Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} dedicated server or cloud server?

[Grant]

> > Would everyone here be in favor of a dedicated server over a cloud
> > server from a host with good cloud infrastructure?  The cloud server
> > concept is amazing but from what I'm reading a dedicated server at the
> > same price point far outperforms it.
> >
> > - Grant
>
> Last time I did the calculation, a dedicated or normal virtualized
> infrastructure was more cost effective as long as you could accurately
> predict the performance you need.
>
> Cloud services only really help if you need a high dynamic range
> regarding scale and performance, e.g. a service that could get a lot of
> new users very fast or is only really active for short time spans.

Doesn't a good cloud server also have potentially higher availability
compared to dedicated?

- Grant