[kictanet] [ke-internetusers] Re: AW: Local Content: Cost of Local Hosting

[wesley kirinya]

Yeah you're right, KDN's virtual server costs are close to overseas costs.

(Open question)
In Kenya, what would be the monthly price range for the following dedicated (not virtual/shared) server (no setup costs, no service charge, no bandwidth, no taxes, etc) If the price is at least 3 times compared to what I listed below, what factors lead to the price (high energy costs, ...)?:

8 Core Processor, 6GB RAM, 500GB disk space.

Crucual Paradigm: About $470 including 3000GB bandwidth
Alentus: About $450 including 1000GB monthly bandwidth
Lunar Pages Dedicated; Rough estimate of $350
Mocha Host: Rough estimate of $300 including 'Unlimited' bandwidth.

o_O?


 

--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Kai Wulff <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke> wrote:

From: Kai Wulff <kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke>
Subject: AW: [kictanet] Local Content: Cost of Local Hosting
To: "'wesley kirinya'" <kiriinya2000 at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2010, 6:21 AM




 
 






I guess you have never asked us … 

   

Kai 

   



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  Bandwidth costs seem to be
  coming down and that's welcome news. However an important area seems to be
  largely ignored and that's the cost of hosting locally.

  

  A Dedicated server in the U.S/Europe (8 Core Processor, 6GB RAM,
  3,000GB Bandwidth, 500GB disk space, ...) costs about $500/month. I believe
  in Kenya that would cost about 8-10 times more and that's without the 3,000GB
  bandwidth. With bandwidth becoming cheaper and better quality, it's far cheaper
  to host the local content internationally, and end-users might not feel a big
  difference in speed and quality.

  

  Factors leading to high hosting cost might be cost of physical space and
  electricity (highly priced and unstable). If these are the major reasons why
  hosting costs are high, then we cannot expect the cost to come down any
  sooner no matter how many fibres are coming to Kenya. 

  

  Local companies (e.g. BPOs dealing with large volumes of data) and local
  branches of international companies looking for secure off-site back up might
  also do it from internationally located servers, where the companies running
  those servers not only offer lower cost but also more experience which leads
  to better service. As one of such companies puts it ,"98% of replies within
  30 mintues, 99.9% Network Uptime Guarantee, ...".

  

  Therefore we are looking at a situation where local content might be hosted
  internationally.

  

  8~! 
  
    
  
  
 


   



 




      
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