what is the average cost of a dedicated server?

Question

i want to set up a website for my small business, basically not expecting too much traffic...but the general consensus has been against shared servers. I need to get an idea of the cost of having a dedicated server? Including upfront costs and monthly outlays.

Answer 1

Shared server 8 GB $14.95

Virtual Dedicate Server 5G $14.95

Dedicated server 160G $189



There are no details in your question, but you say you are not expecting much traffic. I wonder if you have decided on dedicated for the wrong reasons.



Shared hosting on UNIX/Linux is very safe, Your site main user has no access outside of your root. What this means is that you can not see inside other hosted areas and neither can they see into yours.



The same is not true on a Windows shared host. I had to set one up when I did a .NET project, both on the host for the site and the seperate host for the database I could see the name of every other username on the systems. When I showed this to the people who I was doing the contract for they immediately agreed to let me put the project on a Linux server with PHP-Ajax-MySQL, 100% safer.



The next level (after Linux shared hosting) is Virtual dedicated server. This is a VM (Virtual Machine) you get to select your own operating system. Some will offer the shared kernel others will offer your own kernel. Go for your own kernel, then everything in your VDS (virtual dedicated server) is your own. It is entirely private, your own IT can install applications and easily add domains as and when you want them. You get ssh access (secure connection, to maintain the VM, view logs etc. You can also use it to some extent for applications that are not in your public area (where your websites are). For example secure tunnels for office and out of office staff, then share documents and databases. This is not and is unlikely to ever be true VPN. But so near you are likely to not notice the difference.



The next level is the private dedicated server. I know others will disagree with this, so don't take it as the only opinion on this. But I would never use a dedicated physical server, you have great expense, assume $180 per month, but you do not have the main advantages of a server that you own. You are as limited as you would be in the much cheaper shared hosting. You have the advantages of VDS. But you have the limits.



You see you set up the server, or the hosts do for you, then you go in first time, setup your domains, can script the setting up of users, great so far. But then you say, well since this is our own server lets get some applications on there, real java applications. But no, you bought yourself a sever, you did not necessarily buy a comms link. Hosted applications is very expensive in terms of bandwidth. Hosts know this and will choke you. They can not let you take more than your share of the shared bandwidth that the host has to offer.



You will sit there after a time and be wondering what the advantage of a dedicated host actually is. I can tell you, there is no advantage at all. Even a hardware error, a VDS (virtual dedicated server) should there be a hardware problem the mirror server will kick in. If the server you are on is coming to a service time, your VDS can be copied in the same way you copy a file, to another server and you wont notice that anything has changed. You can not do the same with a dedicated server, to mirror you your host would have to ask you for the cost of two machines. Your drives will be raid mirrored, but your server definately is not.



VDS has all of the advantages of dedicated, but it has a long list of extra advantages too. So forget dedicated and instead go for Virtual Dedicated Server. You will save yourself a lot of money too.



The link is to my own favourite host, when I do this work it is the first I recommend (and I only ever reccomend UNIX/Linux). I have not known any downtime for what must be ten years. The range of applications in control panel is good, you can add more, the access for developers is excellent.

Answer 2

Dedicated Server Cost

Answer 3

Maybe it's bad

Answer 4

I use this service. www.plurais.pt



Some servers available:



PLU 4.3.1 Lenovo ThinkServer 140



35,47€ /month



Monthly payments



Operating systems:

Linux: CentOs ou Ubuntu ou Debian

Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Hardware

Chassis: Lenovo ThinkServer 140

Intel® Xeon® CPU @ 3.30GHz E3-1226v3

Core: 4

Memory: desde 8GB DDR3

Disco: since 2 x 1TB 3.5 SATA

RAID: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i

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Link

High-performance Data Center: sim

IPv4 addresses: 1

IPv6 addresses: 1

Bandwidth: to the 100 Mbit/s

Traffic: 10TB / month



and



Dell PLU 3.1



76,88€ /month



Monthly payments



Operating systems:

Linux: CentOs ou Ubuntu ou Debian

Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Hardware

Chassis: Dell PowerEdge C5220

Intel® Xeon® CPU @ 2.20GHz E3-1220L

Core: 2

Memory: a partir de 8GB DDR3

Disco: a partir de 2 x 1TB 3.5 SATA

RAID: PERC H200 Adapter

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Link

High-performance Data Center: sim

IPv4 addresses: 4

IPv6 addresses: 1

Bandwidth: to the 100 Mbit/s

Traffic: 10TB / month



and



Dell PLU 6.1



99,02€ /month



Monthly payments



Operating systems:

