Cpu prices are becoming cheper still no cheap Dedicated cpu in hosting world

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@TheLonely - FDCServers, Chicago, IL.

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@GoodHosting said:
We offer dedicated CPU power on all our OpenNebula Enterprise Cloud plans.

Yea, I can confirm that, abuse CPU 100% 24/7 and VPSes still perform well.

0xdragon

@W1V_Lee said:
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What your suggesting is simply not possible for the reasons already stated. I mean I have a few old machines lying around that I was going to colo for something/anything than being wasted.

But I don't mind admitting I near shat myself when I powered up all the boxes with a meter on it, one was drawing 1.8A, the power cost kills it dead.

This is what I'm seriously afraid of when it comes to Colo.

Lee

@0xdragon said:

I see a lot of people buying old kit from ebay and the like without considering power draw.

Don't get me wrong I got a few from there myself but you need to calculate the power not just on idle but when your cpu(s) plus drives are all running at a decent level to really know what you will need power wise.

I made that mistake the very first time I sent a server down to telehouse and after a couple of weeks I got a "yeah, going to need to charge you another £25 a month for power" email. Why? Because I only tested the power draw on idle.

0xdragon

@W1V_Lee said:

Owch!