And don't forget about the cost of bandwidth or the Man hours it would cost for updates and regular Server maintenance.
Not that it's out of their budget to be able to drop 1/2 a mil on this.. but for OP to think it would only $45 a month is laughable.
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Yup, now imagine the cost of licencing the server software on it's own. Those seemingly small things add up really fast. I'm glad you mentioned the bandwidth though. Not a lot of people know about or understand SLA's
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The fact you think op was serious is laughable. The fact you're dropping numbers and facts shows you're an educated man- and you think op is serious? That's not laughable, that's just sad.
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Some of us don't understand sarcasm well. I'm not saying that I do but, there is one thing you should think of. The title of this thread is, " THIS is how much dedicated servers cost?!?! " While that is perfectly fine once you realize that the OP was trying to be satirical, there are probably a lot of users looking here to see the actual cost of the servers. I'm not smashing the OP, Just providing info for those people that are curious. As for your comment about my Education, Thanks! There are a lot of people on this forum that go out of their way to not pull their punches.
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$45 is a sweet deal
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That's just a piece of a server though. You'd still have to spend money for a PSU, KVM monitor and a rack if you want to have a nice setup. Even then it'd still be a bit empty.
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Hey, but he posted in all CAPS so that has to give him instant credibility.
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My 4 year degree gives me credibility. My caps give me context.
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Lol, best thing I've read all day