Cheap dedicated server or expensive VPS?

I'd say go with expencive xen VPS, you get guranteed resources and the power to change your kernel, basically a dedicated server which can be reinstalled with few clicks without need to contact/wait for anyone.
 
definitely cheap dedicated server. VPS's are generally throttled and you'll feel it when the applications and usage gets heavier. And since you are sharing resources, its harder to predict which times of day the vps will be performing slower. Even the more expensive ones are over subscribed.
 
Hello,

I would have to go with a dedicated server. With the dedicated server I can do what I want with it and not have to worry about another VPS overloading the server causing issues for me and my clients.
 
I would probably choose an expensive, but managed VPS opposed to a cheap dedicated server. As long as the provider has plenty of experience and is reliable, I would feel better using the VPS.
 
VPS vs. Dedicated (Windows VPS)

All I have to say about the VPS vs. Dedicated is this in regards to windows VPS solutions.

VPS can be a great and less expensive way to have a dedicated server type environment. My only advice is the solution the VPS is installed on. If the solutions allows overselling and shared resources (Minus CPU cores) I would not take that route however it is user preference. We have found that DotNetPanel and Hyper-V is much more stable environment. It doesn't allow over selling and the customer is granted the resources and they are not sharing or competing with the other users on the server (Except CPU Core Usage- Don't see a way around this, that would suggest a dedicated server if that were allocated to each user, we think just using a server with lots of cores has been successful for us in providing solid performance) . The stability seems to be fair superior and the customer VPS performs extremely well. I would say this is the closes thing to a dedicated windows server I have seen that is a VPS solution. Other nice thing is the licensing is shared through the servers core license so the cost to setup and run is almost half the cost of other VPS soltutions.

HyperVM & Xen seems to be a solid Linux solutions from our experience.
 
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Its may be calculated like this,

1) Cost analysis, what you really meant by cheap dedicated servers, what is the price range i know that dedi available from $29 till $50 in the cheap range.

2) What software you want to run and the way you want to run - Dedi servers give more flexibility to planning, controlling, reinstallation, migration etc which may not be good in VPS

3) You can install and try any software in Dedi according to your need which may be a bottleneck in VPS but it depends on the company u buy VPS

In general the cost is the only factor to be considered since dedi will provide you powerful RAM and disk space which may not be there in VPS for that price range
 
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Thanks for your replies guys!
So you'd better go for the $60 per month VPS server then $70 per month dedicated , aren't you?
(Let's say they have the same configyration).
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If they have same configuration then I will recommend you to go for dedicated server instead of VPS. As vps gets shared by other users as well, so if any user on your vps node taking more resource than allocated to him then it can create some problem on the server. But this is not in the case of dedicated server, you will be the only one on a dedicated server.
 
Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't there underlying resource limits placed on a VPS besides cpu/memory usage? I had a vps once and occassionally ran into memory allocation issues due to some hidden limits not discussed initially. I would personally rule for a vps for personal/business sites and a dedicated for web hosting clients. If you use cPanel, there may be some picky customers that do not like the fact that the cpanel will show that they are on a vps server. On top of this, it's hard to find good specs on a vps without some sacrifices. I do like that software licenses are cheaper for vps.
 
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If you need a lot of storage then dedicated might be better idea. As today you can get pretty good dual-core dedicated server with 250GB+ disk for $60-80
 
Lots for VPS and lots for dedicated. Given the price variance, I'd select a dedicated every day of the week. Then again, the choice boils down to your application and projection for growth. Good luck whatever you select.
 
As a hosting provider I would say VPS because we make more money on the hardware. ;) But from a hardware, consistency and resources perspective I would say go with dedicated.
 
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