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Are lifetime dedicated servers (one time cost) a thing?
Just curious - are one-time fee, lifetime dedicated servers offered by anyone? Like Cloudatcost or https://theforevercloud.com but for dedicated servers. Or even a 5+ year upfront plan. Sorry if this has been discussed before, I searched for "lifetime dedicated" and "one time dedicated" and didn't find anything.
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I (and many others here, at least those 10-15 with a brain) do not trust lifetime vps offers already, why should I do with dedicated servers?
@Amitz Yeah, only time will tell how long those "lifetime" VPSs last. I figure it'd be harder to screw with your resources with a lifetime dedi, though the network could degrade
No.
If you see one, run.
The whole business model of one-time-lifetime-payments always seemed flawed to me from every intellectual point of view that I can imagine. An offer like this would have to come from a long-term established and very reliable company for me to even think about it. And still, I would probably not choose that path in the end. It might be just me and my limited horizon, but I am conservative when it comes to business models... I would prefer buying a server and colocate it. Or to follow the RTO model if I would not have the whole amount of money upfront.
you only need pay ONCE to own a server, right?
@century1stop Yeah, or even with a "you pay for hardware replacement" clause. So if a drive fails, you buy from a menu of drives plus a fee to install.
Yes, they exist.
You buy one yourself and the initial cost is a one time life capital cost. Mostly.
Further costs spent on the server are either of capital or revenue nature, either one-offs or recurring costs. Costs can be paid off once or over a time.
I am even wary of yearly deals never mind lifetime ones.
that can't be helped operations overheads, plus from there, you'll see why lifetime offer don't make sense
Thanks guys.
@GM2015 Do you know of any companies that offer that?
It was just an accounting way of saying you buy a server yourself and host it somewhere.
Hosting it somewhere costs money and repairing it costs money too.
Ebay, amazon and many companies sell computers and parts to DIY/BIY.
Pay an one time fee, keep the server for a life time... until deadpooled...
For a company that needs a quick infusion of cash this could be a way to do it if they don't have other funding possibilities. However, that in itself would make me want to stay away.
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Sure. If you're willing to pay, I don't see why a provider wouldn't accommodate a 5 year plan.
While I would not word it in the same way, I am still suprised to ever agree with you.
Or, to say it differently: OP, you are looking for colocation (after buying a server yourself) or the term RTO (Rent to Own). Besides that, you are looking a bit like Johnny Nuggets, did anyone tell that to you before? No? You're welcome!
So I take JNuggets is now a standard to strive to never fall to? :P.
I can do that...Gimme $100000(one time) and I will be giving you a Dedicated Server for YOUR lifetime.
Most software developers/companies are moving away from onetime payment offers , that says something about such a business model .
Nothing last forever n we both know any provider can go deadpool
Thanks for the constructive notes to those who gave them.
You're welcome. Your new avatar looks less Nuggets.
I guess if you are wanting a life time deal you would just buy a server out right and then just pay a monthly colo fee. But I am don't know any host that offers a set price and gives you a lifetime access to that server for no other charges.
I don't think that would be a good model for any host to really offer that.
This is my experience with lifetime provider
Average provider lifetime probably 2 months
The only one time server is purchase your own and hosted on your home.
First You pay them off, then they are using free energy aka stolen a cable from someone or really discovered free energy otherwise i cant explainz that.
hahaha great image
You probably shouldn't be exposing industrial secrets like that here. Now that drawing could end up in China.
$35000