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On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 13:57 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Kai, > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:20:36AM +0000, Kai Hendry wrote: > > 2010/1/16 James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > And if you need some sort of bespoke hardware setup? > > > > Can you please give me an example of a bespoke hardware configuration > > that is reason enough? > > Broadly I agree with you, but dedicated server rental offerings are > normally targeted at the biggest segment of the market. If you fall > outside this segment then the prices get worse -- it tends to cost a > lot to have a lot of RAM or disk space, or out of the ordinary disk > configurations, if they are even supported. > > I think the future lies in modifying applications to run from a > generic cloud platform that just supplies units of CPU, disk and > network. The cloud platform need not be provided by a third party, > but of course that is one market that is currently taking off. > > In the meantime though if you don't fit in the mainstream I think > it's a lot more likely that buying your own hardware is the most > cost-effective way. Just bear in mind that if it's in the cloud it will not be (and in my opinion can never be based on the current standards) PCI-DSS compliant unless you own the cloud and have ensured that your cloud is PCI compliant. Kind regards, Matt -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html