How much would a cloud server cost me?
Posted: March 5th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Cloud | No Comments »The big advantage of running a server in the cloud, is you only have to pay for the time you actually use it. This is a great solution for development servers, or temporary expansion of capacity. But is is also costeffective to run a server in the cloud when you use it as a dedicated server 24×7. I’ve setup some specs to compare several cloud offers and VPS offers based on price. The specifications of this ’standard’ server are as follows:
- 1 CPU core
- 2 GB RAM
- 80 GB diskspace, 40GB used
- Linux OS
- 100GB datatraffic
As you can see, these are not too fancy specs, but sufficient for a development webserver or for use as a small production webserver.
Not all cloud and vps offers allow you to specify the exact requirements that you need. So in the comparison below, I’ve included where the server specifications differ from the base-line specs.
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| Cloud offer | Actual CPU | Actual Memory | Actual Disk | Datatraffic | Location | Price/month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS EC2 | 1 Core | 1.7GB | 160GB | Excluded, €0.15/GB, €15.00 | Ireland - Europe | €68.40 + €15.00 = €83.40 |
| Windows Azure | 1 Core (1.6GHz) | 1.75GB | 225, excluding actual storage $0.15/GB/month | Excluded, $0.15/GB, $15.00/month (excluding incoming traffic, currently free off peak hours) | Unkown - US? | $86.40 + $15.00 + $6.00 = $107.40 ~ € 80.00 |
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