Headlines - Bytemark finds another use for Intel's Atom: dedicated servers

[HEXUS]

Intel's low-power Atom processor may be running rampant in the netbook space, but UK-based hosting company, Bytemark, has other ideas.

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[shaithis]

hehe, that motherboard looks like it could get lost in that case

[kopite]

Bytemark are a great company

Used them for a few years for hosting and they where spot on

[rjpearce]

hmm..

The question is ... Is that a better deal than this?..
http://www.poundhost.com/dedicated-servers?id=4

2.4Ghz Celeron vs 1.6Ghz Atom?.. Which one is going to perform better?

The Celeron server is cheaper, but no mention of Traffic usage on ByteMark though?

[Whiternoise]

Begs the question though, would it be cheaper simply to buy a low end atom system properly and get some decent web hosting?

I mean lets see how much this is costing, 200gigs, 2gigs of ram, and a dirt cheap processor (hell you could get a Pentium D.C. for that money), you could get the lot for under 125 including the case. Sure you might pay a bit over for the first year, but after it'd be cheaper i reckon. Although i guess the upload rate would suffer a bit?

[DR]

How much do you think it costs to co-locate Whiternoise?

Also where can I get rack mount chassis as cheap as you say?

[Whiternoise]

I have no idea to be perfectly honest..

And i was suggesting just bung it in a normal case, but i have no idea about home hosting so ignore the above It just seems a bit expensive for a system that seems incredibly cheap.

[duodecim]

Begs the question though, would it be cheaper simply to buy a low end atom system properly and get some decent web hosting?

I mean lets see how much this is costing, 200gigs, 2gigs of ram, and a dirt cheap processor (hell you could get a Pentium D.C. for that money), you could get the lot for under 125 including the case. Sure you might pay a bit over for the first year, but after it'd be cheaper i reckon. Although i guess the upload rate would suffer a bit?

What if it goes down? If it's your personal website, whatever... But if it's a company using the internet for business, you better have redundancy in the form of hardware and connectivity.