The discussion is around hardware raid-10 rentals with four or more hard drives or ssds for VPS nodes. But yes for what you listed your ROI would probably be in the ~30 month range.
The E3-1270 V3 at Hetnzer is $67 on the base price with another $100 for setup. Then you need the flexi pack for...
As a new business your primary concern is going to be with monthly expenditure. I would forgo the quarter rack entirely and just pay for 1U-2U colocation which quite a few places will offer for $75-$100/month. Just make sure it's a month to month contract so you can upgrade to a rack when needed.
Sorry to revive this thread. This is not accurate, and you can review the whole email regarding me being "fired". Make of it what you will.
I'm not here to get into an argument, just stating the facts. I have no intention of reviving age old arguments here.
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