Comments on: Death of the low-end unmanaged server? http://blog.servint.net/2009/03/31/death-of-the-low-end-unmanaged-server/ Insights on Hosting, Technology, and Green Technology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christian Dawson http://blog.servint.net/2009/03/31/death-of-the-low-end-unmanaged-server/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Christian Dawson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:30:18 +0000 http://blog.servint.net/?p=207#comment-520 Fred, that's fine if your business can afford to be slow and down, and to have no redundancy and a slow recovery plan in the event of failure. If it can, you don't need to go the route of hiring a company like ServInt. There's plenty of cheap low-end stuff like the stuff you're talking about, and some people can afford to use it because at the end of the day quality isn't important to them. But when quality is important, it is vital to realize that the host that puts you out of business due to lack of uptime, redundancy, backup quality or management, isn't the cheapest server. In fact, that cheapie server could be the most costly one you ever lease. Fred, that’s fine if your business can afford to be slow and down, and to have no redundancy and a slow recovery plan in the event of failure. If it can, you don’t need to go the route of hiring a company like ServInt. There’s plenty of cheap low-end stuff like the stuff you’re talking about, and some people can afford to use it because at the end of the day quality isn’t important to them. But when quality is important, it is vital to realize that the host that puts you out of business due to lack of uptime, redundancy, backup quality or management, isn’t the cheapest server. In fact, that cheapie server could be the most costly one you ever lease.

]]> By: Fred http://blog.servint.net/2009/03/31/death-of-the-low-end-unmanaged-server/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Fred Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:37:59 +0000 http://blog.servint.net/?p=207#comment-512 Utter nonsense. You can get cheap dedicated servers for $29. That's the lowest I found. I have an Atom330 dedicated server with 2Gig Mem, 500Gig HD, unmetered for $59. If you want managed you can get that which includes backups and updates yada yada. I am quite comfortable managing all that myself so unmanaged with kvm/ip when I need to re-load is all I need. Utter nonsense. You can get cheap dedicated servers for $29. That’s the lowest I found. I have an Atom330 dedicated server with 2Gig Mem, 500Gig HD, unmetered for $59.

If you want managed you can get that which includes backups and updates yada yada. I am quite comfortable managing all that myself so unmanaged with kvm/ip when I need to re-load is all I need.

]]> By: Bert http://blog.servint.net/2009/03/31/death-of-the-low-end-unmanaged-server/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Bert Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:22 +0000 http://blog.servint.net/?p=207#comment-448 I'm with Ethan. I've actually been on unmanaged dedicated machines in the past and moved here mainly because I was spending more time managing my server than I felt was smart business wise. If you value your hours at let's say $150/hr - getting a managed solution is a no-brainer. I’m with Ethan. I’ve actually been on unmanaged dedicated machines in the past and moved here mainly because I was spending more time managing my server than I felt was smart business wise.

If you value your hours at let’s say $150/hr – getting a managed solution is a no-brainer.

]]> By: Ethan http://blog.servint.net/2009/03/31/death-of-the-low-end-unmanaged-server/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Ethan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:32:41 +0000 http://blog.servint.net/?p=207#comment-4 ServInt has certainly lived up to it's reputation. I for one am thrilled with the move from shared hosting to ServInt's VPS service. Couldn't be happier. Thanks! ServInt has certainly lived up to it’s reputation. I for one am thrilled with the move from shared hosting to ServInt’s VPS service. Couldn’t be happier. Thanks!

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