On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Andrew McNabb wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:30:27AM -0700, Kimball Larsen wrote:
Control and cost. First off, this is only a *personal* server - I
don't
use it for any of my business stuff at all. For < $400 I can put
together an adequate box that even has a few bells / whistles. At
$50 /
month, a hosted server will cost more than my dsl connection at
home to
connect to the darn thing.
If you want control and cost, go with Linode and Slicehost, like
Stuart
recommended. For $20 or so a month, you get your own virtual machine
that you can modify to your heart's content. Plus it will have a
faster
and more reliable network connection than a server at home would.
--
Andrew McNabb
http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/
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See, but some basic math tells me this:
Expected lifetime of server (based on lifetime of last 3 I've had at
home) 4.5 years
Expected cost of new server $400
4.5 years * 12 months = 54 months
$400 / 54 months = $7.40 on average / month.
if ($7.40 < $20)
{
buyHomeServer();
}
else
{
useExternalSharedhost();
}
- Kimball
http://www.kimballlarsen.com
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