[dba-Tech] If you're looking for an MS Windows VPS cloud solution this one is good. Tested.

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Shamil

That would be the EC2:

     http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

But if you study the price calculator, costs are a magnitude higher than those of ovh.
Same goes for Azure:

    http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/

I believe they are SSD based and offer Windows Server 2012 R2 and perhaps better backup options, but it seems that ovs has s very low pricing that will be hard to beat.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil
Sendt: 19. marts 2015 11:24
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] If you're looking for an MS Windows VPS cloud solution this one is good. Tested.

 Hi Gustav --

Thank you for your note.
Is it possible to make a quick but close to reality evaluation how much it will cost on AWS to host

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Service Pack 1 Running 24x7x365 on AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 4386, 3.10GHz
4 Cores / 8GB RAM / 10GB Raid 10 HDD / 100 Mbps network / unlimited traffic On  http://www.ovh.ie/vps/vps-classic.xml  it's €14.99 / month - no any other hidden costs if I haven't missed some.

Thank you.

-- Shamil

Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:21 AM UTC from Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk>:
>Hi Shamil
>
>I don't think you are using the calculator improperly. Those are the current costs, there are no hidden alternatives except, perhaps, if you are a very large corporation.
>
>It's my impression, that AWS is the price leader because of their marketshare and because they lower their prices at once when possible. Comparable Azure prices follow AWS closely and quickly.
>
>I've also found that it quickly adds up, indeed for machines constantly on. The crucial part is how you estimate maintenance of domestic machines. If you have to pay hi-priced techies, the picture can quickly change.
>
>/gustav
>
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>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] If you're looking for an MS Windows VPS cloud solution this one is good. Tested.
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> Hello Mark --
>
>Thank you for your information.
>I have scrolled the article you referred to its 'magic quadrant part' and it looks good.
>I will read the article in full later.
>
>Do you know from your experience what would it be a monthly cost to have a VPS with 4GB RAM/40GB HDD 2/4 cores, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012 or just desktop Windows 7/8 hosted on AWS running 24x7x365?
>
>Does AWS have affordable MS SQL Server hosting options?
>
>Yes, I have seen their hosting costs calculator but it I have found the figures it calculates are too high for me currently. I could have used this calculator improperly?
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil