Re: IBM i Hosting

On Apr 4, 2020, at 1:31 PM, B Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I looked into cloud before buying my 41A. Even with Holger it wasn't cost
effective, and he was one of the lowest.

It is tough.. but then again you save on electricity. I don't know how
much my system pulls. :) But one of the hosters says it's a lot. I'm
sure it's a selling point.

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 12:24 PM Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Yeah, Brad, that's always the decision point, isn't it? If it costs
more than $1000 a year, it's going to be difficult to justify, and I
don't think I could get down that far for an in-house box. But some of
the cloud offerings are a lot higher than that, so there's no simple
answer.


On 4/4/2020 11:29 AM, B Stone wrote:

If you are a developer your own 21A (if that's still the smallest) may

not

be terrible and pay for itself in a 3 or 4 years vs leasing. Just a
thought.

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