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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 1845013" data-attributes="member: 7808">Thanks BardStephenFox, you answered a lot of my questions about the different options.&nbsp; I still am a little perplexed when I look at the numbers, though.You cited a price of $379/month for dedicated hosting.&nbsp; After checking a few websites, I found this price to be about right for a number of sources, with servers that seem like they would fit the specs Pirate gave in the announcement.&nbsp; &nbsp; But right now, ENWorld already pays $400/month for colocation with Cyberstreet (and that's for a single server, it will be raised for a dual server setup).&nbsp; For the sake of simplicity, rounding the cost of dedicated hosting to $400/month means that the monthly cost is about the same for both options.Given this, I just don't see why we're biting the bullet and paying $3000+ for ENWorld to own the server.&nbsp; As I understand it, getting dedicated hosting would mean that we wouldn't have to pay the huge startup cost of the server, the hardware would essentially be insured (if hardware breaks, it would be the responsibility of the hoster to fix it), and we could have 24/7 tech support.&nbsp; The dedicated hosting price also includes software and upgrades (I don't know if Cyberstreet does or not).&nbsp; Even if we ended up paying for some high level tech support when something goes wrong, I kinda doubt we could end up spending more than that $3000+ over three years.&nbsp; I understand that Cyberstreet has been very friendly with us in the past, but given ENWorlds history of less-than-optimal perfomance and the big price difference, I just don't see this as being worth it.I understand that I may not be seeing the big picture here (and there's some things I haven't made a comparison of due to lack of info, like bandwidth).&nbsp; By all means, please explain it to me further if you feel up to it.&nbsp; More importantly, I know my opinion doesn't really matter in the long run, as I'm not going to be the one making the final decision, and I certainly am not going to try to work against the ENWorld team as they try and make everything work out.&nbsp; But this is the second time in a short while that a drive has been needed to save ENWorld financially, and I can't help but wonder if there are some options that aren't being taken simply because some of the higher ups want to be &quot;friends&quot; with our current host.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 1845013, member: 7808"] Thanks BardStephenFox, you answered a lot of my questions about the different options. I still am a little perplexed when I look at the numbers, though. You cited a price of $379/month for dedicated hosting. After checking a few websites, I found this price to be about right for a number of sources, with servers that seem like they would fit the specs Pirate gave in the announcement. But right now, ENWorld already pays $400/month for colocation with Cyberstreet (and that's for a single server, it will be raised for a dual server setup). For the sake of simplicity, rounding the cost of dedicated hosting to $400/month means that the monthly cost is about the same for both options. Given this, I just don't see why we're biting the bullet and paying $3000+ for ENWorld to own the server. As I understand it, getting dedicated hosting would mean that we wouldn't have to pay the huge startup cost of the server, the hardware would essentially be insured (if hardware breaks, it would be the responsibility of the hoster to fix it), and we could have 24/7 tech support. The dedicated hosting price also includes software and upgrades (I don't know if Cyberstreet does or not). Even if we ended up paying for some high level tech support when something goes wrong, I kinda doubt we could end up spending more than that $3000+ over three years. I understand that Cyberstreet has been very friendly with us in the past, but given ENWorlds history of less-than-optimal perfomance and the big price difference, I just don't see this as being worth it. I understand that I may not be seeing the big picture here (and there's some things I haven't made a comparison of due to lack of info, like bandwidth). By all means, please explain it to me further if you feel up to it. More importantly, I know my opinion doesn't really matter in the long run, as I'm not going to be the one making the final decision, and I certainly am not going to try to work against the ENWorld team as they try and make everything work out. But this is the second time in a short while that a drive has been needed to save ENWorld financially, and I can't help but wonder if there are some options that aren't being taken simply because some of the higher ups want to be "friends" with our current host. [/QUOTE]

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