[TriLUG] colo and dedicated servers

Brian McCullough bdmc at buadh-brath.com
Thu Jun 13 16:06:54 EDT 2013


Folks,

I know that this is coming late in the day, but I have been doing
research on this project for several days, and finally came to the
oracle.


I am dealing with a vendor who is selling a company that I consult to, a
service that requires that they provide seven Windows desktop-class ( XP
Pro, Server 2003, etc ) machines, to run instances of their software.

I said that that was rediculous, that a single Linux box could easily
support seven Windows virtual machines, more effiently and with combined
resources and reduced hardware. ( no redundant items )


The question at this moment, to me, is whether to go with a "dedicated
server" somewhere, or a co-lo and install a box that we have purchased.

I tend to favour the latter, because I feel that, despite the cost of a
1U box ( $3,000 - $5,000 ), the monthly cost of the co-lo over the
dedicated server will result in a break-even somewhere in the
neighbourhood of a year.

What do you think, and do you have any recommendations for either
option?


Thanks,
Brian



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