[Chicago] Dedicated Server Hosting Recommendations?

[Luca Matteis]

You might want to take a look at Google AppEngine if you're starting a
project from scratch. It leverages development standards and totally
supports Python. Plus you don't have to worry about maintenance - you
just pay for what you use.

My team has just started using it and we feel like this is totally the future.

Luca

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Mike Steder <steder at gmail.com> wrote:
> RealNet's looks like managed hosting?  Was I missing something on
> their site?  It is cool that it's located in Chicago though.
>
> Anyway, Malcolm you looked into AWS?
>
> A large instance with the following specs:
>
> Large Instance
>
> 7.5 GB memory
> 4 EC2 Compute Units (2 virtual cores with 2 EC2 Compute Units each)
> 850 GB instance storage
> 64-bit platform
> I/O Performance: High
> API name: m1.large
>
> runs about $90 a month.
>
> Of course, I suspect you don't need a machine that beefy for just
> experimenting and testing.  What are you looking to host on a box like
> that?  I'm only asking because you can save quite a bit a month by
> choosing a smaller machine and if you're just looking to host a simple
> web app in Python you can probably get by on less.  The cool thing
> about Amazon though is that you can scale up and down pretty easily
> without a huge monthly commitment if that's not what you want.  For
> instance, you could pay the $0.68 cents an hour to run that large
> instance and experiment and test with it and just shut it down when
> you aren't using it.
>
> ~Mike
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Jason Rexilius <jason at hostedlabs.com> wrote:
>> I've used RealNets.com for a number of years. Very inexpensive, datacenter
>> is on Jackson.  Not the greatest bandwidth but just fine for most needs.
>>
>> ServerCentral is pricier, but higher quality.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/22/11 9:05 AM, Malcolm Newsome wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey ChiPy,
>>>
>>> I’m on the hunt for the “best” price/performance for dedicated
>>> (non-managed) server hosting. Does anyone have any recommendations?
>>>
>>> Something with specs similar to this will do just fine, but obviously
>>> looking to get the most bang for my buck.
>>>
>>>    * OS: Linux CentOS
>>>    * CPU: Intel Core™ 2 Duo - 2.66 GHz
>>>    * RAM: 4 GB
>>>    * Storage: 2 x 300 GB hard drives
>>>    * Bandwidth: 1,500 GB per month
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, does anyone have experience using dedicated servers overseas for
>>> hosting? Is this something I should consider or absolutely stay away
>>> from (given that most traffic will be coming from the US)?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Malcolm
>>>
>>>
>>>
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