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05-30-2010, 10:26 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Review of Cloud Server Hosts!
This post is to compare each cloud hosting provider that charges by the hour (**note** i will not review hosts that charge per month, atleast not yet) - i only have compared 3 hosts, i will update this when i have some more free time.
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Gigenetcloud.com
MINIMUM Cloud Server:
384 MB RAM/15 GB Disk Space - 1.38 cents per hour
MAXIMUM Cloud Server:
8192 MB RAM/320 GB Disk Space - 27.78 cents per hour
Pay As You Go BANDWITH Pricing:
Inbound: FREE
Outbound: 20 cents.
Operating Systems Supported And Pricing:
Centos 5 - Free
Centos 5 with Cpanel 11 - $10/month
ClearOS 5 - Free
Debian 5 - Free
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Free
Windows 2003 Enterprise - Free - Limited Time
Windows 2008 Enterprise - Free - Limited Time
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rackspacecloud.com
MINIMUM Cloud Server:
256 MB RAM/10 GB Disk Space - 1.5 cents per hour
MAXIMUM Cloud Server:
15872 MB RAM/620 GB Disk Space - 96 cents per hour
Pay As You Go BANDWITH Pricing:
Inbound: 8 cents.
Outbound: 22 cents.
Operating Systems Supported And Pricing:
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) - Free
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) - Free
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) - Free
Ubuntu 8.04.2 (Hardy Heron) LTS - Free
Gentoo 2008.0 - Free
Debian 5.0 Lenny - Free
Centos 5.4 - Free
Centos 5.3 - Free
Oracle EL R5U4 - Free
Oracle EL R5U3 JEOS - Free
Gentoo 10.1 - Free
Red Hat EL 5.4 - Free
Red Hat EL 5.3 - Free
Arch 2009.02 - Free
Fedora 12 (Constantine) - Free
Fedora 11 (Leonidas) - Free
Arch 2009.02 - Free
Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 32-bit - 3.5 cents/hour
Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit - 3.5 cents/hour
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 32-bit - 3.5 cents/hour
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit - 3.5 cents/hour
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition 64-bit - 3.5 cents/hour
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aws.amazon.com/ec2/
MINIMUM Cloud Server:
256 MB RAM/10 GB Disk Space - 1.5 cents per hour
MAXIMUM Cloud Server:
15872 MB RAM/620 GB Disk Space - 96 cents per hour
Pay As You Go BANDWITH Pricing:
Inbound: Free until June 30, 2010
Outbound: Free First GB - Then Starts at 15 cents per GB
Operating Systems Supported And Pricing:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Unknown
OpenSolaris - Free
Fedora - Free
Windows Server 2003/2008 - starts at 4.5 cents/hour
openSUSE Linux - Free
Gentoo Linux - Free
Oracle Enterprise Linux - unkown
Ubuntu Linux - Free
Debian - Free
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So, according to these 3 hosts, gigenet is the cheapest in almost every area. (os, ram, space, bandwith ect..)
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07-13-2010, 01:55 PM #2Newbie
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Do you need US location? If not, cloud.bg has a very affordable service in Europe.
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07-13-2010, 06:05 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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The website of this company "Gigenetcloud" looks very good and they have a good comparison page. However they claim something which looks a little bit pretentious - "Fastest Cloud Server Deployment on the GLOBE! Deploy a server in under 1 minute!"... but it might not be far from truth. I also like the idea to use centralized storage. Our approach is the same!
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07-13-2010, 06:20 PM #4WHT Addict
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07-13-2010, 06:26 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Great to hear that. Tell me about the Windows solution. There is not load-balancing of Windows based instances, isn't it?
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07-13-2010, 11:41 PM #6WHT Addict
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Its most definitely possible to load balancing with Windows on our solutions. It requires some work with virtual IPs and a little know how to get it all operational, but it is most definitely doable.
I would like to note that the bandwidth pricing on this review is a little outdated. We currently charge the following.
