Servers

[bennyboy]

It's about $100 / month, but any dedicated physical server will cost you about 2x or 3x that, and will almost for sure have hardware that's worse that Microsoft's virtual servers, and shitty service as well.

Just wondering, what are the stats of that $100 / month server?

For reference, the forum server has 8GB RAM, 4 CPU cores, 160GB disk space for $40 a month.

About the same.  On that basis, I'm paying a lot more than you are.  I believe Azure also allows Linux installations, and the price is probably lower than my Windows one, which includes the licensing fee.  I don't know exactly, but I suspect the latter is probably about half the total price.

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Nothing wrong with a shell. If you have to have a GUI, it should be web based. No reason a server should be wasting resources on a fully fledged desktop manager.

Yeah, most Windows users use Plesk I believe.  I like the .rdp admin better, because it's so much easier for me to do stuff.  Here's what I can do now that matters to me:
1) Compile programs on my development computer and drag them directly onto an .rdp window to transfer the file.  Double-click to run and. . . done.  Next task, please.
2) Azure is mega-scalable with no contract.  Not even a monthly one.  I can add or remove disk space, cores, or any of hundreds of additional features whenever I want.
3) Edit config files directly, go through error logs, start and stop features at the click of a button.
4) Microsoft sometimes calls me on the phone to ask how it's going (a cute-sounding Australian girl last time), and to remind me that engineers are waiting for the chance to make my life easier if I ever have any problems. Microsoft support is freaking fantastic, no joke!
5) I can access the Windows installation by .rdp through my cell phone. Windows on my Android device makes me a little horny!
6) All console and no Windows GUI makes benny a dull boy.

But in short, here's me trying to admin a Linux site:



and here's me running a Windows server on Azure:


I've had my own site for about 10 years now. This is the first time I've ever enjoyed it.