On 11/10/2010 10:05 PM, Eric Myers wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Derek J. Balling wrote:
With linode virtual-servers running $20.00/mo, I no longer have any
clue why people insist on running servers on the ends of their home
cable/DSL/FiOS/etc. links. >
One reason for considering Fios is to cut costs, not just the better
bandwidth. So adding the expense of hosting elsewhere or so-called
business class service makes Fios less attractive.
I already have things working on the boxes in my home office, so moving
it all to a hosting service would be extra work, something else I'd like
to avoid.
One other thing to think about on the cost equation is power
consumption. Part of getting a linode for me was reducing the number of
always on things in the house. As a yard stick, 100 W of always on ends
up being about ~ $10 / month to our friends at central hudson. My guess
is an always on but idle system is consuming at least that, where is an
always on and heavily used system is at least double (depending on the
aux devices being powered). I haven't kill-o-watted it to test however,
so others that have might have some useful data. I know Porkchop did a
lot of analysis at one point, maybe he'll poke his head up.
-Sean
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