Having worked for a company where 80% of it's offerings are dedicated servers, I can definitely tell you that it's all done as cheaply as possible. That 2.4 or 2.8ghz P4 probably uses a $70 mb. And that includes onboard everything. Very low quality stuff. BUT... the companies do make a large profit. Look at it this way - Everything is based on a 3 month ROI. That server you pay $150/month for most likely cost no more than $400 total to build. Bandwidth is cheap. Of our connections, we had only a single from Verio. That 100mb line ran $5000/month. Divide that out across eveyone and there was little spent per customer. In the summer, when the owner's lease on his Mercedes was up, his biggest dilema was a BMW or H2.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Onyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Bring it on :D > > Let's compare "Professional" vs "Dedicated Server" why don't we. > > 69.28.242.230:27015 = Professionally hosted server located in New York City. > (Provided by www.zplay.net /end plug =) ) > > 65.125.232.146:27015 = Server hosted through EZZI.net located in New York > City. > > Go play on each and I'm sure you will notice a huge difference in game play > quality. That's not saying Dedicated Servers are crap and worthless pieces > of junk, that couldn't be farther from the truth. But Dedicated Servers wont > give you a high-quality gaming experience that collocation can give you. > Mass Market dedicated server providers do everything as cheap as possible. > Do you really think they make much money off your $100 a month for that p4 > your on? They make next to nothing! - Which is why they won't spend a lot of > money on high-quality bandwidth and network components, just enough to get > by. > > Colocation and transport providers on the other hand provide a different > service. Connectivity, rackspace, and power. You provide the rest. They make > sure their network is superior quality, redundant, and has lots of peering > points. It costs more, you need your own equipment, but it provides a much > higher quality level of connectivity. > > It's all in the customers perception. He can go rent a dedicated server and > host 4 20 person servers for only $70 a month. They wont be great servers, > it's gonna take a lot of work to keep them alive, and the box secured. > > Or, a customer can go through a professional host (GD, GriffenRun, > zPlay.net, etc) and have superior levels of connectivity, that would cost > the end user thousands of $$$, and have him on his toes all the time making > sure things are running smoothly. (i.e. One of my servers had a problem were > fans kept exploading.... I don't think the majority of end users know/want > to deal with that in a colo experience) > > And Nelson, your cartel stories make me laugh! > > Rich > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frash > > Since there clear guides and distributions only "new admins" will pay twice > as much than a dedicated server to get FTP and some crappy webpanel. (Yes > people, you can > have a dedicated box for 70 bucks a month with a Pentium 2.4 500GB b/w plesk > etc. nowadays) > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
