Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : Dedicated Server : Opinions on Price & Hardware Specification

[benjaminyeo]

Hello all,

I need to decide which type of hardware should I purchase to provide unmanaged dedicated hosting, and in turn setting the right price to be competitive.

I have the following specifications in mind.
Config A

• Intel Xeon X3440
• SuperMicro X8SIL-F
• Kingston 2x 2gb
• WD 2x Blue 500GB

or
Config B

• Intel i3-530
• Any H55 Board
• Kingston 2x 2gb
• WD 2x Blue 500GB

For the above specs, I was thinking of between $250-$300/mth with a setup fee of $150 for Config A. Would it be too high? Or should I go with Config B without IPMI and charge $220 with the same setup fee? They will all come with 1IP, 1mbps dedi, 10mbps burst, 1.5TB bandwidth.

Please advise which configuration should I get and the right pricing to set.

[mariushm]

Not sure where in the world you could get by with such high setup fee and monthly payment.
I'd also wouldn't buy anything that's not on 100mbps port (1TB minimum and not in+out, just out).

I think the second configuration would be better performance wise but if you offer ipmi for no additional costs with the first, then I may be swayed towards that one.

Up to about 159$ a month with a 49-69 setup fee would sound good to me for these systems on 100mbps port with 1-2TB bandwidth - at over this, you get into 100tb.com and gigenet territory with their 100tb a month and quad cores with 8 gigs of memory.

ps. Ah, I see in the profile you're in Singapore... in that case I guess those prices would work.

[benjaminyeo]

Actually, the high monthly cost is to try to defray some part of the high equipment cost. The first setup includes full IPMI 2.0 with no additional cost. They are all on 100mbps ports but I thought it would be better to just limit them to 10mbps to control the bandwidth better?

How about this? A new configuration just hit me.

• Intel Atom D510
• 2GB Ram
• 320GB

Setup fee $50 & Monthly Recurring $125. Is this attractive enough?

[Communism]

As mariushm said, maybe if it was located in singapore or something, but in Europe and US, those are absolutely horrible prices for that kind of throughput.

[Johnn]

The settings are okay for a standard hosting server, for BOTH servers ... but look for lower pricing, UNLESS you get additional services included that you did not post here.

John

[Mike - Limestone]

Hi Benjamin,

No specific comments on the pricing here, but of the two configurations, I would personally recommend the Xeon-based one.

-mike

[funkywizard]

The xeon configuration is definitely better. For an unmamaged server in us or Europe, those prices are way above market rates.