The true cost of Open Source Hosting

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The true cost of Open Source Hosting(codeeleven.blogspot.com)

submitted by FlySwat(485) 4 years, 6 months ago

A cost analysis between hosting with LAMP versus Windows, done largely to discredit the myth that LAMP hosting is cheap, and windows hosting is expensive.

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posted by yesthatmcgurk(4063) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

The comparison makes closed-source hosting look less cost efficient.

posted by FlySwat(485) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

Hi McGurk, your math was wrong on your comment.

8000 Requests / $130k = $0.06 per request.

1500 Requests / 30k = $0.05 per request.

posted by yesthatmcgurk(4063) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

I DO MATHS!

8000/1500 = 5.3333
You'd have to multiply fish's rps by 5.333 to equal wikipedia's.

Lets also multiply fish's current costs by 5.333 to see, if all things were equal, how much they'd have to spend:
30000 * 5.333 = 160,000

Wait, 160,000 > 130,000.

If you compare the two as if they both scale linearly, then your argument is correct. However, they don't scale linearly. We know that lamp scales for shit when you get into the big numbers. So comparing them at two different points along the curve fails. It fails about as much as my math. Now excuse me, I have to get back to creating design time classes for my custom enterprise library application blocks.

posted by FlySwat(485) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

Thats inherently flawed math, because as I stated in the post, they do not scale linearly (which would give you your $160k number), you need far less hardware on the windows side.

Also, your $16 per request number is totally wrong.

posted by gt1329a(7849) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

Plenty of Fish isn't a good example.

Marcus has said the he doesn't use any server controls at all. It's basically a bunch of Response.Write and inline script, to reduce server load.

While that obviously works for him, it's not at all representative of the sort of code most of us write and need hosted.

posted by yesthatmcgurk(4063) 4 years, 6 months ago 0

Christ...

My point WAS that your comparison is flawed BECAUSE they don't scale the same. We both agree your article is not correct. Goodnight.

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