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@DaveA Would you consider adding flexible resources to that list?
For clarity I mean the ability to upgrade one of those elements CPU/Disk/Ram/IO Priority etc without having to upgrade everything.
I went with price. I don't mean paying peanuts to unreliable hosts (unless it's a backup or torrenting box or something), but why pay £20/mo or something for reliable hosting when I can get it with EDIS for £5. Why pay £5/mo for high storage when you can get it with Ramnode for £10/yr
I dont really understand what you'd need heaps of HDD space for other than backups?
Obiovius it is the price
Here how i think
Price (whether its worth it)
Cpu ( how powerful the server/comp is)
Ram (how many programs you can keep open)
Disk IO (how fast your server is)
Storage (how much you can store either filehost or seedbox or a extra drive)
Network (the main point of servers)
All are a joint link needed to be called a server
Which spec is most important to you?
Dedicated resouces
Storing crap such as screenshots/videos/downloads, my www folder is 136gb
support
That's a big assumption. If you can deliver it, then the obvious choice (for me) is price.
Attachments for a 10 years forum.
I do some graphic design in my spare time, and I'd just like to say that working with other designers on something(and giving customers their order) requires exchanging lossless imagery which can add up quite quickly to many gigabytes.
@DaveA Is HDD addon space currently being considered? Would be neat to have the main OS and such be on an SSD and larger stuff on some cheap HDD(NFS?) storage. Or otherwise are anymore storage server locations being considered? NJ is nice and all, but more options for that would be cool.
Uptime, stability & decent enough performance(80+MB/s Disk I/O) are most important things for me.
Holy cow yea it kinda makes sense now I read all them posts.
network, used to be price but now I will pay an arm and a leg for stable connection.
Price has to be the most important aspect, because you can have everything else at A price.
Price + nice features (something like backup service, free ip, etc.).
Clearly the network and reliability.
Price and Network realibility
Off-topic: the poll result chart kind of look like a finger at the time of reply.
Price and reliability.
Honestly I don't understand this poll, you can't value one of these above another. For example, if the I/O and CPU performance are complete shit, or the price is too high, then you're obviously not going to get the VM. So, like, what do these options even mean?
I have plans that promote 4, 5, 10TB of bandwidth.. but you'd be lucky to push 20mbps, on a good day, for 10 minutes. Network reliability is a HUGE factor for me, and breathing room on the network. If you say gigabit speeds, I'd like to be able to burst up to 100mbps once in awhile.
Low latency, whatever the hardware resource. Price.
Just wondering bro, how much do you willing to spend to get all of those criteria? Hehe
There are quite a few LowEnd Providers (cost wise) that match a lot of the criteria; it is really about doing research and not doing impulse buying at every "offer."
Obviously, quite a bit of the criteria (for me) is simply vetting the provider .......... as well as cost & performance.
At one point I was up to about 30+ LEBs, and over time as I learned more and had a basis for comparison, I reduced the numbers, dropped the "zeroes" and kept the "heroes." (And added colo's :-)
And actually, in a lot of cases prices have decreased over the years; you just have to make sure the quality does not.
The key is not to be dependent on ANY one provider; when you spread the risk across various providers, you have more flexibility, opportunity, and time to be picky and find the right deals. And, to be willing to make the compromises that suit YOU.
Price+network availability.
Storage Space (y)
i like VPS Vultr, deploy 3 VPS Storage
Would love a little faster disk from Vultr. It about half of what I get from RamNode or Linode. Still, not bad, though.
Bandwidth! Or more specific: Included transfer
On Gbit, too.