Inbound: 8c
Outbound: 15c
Thanks
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07-15-2010, 04:44 AM #7Total Nerd
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It's also worth mentioning that NFS space is also available for GigeNETCloud if you need additional disk space without more CPU/RAM.
Also each VM comes with an internal IP and all internal traffic (10Gbps) is free across their whole network so if you have a VM and a dedicated server with them they can communicate internally for free.
Now to be fair, I will also provide some information that wasn't disclosed in the first post. GigeNET handles their cloud IP allocation in VLANs so the cost is 140 credits ($4/month) for 4 IPs with only 1 usable. For information on why it is done this way it has been explained numerous times on their forum. I don't know how the other providers handle their IPs but I figured it was only fair for people figuring out pricing.-Joe @ Secure Dragon LLC.
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09-17-2010, 05:26 AM #8New Member
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Hi,
I like your offering. However I want to use my virtual servers for testing and hence they dont need to be running all the time. Will I be charged if my machines are not running. Can I backup my machine somewhere, delete them, and then recreate them to save all day charging ?
Thanks
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09-17-2010, 05:51 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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You forgot to mention about stormondemand.
Stormondemand.com
MINIMUM Cloud Server:
1.7 GB RAM/150 GB Disk Space/1 core- 0.07 cents per hour
MAXIMUM Cloud Server:
45.8 GB RAM/1.5 TB/12 cores Disk Space - 1.37 dollars per hour
Pay As You Go BANDWITH Pricing:
$0.08 inbound / $0.15 outbound
Operating Systems Supported And Pricing:
CentOS 5.4 64-bit ----------------------- Core-Managed $20/mon $0.03/hr
CentOS 5.4 64bit with Cpanel -------- Fully-Managed $20/mon $0.03/hr
CentOS 5.4 64bit ----------------------- Self-Managed
Debian 5.0.1 64bit ----------------------- Self-Managed
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (hardy) X86_64 -- Self-Managed
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid) X86_64 -- Self-Managed
Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) X86_64 ------ Self-Managed
I like stormondemand.██ Website Hosting Mumbai | Web Hosting India
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09-17-2010, 09:04 PM #10Aspiring Evangelist
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█ WINKY.NET
█ Phone: 213-291-0558 Email: sales@winky.net
█ VMware Partner, Public and Private Cloud, Los Angeles One Wilshire Colo
█ SaaS Hosting, cPanel Servers, Resellers Welcome, 100% SLA
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09-17-2010, 09:11 PM #11Aspiring Evangelist
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Benny Crampton
Liquid Web - Dedicated Hosting with Heroic Support
StormOnDemand - Flexible Cloud Hosting Infrastructure
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09-17-2010, 09:16 PM #12Aspiring Evangelist
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█ WINKY.NET
█ Phone: 213-291-0558 Email: sales@winky.net
█ VMware Partner, Public and Private Cloud, Los Angeles One Wilshire Colo
█ SaaS Hosting, cPanel Servers, Resellers Welcome, 100% SLA
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09-17-2010, 09:18 PM #13Aspiring Evangelist
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Benny Crampton
Liquid Web - Dedicated Hosting with Heroic Support
StormOnDemand - Flexible Cloud Hosting Infrastructure
1-800-580-4985 | Twitter: @liquidweb | @StormOnDemand
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09-18-2010, 07:29 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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██ Website Hosting Mumbai | Web Hosting India
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██ cPanel-Softaculous Shared Hosting | 99.9% Uptime
██ sales[at]linkwayhosting.com | +91-9930-3388-67
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09-19-2010, 10:14 PM #15Aspiring Evangelist
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Benny Crampton
Liquid Web - Dedicated Hosting with Heroic Support
StormOnDemand - Flexible Cloud Hosting Infrastructure
1-800-580-4985 | Twitter: @liquidweb | @StormOnDemand
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09-17-2010, 10:19 PM #16Disabled
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I've heard some good things about RackSpace. I'm particularly looking forward to Cascade.
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