Dedicated Servers

I don't see that ever happening. You always get more with a dedicated server than you do with shared hosting, so there is no reason why the price would be that low. No matter what technological advances come about, I just don't see all of the components of a dedicated box coming together for around $10/month.
 
Pretty far fetched : but at the speed technology is improving we might even stop using shared hosting and just setup our own dedicated servers when we want. Like we have a telephone.. u get a dedicated server installed. :P .

wont that be nice.
 
I wonder how long until dedicated servers cost the same as web hosting does now.
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Shared hosting is usually for people that have small to medium sized websites. Dedicated servers are for people that have large websites or for people that host other websites.

Computers have already come down a lot in price, and you may see that dedicated servers, in the near future, will cost as much as the most expensive shared hosting plan now. One piece of technology will go down in price with time, as there are new technological advancements, which will eventually make that technology obsolete.
 
And so goes the wheel of time...
Technology is a constantly growing sector and with the economy taken into account, you cant really say that the prices will cost the same. Although the "dollar price" might be the same, fluctuation in the worth of money and growth in the specialist equipment sector may lead to them never truly being equal.
Like Xcel said above, I dont ever see it happening.
~Equinox
(Hey guys, can I get a high 5 for the 400th post???? Hoping to make many more!)
 
Although the "dollar price" might be the same, fluctuation in the worth of money and growth in the specialist equipment sector may lead to them never truly being equal.
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Good point. Technology is advancing so quickly that anything is possible. Dedicated servers may equal the cost of a shared hosting plan today in "x" number of years, but it is hard to know when they will be "worth" the same.

*high fives Equinox for his 400th post*
 
If a dedicated server eventually equals the cost of a shared hosting plan (lets say $10-$15), then what will a shared hosting plan be worth??? 5 cents? I think that the shared hosting plans are as low as they will get for a while (not factoring in the hosts that give you the world for 25 cents and a bus pass). There are credit card fees and the like that need to be paid and there has to be a base price. I don't think that dedicated servers will drop below $50 (maybe $45) anywhere in the near future. I think this is where the VPS market comes in. Today's datacenters can't afford to be giving out box's like candy bars. They have staff, utilities, and equipment to pay for, and by charging what a shared hosting plan would cost, no money would be made. Again, I don't see this happening any time soon.
 
Technology has went from computers that filled up entire rooms and only perform simple mathematical operations to computers that can be carried around (laptops) and can perform complex operations, play games, and more. When dedicated servers come down in price to the most expensive shared hosting today ($30 for this example), the most expensive shared hosting at that time might cost around $5. This won't happen anytime soon, but I see it as an almost certain event, as technology has improved and came down in price a lot.
 
I don't see prices coming down any more then they currently are, the main reason being that customers will always want, more space, more power and more bandwidth. Therefore companies will have to keep using the newest cpu, larger HD, and adding more memory which should keep the prices stable.
 
The cost of equipment is never going to be as low to match $10 to $20 servers, unless your talking severely outdated equipment (IE: Celeron 1.0 GHZ and 128 MB Ram) etc....
 
Well, there's already some companies selling dedicated hosting as low as 29$... i don't see how they can cover their cost...
 
MollyMark said:
I wonder how long until dedicated servers cost the same as web hosting does now.
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Don't count on it. As the above poster said. You would never get as much as you would get from a dedicated server. "Dedicated" It's yours, you maintain it, you have control, you tweak it, you compile, you do what you want. Shared hosting will never allow that (other than VPS, which is not saturated at the moment) But even that gets costly. As far as this post, I don't see shared dedicated server hosting going anywhere. Everyone would rather it, some just don't know how to maintain it or don't have the funds to own one.
 
commit1anthony said:
Don't count on it. As the above poster said. You would never get as much as you would get from a dedicated server. "Dedicated" It's yours, you maintain it, you have control, you tweak it, you compile, you do what you want. Shared hosting will never allow that (other than VPS, which is not saturated at the moment) But even that gets costly. As far as this post, I don't see shared dedicated server hosting going anywhere. Everyone would rather it, some just don't know how to maintain it or don't have the funds to own one.
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What a *fast* reply to the first post.
 
I don't see Dedicated Server coming down on price. However more Bandwidth with what I see most providers seem to increase.

I do feel that Shared shared hosting is rather too cheap. hardly profitable.
 
Capacity of providers are improving significantly as there are more and more new providers from developing countries. So yes, cost of Bandwidth will eventually fall further.

Cost of server depends on many factors..

# Inflation.
# Global economy.
# Business enviroment.
# Demand vs supply.
# Technology.
# Applications.
# A lot more reasons..

See, a server may have an HDD from Korea, RAM from Taiwan, BIOS from Japan, etc. Applications are becoming more complex and resource intensive. So there is hundreds of factors that affects the price of commodity (Servers here).

Also, if you are a host and wants to have a P3 server to host clients, you may not generate good sales (I know many people use even Celeron for servers). To stay ahead of competition you need latest hardware and softwares.

If you want server for yourself, you can expect more capacity and quality in current prices. I wouldn't mind paying a little more when my spending capacity is increased.
 
To stay ahead of competition you need latest hardware and software
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I disagree. What's wrong with using technology that is proven to work well? Why fix it if it's not broken? The latest software isn't always the best. New software is known to have bugs and security holes. I find it much more efficient and cost effective to only upgrade when needed, not just for the sake of upgrading.
 
I am not talking about immediate upgrade as s/w releases.

You see why people choose win2k3 while you have win2k running perfectly? Because it has enhancements, improvenents, more flexibility (IIS 6) etc.

What I meant was that it is found that support/demand to older versions reduces as new versions of software is in market. So as a host we should try to give best to our customers (ofcourse after testing).
 
Also, if you are a host and wants to have a P3 server to host clients, you may not generate good sales (I know many people use even Celeron for servers).
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It depends on what you are selling as well, and what market you go for. If you sell dedicated servers, sure, server specs are very important, but if you sell "complete online presence" to florists, server specs might never be discussed, or even understood. :)
To stay ahead of competition you need latest hardware and softwares.
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Well, that will at mainly keep you at the same level with the competitors. To stay ahead, you need something else, a something else that marketers often call USP - Unique Selling Proposition. :)
New software is known to have bugs and security holes.
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Well said Jordan, and I totally agree. Being among the first users of a product can be a bit like being a test pilot. :)
 
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