Right now I am paying approx. $400/mo for a dedicated box with 1&1. Specs are:
Windows Server 2003
Quad AMD 2216 HE (4 cpus, 2.39G)
Areca ARC-1110 Raid Card & 500Gig Drive
8 Gig Ram
They claim bandwidth is 100M/sec, up & down, however when I remote connect to the server and run a speedtest, I'm getting an average of 2.6 up&down (also varies depending on when I do it, but it's never over 5 each way).
Since this box has been up for about 4 years and newer stuff is available, I gave them a call to see if they would chop my price down and was told no, but I can get a 6 CPU Phenom Black 3.3 box, 16 Gig Ram, 1.5 TB hard drive for the same price.
However, I would have to move everything from one box to the other, and I'm just wondering if I'm better off building my own server that I would pay for once and getting an EoC 5M up & down dedicated connection for about the same fee they are charging for hosting. Would be faster and I can always upgrade my connection speed and/or the box anytime I wanted. I would also probably build a Xeon box and not AMD.
Thoughts? Should I stick with them or go my own route?
Windows Server 2003
Quad AMD 2216 HE (4 cpus, 2.39G)
Areca ARC-1110 Raid Card & 500Gig Drive
8 Gig Ram
They claim bandwidth is 100M/sec, up & down, however when I remote connect to the server and run a speedtest, I'm getting an average of 2.6 up&down (also varies depending on when I do it, but it's never over 5 each way).
Since this box has been up for about 4 years and newer stuff is available, I gave them a call to see if they would chop my price down and was told no, but I can get a 6 CPU Phenom Black 3.3 box, 16 Gig Ram, 1.5 TB hard drive for the same price.
However, I would have to move everything from one box to the other, and I'm just wondering if I'm better off building my own server that I would pay for once and getting an EoC 5M up & down dedicated connection for about the same fee they are charging for hosting. Would be faster and I can always upgrade my connection speed and/or the box anytime I wanted. I would also probably build a Xeon box and not AMD.
Thoughts? Should I stick with them or go my own route?