From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B9DA1381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:02:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3699921C026; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ea0-f181.google.com (mail-ea0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6C0F21C013 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f181.google.com with SMTP id k14so1239385eaa.40 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:00:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=G4olLalgbNbCRDAlmYfDUzBgx4CkTDGTWYuXKVh1kcg=; b=ilwZAou/PIoM6tMaKxwVfXR6JG3XOCzkcrNI1+JQJH2i/RsU8AElmsGzH2NwJmb8pr 4FEoqXLacKl2r8G/J+IdcYFDQqZn+Bm7NT4sP2iG4P3SZcwmFXWOVaxLHJYKXrPR3oVy 8sTsQYsTsTvjXraSSaTrwoXXmWBXhH8HD85FNXHl95dv/r1hPWiSaLxqZsHyDrmBf8HZ ZepLn18o9558qRjj8QRchTCMR3PkzKQDjlljdYDHwFf95k0lOg0kGZbs3G9bWUMSuK/F yy6rKObjRVklTUdlcysYQYjqvzTIUVaICiGQ1C0rJvF4M6OlkzIO0RQA7O0S7JVENUPi Iimg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.174.198 with SMTP id x46mr13824511eel.23.1355479255110; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:00:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.158.68 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:00:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50CAE9D4.4000402@binarywings.net> References: <50CAE9D4.4000402@binarywings.net> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:00:54 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dedicated server or cloud server? From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b62430a80555104d0cd1b53 X-Archives-Salt: 1dad8ec2-c281-4031-9982-a31564ab7587 X-Archives-Hash: b3207c97bff36398745194812b96851c --047d7b62430a80555104d0cd1b53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Would everyone here be in favor of a dedicated server over a cloud > > server from a host with good cloud infrastructure? The cloud server > > concept is amazing but from what I'm reading a dedicated server at the > > same price point far outperforms it. > > > > - Grant > > Last time I did the calculation, a dedicated or normal virtualized > infrastructure was more cost effective as long as you could accurately > predict the performance you need. > > Cloud services only really help if you need a high dynamic range > regarding scale and performance, e.g. a service that could get a lot of > new users very fast or is only really active for short time spans. Doesn't a good cloud server also have potentially higher availability compared to dedicated? - Grant --047d7b62430a80555104d0cd1b53 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Would everyone here be in favor of a dedicated server over a clou= d
> > server from a host with good cloud infrastructure? =A0The cl= oud server
> > concept is amazing but from what I'm reading a = dedicated server at the
> > same price point far outperforms it.
> >
> > - = Grant
>
> Last time I did the calculation, a dedicated or norma= l virtualized
> infrastructure was more cost effective as long as you= could accurately
> predict the performance you need.
>
> Cloud services only = really help if you need a high dynamic range
> regarding scale and pe= rformance, e.g. a service that could get a lot of
> new users very fa= st or is only really active for short time spans.

Doesn't a good cloud server also have potentially higher avail= ability compared to dedicated?

- Grant
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