Linux: CentOs ou Ubuntu ou Debian

Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Hardware

Chassis: Dell PowerEdge C5220

Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1230 V2 CPU @ 3.30GHz

Core: 4

Memory: a partir de 16GB DDR3

Disco: a partir de 4 x 1TB 2.5 SATA

RAID: PERC H200 Adapter

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Link

High-performance Data Center: sim

IPv4 addresses: 8

IPv6 addresses: 1

Bandwidth: to the 1 Gbit / s

Traffic: 30TB / month



and



Dell PLU 3.0



49,08€ /month



Monthly payments



Operating systems:

Linux: CentOs ou Ubuntu ou Debian

Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Hardware

Chassis: Dell PowerEdge R210 II

Processador Intel® Core™ i3-3220 @ 3.30GHz

Core: 2

Memory: a partir de 4GB DDR3

Disco: a partir de 2 x 500 GB

RAID: PERC H200 Adapter

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Link

High-performance Data Center: sim

IPv4 addresses: 2

IPv6 addresses: 1

Bandwidth: to the 100 Mbit/s

Traffic: 10TB / month



and



Dell PLU 6.5.1



199,12€ /month



Monthly payments



Operating systems:

Linux: CentOs ou Ubuntu ou Debian

Windows 2012 R2 Standard Edition

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition

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Hardware

Chassis: Dell PowerEdge R420

Processor: 2 x Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2430 0 @ 2.20GHz

Core: 12

Memory: a partir de 16GB DDR3

Disco: a partir de 4 x 1TB 3.5 SATA

RAID: PERC H710 Mini

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Link

High-performance Data Center: sim

IPv4 addresses: 8

IPv6 addresses: 1

Bandwidth: to the 1 Gbit / s

Traffic: 30TB / month



They have other, or custom servers.



You may take a look.

Answer 5

A dedicated server is a server which is used solely for use by one organisation. The server is leased and stored in the data centre of the host company.



1) Dedicated! No one is competing against your website for the resources (CPU, memory, hard drive, etc). This leads to a better performance. In shared environments, providers can share the server with 100 other websites. This can greatly impact performance and responsiveness of your website.



2) Security! Has better all-around security. No other website is running on the same server as you so there's less chance of another user tampering with your database or important files.



3) Management! The server is managed by the same firm that provides the service. Make sure to get a fully managed one.



4) Flexibility! with shared, you can't simply install any software you need. You are bound by the fact that you share a server and if the owner of the shared refuses to install such software, you're out of luck. Whereas on a dedicated server, you can install any software you please.



5) Growth! the sky is the limit as far as how much you can grow when getting a dedicated server. Whereas on a shared, again, others compete and suck up all resources so you're left with a somewhat less responsive website.



However, not all hosting companies servers are the same, some over charge and some do not offer any type of support. Some offer support that is completely worthless and will not help fix simple issues, others will take 2-4 days before replying to emails and ticket and basically be un-contactable.



I would recommend a company called simple link here http://the-seo-advisor.co.uk/hosting who offer the best dedicates i have ever used but more than that it is their support team who really make this company the best and worthwhile, they have never taken more than a couple of hours to get back to me with solutions, advice and fixes which is more than i can say about godaddy, bluehost, justhost and hostgator.



They are currently have these offers which you can use :

jwoffer = 10% off first order on any package or purchase

jjoff = completely free first month on any shared hosting plan.

Answer 6

Cost depends upon the configuration and customization your are looking. for. To know about the cost please visit the link below.

Answer 7

There are dedicated servers for as little as $33 per Month, check here http://10bestwebhosts.com/serverpronto/

Answer 8

Dear,



Take a look at this site it might help you

http://webhostingsecretsonline.com



Good Luck

Answer 9

Its depend on ur server configurations, please copy and paste source url, here you can find cost according ur server configurations

Answer 10

if you think you need the most relible solution and full control,you'd better buy a dedicated server with about $89/month. Read dedicated server review here: http://www.dedicated-server-review.org

