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Originally Posted by Larry David
This is a big bone of contention for me: webhosters seem to think that site operators don't know hardware costs and thus charge extortionate 'monthly' costs for upgrades
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Most dedicated server suppliers look to recoup the cost of their outlay on the hardware over a set period, say 12 months. So they take the cost of the hardware, keeping spares, warranty/maintenance contracts etc.
Just because you can get some bashed up consumer grade disk from scamsh!te.org for £20 doesnt make the *cost* of sourcing a harddrive, installing it, testing it, warrantying it, keeping a spare onsite etc the same :P
Also worth remembering that the "entry-level" systems are regularly sold at a loss to entice people in by the headline price, but only a business preparing for suicide would sell *everything* at a loss ...
Similarly, just because p!ss-poor-no-support-cheapo supplier charges £30 and you-actually-get-what-you-pay-for supplier charges £300 doenst actually when you look at what you're getting and compare like-for-like necessarily mean that the £300 is less competitive