On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Dave Watts wrote: > As an end-user, I don't think $5 per month sounds like a lot for the > most important network service I use. As an administrator, there is > simply no comparison I could make between the two. What happens if > your virtual dedicated server takes a dump? How long will it take you > to get your users online again? What sort of data loss would they > incur? What kind of mail quotas can you handle? What happens if a > mailbox is corrupted? What happens if you run out of disk space? Etc, > etc, etc. >
Yup - Time = money. Especially if you own a business. If something is costing you time, that thing is costing you money. I mentally multiply the time spent on things like this by a normal billrate to assign a dollar amount to it. We don't host any servers inhouse. I will go to the ends of the earth to find a way to not very valuable waste time managing things like that. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355440 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
