Low end dedicated server vs a powerful VPS
Lately, I am having an "itch" in owning a dedicated server, which enables me to install VMWare Server and run multiple of virtual OS. All to satisfy my control freak deep within.
But most of the subscription plan are expensive. You can find dirt cheap bargain but the "server" they are offering is even slower than the PC I have at work.
I have finally found a reasonably priced plan (around US$79) which offers a Dual Core CPU with 2G RAM and 320G of HDD space, not bad in terms of specification. Right before I click the "order" button, I came across this discussion thread, VPS vs. Dedicated - New Benchmark Results. Reading it through and noticed the availability of a benchmarking scripts.
I downloaded the script and have it run on my 2 VPS account, to my surprise, one of them is having a benchmark result 6 times faster than the other! And I am amazed to notice the result of some VPS plan is very close to the dedicated server which I am interested to order.
After a bit of struggling (on money and necessity of course), I opt for a VPS replacement on my slow account instead.
Below are the benchmark result for your reference.
VPS#1 : 241.8
VPS#2 : 164.7
VPS#3 : 29-30
My PC (Core2Duo E6600, 2G RAM, 250G HDD) has a benchmark result of 423.3
Interested to try it on your machine? Download UnixBench v4.1.0 - WHT Variant now!
But most of the subscription plan are expensive. You can find dirt cheap bargain but the "server" they are offering is even slower than the PC I have at work.
I have finally found a reasonably priced plan (around US$79) which offers a Dual Core CPU with 2G RAM and 320G of HDD space, not bad in terms of specification. Right before I click the "order" button, I came across this discussion thread, VPS vs. Dedicated - New Benchmark Results. Reading it through and noticed the availability of a benchmarking scripts.
I downloaded the script and have it run on my 2 VPS account, to my surprise, one of them is having a benchmark result 6 times faster than the other! And I am amazed to notice the result of some VPS plan is very close to the dedicated server which I am interested to order.
After a bit of struggling (on money and necessity of course), I opt for a VPS replacement on my slow account instead.
Below are the benchmark result for your reference.
VPS#1 : 241.8
VPS#2 : 164.7
VPS#3 : 29-30
My PC (Core2Duo E6600, 2G RAM, 250G HDD) has a benchmark result of 423.3
Interested to try it on your machine? Download UnixBench v4.1.0 - WHT Variant now!