quality dedicated server or 3 for a "decent" price (lots of hand-waving here I know). That is, I find EC2 to be "expensive" for what I want; I'm not super profitable yet in my tiny little startup so saving money yet maximizing server performance at the same time is the tradeoff I'm researching.
I have not found any hosting providers besides NewServers that are as affordable for "lots" of RAM. Also, NewServers' bandwidth quota is 3GB/hr with $0.10/GB overage.
NewServers offers add-ons like extra RAM. These require maybe a couple of days but for me, I don't need pure cloud scalability in minutes. I just want a few cheap dedicated servers.
Consider this configuration;
Intel Processor Cores RAM HDD Price/Hour
Jumbo 2 x E5405 Quad Core 2Ghz 8 8GB 2 x 500GB SATA RAID 1 $0.38
An always-on Jumbo is thus:
Jumbo = 720*0.38 = $273.60/month
RAM add-ons:
8GB $0.04/hr 720*0.04 = $28.80/mo. more
16GB $0.08/hr 720*0.08 = $57.60/mo. more
24GB $0.12/hr 720*0.12 = $86.40/mo. more
32GB $0.16/hr 720*0.16 = $115.20/mo. more
Thus, a Jumbo with 24GB RAM = $273.60 + $86.40 = $360.0/month with lots of bandwidth transfer.
Compared with something like EC2, this is a no-brainer on the cost front, provided you do not need the other Amazon features... (I don't, but that should be made clear).
Also, I talked with Alex at NewServers and their turnaround time for provisioning servers with the above add-ons is "2 or 3 days". Good? Bad? That's fine _for me_ but do note that servers with add-ons are not provisioned on the order of minutes but days.
Thoughts? What am I not considering but should be?
For example I rent a few UK based dedicated servers which cost me (converting in my head here) $150-$190 a month. Specs are similar to their Fast package but with 8GB of RAM and unlimited bandwidth.
That is around average price here in the UK; I assumed things were similar in the states, but I guess not?
I have not found any hosting providers besides NewServers that are as affordable for "lots" of RAM. Also, NewServers' bandwidth quota is 3GB/hr with $0.10/GB overage.
NewServers offers add-ons like extra RAM. These require maybe a couple of days but for me, I don't need pure cloud scalability in minutes. I just want a few cheap dedicated servers.
Consider this configuration;
An always-on Jumbo is thus: RAM add-ons: Thus, a Jumbo with 24GB RAM = $273.60 + $86.40 = $360.0/month with lots of bandwidth transfer.Compared with something like EC2, this is a no-brainer on the cost front, provided you do not need the other Amazon features... (I don't, but that should be made clear).
Also, I talked with Alex at NewServers and their turnaround time for provisioning servers with the above add-ons is "2 or 3 days". Good? Bad? That's fine _for me_ but do note that servers with add-ons are not provisioned on the order of minutes but days.
Thoughts? What am I not considering but should be?