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[Wizzo]

I've been looking at cheap cloud servers but most are more expensive than using a dedicated server. The only cheap one I can find is 1and1. Can anyone recommend some others for me.

Thanks

[sam9]

hi,

This will also depend on the configuration. What configuration are you looking for?

[eSupun]

Have you tried giga-international.com?

They have amazing packages. But the setup fee is higher than others.

[Wizzo]

Giga looks like the one.

Thanks

[MannDude]

Checked out the Giga-International website and didn't see anything about Cloud.

Also, with a WhoIS lookup I didn't find any information: http://whois.domaintools.com/giga-international.com

Maybe domaintools is having some problems, but its not displaying anything as far as their record goes.

Their V-Servers are too good to be true, so I would proceed with caution.

EDIT: First three WHT reviews from Google for Giga-International are displayed below...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...KhM0T-KwUZPXYw
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...snXmmx4oZgvhHg
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...0XkZU9IrNP19RA

[ZKuJoe]

GigeNET is one of the cheapest I have found @ $10/month.

[TheChemist]

I personally would have to recommend VPS.net if you want to get your money worth. Either liquid storm or vps.net

[ZKuJoe]

When I previously used VPS.NET it was a nightmare. Whenever I adjusted my resources it was a minimum of 30 minutes downtime which was unacceptable.

[eming]

Originally Posted by ZKuJoe

When I previously used VPS.NET it was a nightmare. Whenever I adjusted my resources it was a minimum of 30 minutes downtime which was unacceptable.

yeah, initially we (vps.net) forced a disk-rebuild as a part of an up/downgrade. We changed that months ago though, and now up/down scaling of resources are instant, and can even be automated using the autoscaling feature.


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[ZKuJoe]

Thank you. I remember when I was using your service you had mentioned that the disk-rebuild was the cause and was being worked on but I had not read anything about that being implimented. I may consider picking up some space in your UK cloud when I expand my services.

[Wizzo]

GigaInternational is very cheap but there are too mant bad reviews for my liking.

A 1&1 cloud server is looking good for me. Its £5 per cpu core / gb memory / 100 gb space. If anyone know anything similar in price do let me know.

Thanks

[Chris-WS]

http://www.rackspacecloud.com/ maybe? they are offering very cheap cloud services.

[Wizzo]

4gb ram @ 160gb space for $175. They are mega expensive. Can buy two dedicated for that.

[ZKuJoe]

Originally Posted by Wizzo

4gb ram @ 160gb space for $175. They are mega expensive. Can buy two dedicated for that.

You can buy 2 dedicated servers for that but will you get the same features? What kind of scalability and redundancy will you have? Even with 2 dedicated servers with 1 setup as a failover it's still not the same redundancy you'd get from a cloud.

[Wizzo]

I want to be able to setup a server which I can upgrade the resources as and when there is demand for it. Although there are advantages to using cloud based servers I don't see the point in paying 4 times more than using a dedicated.

RackSpace
1 GB RAM
100 GB Disk
1 TB Bandwidth
$249.80

Even the Storm Cloud is cheaper, but thats still thats expensive.

Storm
1.7 GB RAM
150 GB Disk
1 TB Bandwidth
$120.00