[support] Cloud pricing estimates

[Ryan LeTulle]

I've also not used Amazon.  My cloud experience is with a local company and
there pricing is *not* based on time.
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com> wrote:

> For me there are other costs associated with dedicated like backing up,
> co-location fees etc.  These are what drive the cost up.
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> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Ryan LeTulle <bayousoft at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Nope I read and understood:
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>> I've not seen what you describe occur in practice.  In my experience the
>> costs of a dedicated server are much higher than cloud.  I run both.
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>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net
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>>> Ryan LeTulle wrote:
>>> > IMO A huge benefit is being able to upsize memory and processor only
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>>> > That is not possible with a dedicated server.
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>>> You must not have read:
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>>> >> they can afford it.  The two dedicated servers can be cloud enabled
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>>> If the cost of the cloud service is by time then it can quickly become
>>> more than the cost of a dedicated server depending on use of course.
>>> But if you're not using it much then you don't need cloud services
>>> anyway and if you are using it much then two dedicated servers that act
>>> as your dedicated cloud is more beneficial.
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