If I didn&#39;t have access to a local company I would probably use Slicehost.<br clear="all"><b><div><b><br></b></div>Ryan LeTulle</b><br><br><div>&gt; <font color="#666666"><a href="http://twitter.com/bayousoft" target="_blank">bayousoft</a> -twitter</font></div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Ryan LeTulle <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bayousoft@gmail.com">bayousoft@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

I&#39;ve also not used Amazon.  My cloud experience is with a local company and there pricing is *not* based on time.<br clear="all"><b><div><b><br></b></div>Ryan LeTulle</b><br><br><div>&gt; <font color="#666666"><a href="http://twitter.com/bayousoft" target="_blank">bayousoft</a> -twitter</font></div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Ryan LeTulle <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bayousoft@gmail.com" target="_blank">bayousoft@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


For me there are other costs associated with dedicated like backing up, co-location fees etc.  These are what drive the cost up.<br clear="all"><b><div><b><br></b></div>Ryan LeTulle</b><br><br><div>&gt; <font color="#666666"><a href="http://twitter.com/bayousoft" target="_blank">bayousoft</a> -twitter</font></div>


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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Ryan LeTulle <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bayousoft@gmail.com" target="_blank">bayousoft@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">



<div>Nope I read and understood:</div><div><br></div>I&#39;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.<br clear="all"><b><div>




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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Earnie Boyd <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:earnie@users.sourceforge.net" target="_blank">earnie@users.sourceforge.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




<div>Ryan LeTulle wrote:<br>
&gt; IMO A huge benefit is being able to upsize memory and processor only when<br>
&gt; necessary.<br>
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&gt; That is not possible with a dedicated server.<br>
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&gt;&gt; they can afford it.  The two dedicated servers can be cloud enabled for<br>
&gt;&gt; their use.<br>
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</div>If the cost of the cloud service is by time then it can quickly become<br>
more than the cost of a dedicated server depending on use of course.<br>
But if you&#39;re not using it much then you don&#39;t need cloud services<br>
anyway and if you are using it much then two dedicated servers that act<br>
as your dedicated cloud is more beneficial.<br>
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