Dedicated Server Hosting, Pt. II

I'm still thinking about getting a dedicated server. It's been a couple of months since I first wrote about the subject and here I am, still sitting on the fence. I have an idea for a new web site at least once a day. If I had the time to work on each idea, I might be able to create one or two new web sites each week. My buddies that run their own dedicated servers tell me that having my own dedicated server would make things that much more simple.

But I'm still not completely convinced. Basic web hosting is dirt cheap these days. Most of my sites only cost me six bucks per month a piece. Some of the little ones cost just three bucks per month. I'd have to find a really inexpensive dedicated server to compete with those incredibly low prices. Or I'd really have to get on the stick and start creating a whole slew of sites.

Dedicated server pricing runs the gamut. Of the inexpensive dedicated server hosts, EV1 Servers is among the most affordable, with monthly rates starting at just under $100. ServerBeach also starts in the same general price range. A managed server at Rackspace will easily cost double that or more. (While ServerBeach and Rackspace were both founded by Richard Yoo, the companies serve different markets.)

Now that my current book is just about done, I'm going to revisit the subject. With the extra time I'll have on my hands, I can finally get off my duff and sort out my web hosting needs.