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

[Jim Lawrence]

Hi Gustav and Shamil:

I could be reading this wrong but it appears the one main difference between AWS and Azure is that Azure is a fixed price calculation. You have to pre-purchase what you think will be your requirements. If you have calculated accurately, your needs are consistent and you are only going to be using MS licensed products, Azure may be the way to go.  OTOH, according to the AWS's EC2 video, it states that you as a customer can make "on-the-fly" requirement changes at any time and only pay for what they use at any given duration and the licensing of third-party products is your concern. If costs are a major concern, your business is continually scaling and you are using a variety of applications and operating systems, AWS may be the best choice.

IMHO, small clients would be better served by keeping away from these giants. The old axiom of computer service, is always try to match customer size to support size as disparity always ends with poor service and poor cost value.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:46:52 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] If you're looking for an MS Windows VPS cloud solution this one is good. Tested.

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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>af Salakhetdinov Shamil
>Sendt: 19. marts 2015 09:46
>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.
>
> 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 

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