Hope this helps

Answer 11

You don't need high specs for dedicated servers. They're only hosting. Actually, servers in general don't need high specs. Home File Servers can be run on P2, PIIIs... and like 128 Mbs of ram, and lower spec for that matter. Therefore really, though C2Ds, C2Qs, your Phenoms, and Athlons will work, they're impractical to use, since they're so expensive. Well,expensive for what you really need. You will probably be able to run those games simply on a bare of PC w/ a 800 mhz CPU (doesn't matter which), and 256 mb of ram. I believe it ought to run. Check Steam if these specs work. OS - wise, Linux has always been a server's favourite. Core i7s just cost too much, and it's kind of stupid to use such high end hardware for such low needs. OVERKILL I'd recommend for particularly for these games (have NOT done 24/7 (occasion servers yes) dedicated servers) Intel P4s (any), Intel PDs, (any speed), Intel Celerons (1.2ghz +), Intel Celeron DCs (be even a bit overkill), Pentium Dual Cores (overkill a bit), Athlon 64s+ would be just fine, or any of that family, (Semprons) ETC. Again, unless you're serving like 32 players, you wouldn't need such a good CPU. Really, servers don't need that high of a spec. You could proabably run this on integ graphics, and 1 -2 GBs of RAM. (512 minimum for desirable performance). EDIT: This has high tolerance. Servers!! Since the difference between a high end and low end is minimized, I'd recommend using a Pentium 4 (newer ones [in 2004 models)] (and overclock it a bit. Get good cooling, get 1 gb of ram (depending on # of players), decent PSU, can proabably use integrated graphics, HD (What you want, I mean if you just install the server files and the OS, you can use like 10 GBs of HD)? That's kind of it. You'll know when it comes time. Read dedic server tutorials. I hope this helped and didn't bore you. Remember, you don't need high end hardware. Overkill is fine, but you can use the money on your main gaming computer =!. The P4 will probably suffice in any server (basically) or an Athlon 64+ will do great too! Cost: refurbished P4 (in Canada, will proabbly apply for US) $200... Double check again for the dedic specs for your particular game.

Answer 12

It servers the purpose with more details than what you asking for



Below are some of the Dedicated Servers with cost and all are just better than others with unique features and applications

Dedicated Servers Hosting - 60 USD per month

Managed Dedicated Servers - 225 USD Per Month

SSD Dedicated Servers - 200 USD Per Month

Unmetered dedicated servers - 125 USD Per Month

Answer 13

You can buy a server outright and host it at many small ISPs. For your needs, probably about $1000 if enough for you box. MonkeyBrains.net will sell you that server, or lease it to you at $125/month. The lease is on top of the $125/month colocation fee... if you sign a year agreement, we can waive the setup fee -- always ask for that when you host somewhere. Month to month has a $50 setup fee.



Here is what you want: two disks with RAID, 4GB RAM, a dual core CPU.



When you get a disk, make sure to get ones with 5 year warranties (enterprise level) and not desktop (3 year) disks. The extra $100 for a hot-swap case if probably worth it down the line. Most likely, a pair of 500GB disks will be ample for you.

This model: WD5000ABPS is perfect and is better for the environment.



RAID is important so when a disk dies, the other keeps the boat afloat. Oh, make sure you have the system set up to email you when a disk does die so you can replace it. Software RAID is fine for your needs, but if you feel the need, get a 3ware card. Avoid on-motherboard RAID options.



AMD vs Intel? Doesn't matter for you. 2 cores costs the same as one core these days, so you want at least 2 cores.... That will help with any bad programming on the backend.



RAM is cheap. Get at least 4GB. Oh, and decent motherboards support at least 8GB of ram for single CPU systems. Something like a TYAN TRANSPORT barebones system or a SUPERMICRO X7SBi motherboard will suit your needs. Get ECC RAM.



Want more info? Search wikipedia for things like ECC, RAID, etc.



If you want to host with MonkeyBrains, drop an email to [e-mail]

Answer 14

Bob M has some good answers. And yes, we don't have enough details.

If trying to set up a Linux server on your own, here are some other links to "howtos":

I used:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu8.04-lts

or Generic:

http://www.howtoforge.com/howtos/linux



and for web management:

http://www.ispconfig.org/



You need an ISP that allows port 80 to be forwarded to your web server (some block it to prevent home web servers - check first)



Cost is only a server PC, your time (or a friend helping lol), and your monthly internet costs plus domain registration if actually buying a domain name ($10-$30/year approx)

Look into free domain names at services like DynDNS or DtDNS if you don't want to pay for a specific name.

Answer 15

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cheers!

Answer 16

So happy that I found this topic already answered! its like you've read my thoughts!