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VPS or Dedi?
Hello all,
I currently have several VPS' that are a mixed bag of small cPanel servers and NGINX/Apache hosts. The idea is to convert them all to DirectAdmin but I'm having trouble trying to decide between switching to a dedicated server, or sticking to VPS'.
Apart from budget, the main deciding factors are location and storage requirements.
I need about 300GB of storage (SDD/NVMe) and it all needs to based out of the UK - preferably, London.
Obviously, I'd like to spend as little as possible whilst providing a decent service.
Thus, the dilemma - so many providers, so many options. I'm hoping you can all help me decide.
I've kind of narrowed it down to a few possible options:
1 - Linode/Similar provider - £100.42/month (Inc VAT)
Their 16GB VPS comes with 320GB of space @ $80/month + DA @ $29 = $109
2 - IntoVPS - £101.34/month (Inc VAT)
The M16 comes with 120GB @ $40 each.
The M12 comes with 90GB @ $30.
DirectAdmin is included.
@intovps I don't suppose you have any custom plans, or maybe block storage is coming to London soon?
So, 2xM16($80) + 1xM12($30) = 330GB @ $110
3 - Clouvider - £110.4/month (Inc VAT)
E3-1270V6
32GB of RAM
1x 512GB NVMe
4xIPv4's (it's a dedi, I'm virtualising things now)
DirectAdmin included, for as many VM's as I want
@Clouvider don't suppose there's a sale coming soon or a special offer I haven't noticed?
4 - OVH - ~£115/month (Inc VAT and 1xDA)
Intel Xeon-E 2136 - 6c
64Gb of RAM
2x 450GB NVMe
5x IPv4's
No DA
As you can see, there isn't a huge difference between them in terms of pricing.
At first, I thought I'd get a "big" (or 2) dedicated server and consolidated all my VM's - I knew IPv4 was expensive, but jeez...
- At first IntoVPS was my first choice, but then I realised that I'd need 3 hosts just to get enough storage.
- A dedi will allow me to consolidate some other VM's by running my own hypervisor, but IPv4's ain't cheap if you need 20 of them.
- Clouvider means I don't have to worry about any licensing costs at all.
- A dedi has more management overhead.
- A hardware failure on dedi is harder to manage.
Feedback, opinions, help, alternative options I have not yet thought of - all welcome!
Thanks all!
Comments
i'm in a similar boat....
We need about 100GB + of storage for a project for hosting a few local sites.... (debating on cPanel or DA)
I can't decide between a dedicated or a good VPS or 2 or maybe a Public Cloud server to take the hardware headache away.
If your after dedicated in the UK, check out the pre racked servers on easyspace.com I just got a dell with e3-1240 and 2x 240gb in SSD hardware raid for £30 a month. Their control panel monitors the hardware raid for you and you can setup alerts... They use Rapidswitch / IOMART - also Rapid switch had some £35 server today.
i personally suggest to stay with vps to be safe or if u really want to had to go with one server then go with @ovhcom @Clouvider if UK if u can work with germany the .... support i will suggest to go with @Hetzner_OL too
but if you are looking for something cheap + big storage + medium performance then i will suggest to try contabo (uptime is good support is a bit slow but phone call works staff is good )
my second option to go with @Francisco with block storage
Personally, this is my #1 option.
Francisco
We'd love to have you onboard! I would however suggest RAID for anything in production.
We have a few E3's on our promotional offers page, however theres just the unmetered servers remaining last I checked. We are starting to transition towards the new E-2xxx servers in London.
@jokymic if Hetzner or @Francisco had UK POPs it'd already be a done deal
@Francisco when oh when are you going to get a UK POP?
I think I know what your reply will be - if I do, just ban adult content on your UK nodes? haha
@Clouvider I'd love to come onboard! You're right, I would need RAID.
I haven't kept up to date with what processors are available these days, does this mean your servers are about to get more expensive?
Cheeky question - I don't suppose there's anything you could do to nudge the price down a bit?
@experttechit never heard of easyspace.com - good deals though. What's the catch? lol
Not as such, just moving forward with new generations of hardware - there is no point in investing in older generations. We did this same approach when the E3's (v5 and v6) launched.
Open a ticket with sales and they will see what we can do for you
EasySpace is part of IOMART - A massive company, you know when you wake up they will still be there, also maidenhead is a great DC and includes ddos - no management thou.