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		shimon_e on Feb 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Which is less expensive: Amazon or self-hosted? If I was you I'd just rent a server from ovh.co.uk / kimsufi.co.uk / hetzner.de/en and use a CDN. I am basing on your performance requirements that this is not a local gaming service. The advantage you have is you can upgrade to new hardware every year and the hardware is not your problem. OVH is building one of the most advance networks with over 1tbps. Their 10gbps servers can actually push 10gbps which just gets me really excited.

halayli on Feb 12, 2012 [–]

I want the machine to be located in U.S because of latency

shimon_e on Feb 12, 2012 | [–]

That a CDN can't solve?

Competitive providers exist in the US. I just don't think anyone is as advance as OVH in terms of price efficiency so I'm no expert on them.

halayli on Feb 12, 2012 | | [–]

CDN? I am not looking for a CDN, I want to host a machine not content.

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