On Thursday 20 May 2004 11:52, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2004, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote about "Fwd: Re: [OT] Israeli hosting": > > > I think $100/month is a low price for what you're looking for. > > > > Since Actcom offers 100$/month for a *dedicated server* it's obvious that > > a "virtual private server" will cost less, so I don't see why you think > > so. > > Does the 100$/month you mention for a dedicated server actually include the > server rental? Does it include backups? System administration? Fixing > problems without you coming fix them yourself? The answers to these > questions are probably all "no" - and these are things you need to pay for > when buying a non-dedicated hosting solution. You're paying your share of > the hardware costs, your share of the system administration costs, and so > on.
Either I'm very poor at explaining myself or I am very poor at being understood , so let's define a few terms, just for discussion: Virtual hosting - I get access to put some web page and email boxes but not actual control of the server. Providers admins the machine and provides the hardware + backup as well as connectivity, UPS, rack space etc. Provider also supplies IPs but only a single one is needed. Many many users on a single server. Price point: around ~20$ (for sake of argument) Dedicatde Server: - I get a full server which I supply myself, manages myself with full access to hardware resources, including backups. Provider supplies connectivity, UPS, IPs and rack space. Price point: 100$. Single user on one server. Virtual Private Server, or VPs, or what Gilad wants (TM) - I get access to a virtual server and manages it myself (full root access) but share the hardware with several other such users without access to hardware. Provider supplies slice of hardware, connectivity, UPS, rack space, IPs and backup. Many users (but less then virtual hosting) on one server. As you can see, VPS is somewhere between Virtual Hosting to full Dedicatde Server in qualities. Therefore, one would expect that in an efficient market the price would be somewhere between them. Gilad -- Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Codefidence. A name you can trust (tm) http://www.codefidence.com "I am Jack's Overwritten Stack Pointer" -- Hackers Club, the movie ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
