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ducktape
March 13th, 2002, 20:25
AMD XP 1700
512 MB RAM
40 GB Hard Drive
400GB Monthly Transfer
AMD XP1700 w/RedHat 7.1 Details
RedHat 7.1 Software
$119 per month
$349.00 setup fee

and they uped the transfer to 400 gigs

wow im impressed
Haze
March 13th, 2002, 20:46
I like the 10 Mbit servers myself... ROAR!!!!!!!!! Thats like 3200 GB
MN-Carl
March 14th, 2002, 10:26
Originally posted by Haze
I like the 10 Mbit servers myself... ROAR!!!!!!!!! Thats like 3200 GB

Well maybe ...you'd probally use less than 40% of possible data-transfer if even that :D
ducktape
March 14th, 2002, 14:34
i wouldnt even use 1 percent
Dumbbell69
March 14th, 2002, 16:46
For existing members, will they get 400GB transfer instead?
MN-Carl
March 14th, 2002, 17:01
Originally posted by Dumbbell69
For existing members, will they get 400GB transfer instead?

Existing members will have their 300 GB limit increased to 400 GB
Haze
March 14th, 2002, 19:29
I have a client that alone burns through 1700 GB per month. The wonders of shoutcast :)
Archbob
March 14th, 2002, 22:37
Does rackshack use cogent? How can they offer bandwidth at those prices.

I guess they are betting most people won't use that much.
ducktape
March 14th, 2002, 23:15
i know the bandwith alone is worth $119 to me. Yes they do use cogent they are multihomed though they have multiple providers so if one goes out they have a back up
MN-Carl
March 15th, 2002, 08:21
Originally posted by Archbob
Does rackshack use cogent? How can they offer bandwidth at those prices.

I guess they are betting most people won't use that much.

They use cogent along with other bandwidth providers
cheatpark
March 26th, 2002, 22:14
Originally posted by michael p bennett
400GB Monthly Transfer
How can they offer that when http://www.hostzone.co.uk charges an extra 2.50 pounds per month per gb. Other hosts like myacen charge $3.50 for an extra gb transfer. I know uk data transfer ain't cheap but it confuses me how rackshack can make profit from this.
ducktape
March 26th, 2002, 22:24
well look at cyberwings they are nutz. and alot of providers sell their extra bandwith for $2.50-$5.00 a gig and some are alot more. 4webspace.com (tera-byte) gives you 100gigs and a server for $99 a month that less than a $1 a gig and a free server or however u wanna look at it a server with 100 free gigs???
cheatpark
March 26th, 2002, 22:29
Well....I'm just so confused that I don't know what to say about it. Just that its crazy. I guess they just offer low quality services. I know that hostzone own their own servers so they have to pay for them. But then I find their bandwidth prices a bit too expensive and hard to look at. Even if uk data transfer ain't cheap.
ducktape
March 26th, 2002, 22:32
rackshack and tera-byte own theirs too but I dunno how they can offer so much for so little either.like i said the bandwith is worth more than $119 a mo to me without a server.
_Street_Fighter
March 26th, 2002, 23:26
they are one of the leading companies so they got tons of servers hosted with them so they get bandwidth extremely cheap because they buy so much... if they got a 1000 servers hosted, they are buying almost 0.4 million GBs/month so its extremely cheap for them to buy b/c they're buying in bulk...

they also get some money from the setup fees... and i dont think that each server they sell uses up all the 400gb bandwidth...

o well... either way its way cheaper for them, but they would be in trouble if all the servers started using all of the 400gb bandwidth but i dont see that happening...

- SF
Gayowulf
March 27th, 2002, 00:50
Anything is cheaper in wholesale. Nuts, Diapers, CDRs, servers, bandwidth...

the more they buy, the cheaper it is per TB.

Their tech support is terrible, by the way. I wish they would hire me so i could get paid for nothing.
Archbob
March 27th, 2002, 01:14
I doubt most of the servers even use half the alotted.
MN-Carl
March 27th, 2002, 08:03
Neither tera-byte or rackshack buy data-transfer

They both have their own bandwidth providers and pay the related price for say ie : OC3 = 155mbps
NexDog
March 27th, 2002, 09:28
One of the reasons that they are so cheap is because they don't have much of that which costs the most to any company - manpower. So if something goes wrong with the server, they might get around to having a look (as Robert, Myacen, found out). And if they think you caused the problem then they won't help. If you have any admin questions, they won't help.

Tech support is so limited with only 1 person on at night. Get real, this is a decent DC?
Gayowulf
March 27th, 2002, 13:36
Originally posted by cdudeuk18
Neither tera-byte or rackshack buy data-transfer

They both have their own bandwidth providers and pay the related price for say ie : OC3 = 155mbps

So they dont buy it but they pay a price. Yeah, I guess that makes sense.