{"id":762,"date":"2021-02-12T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/?p=762"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:07:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:07:07","slug":"dedicated-server-or-cloud-server-why-a-dedicated-server-might-be-the-better-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/12\/dedicated-server-or-cloud-server-why-a-dedicated-server-might-be-the-better-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedicated Server or Cloud Server: Why a Dedicated Server might be the better choice."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article we will go over the benefits of choosing a Dedicated Server today vs a Cloud Server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our example we will be comparing the newly released AMD-based server by IONOS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicated Server: AR8-64 NVMe &#8211; $100\/Month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud Server: Cloud Server XXL &#8211; $100\/Month<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>CPU Cores\/Threads<\/td><td>Ram<\/td><td>Storage<\/td><td>Price<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> AR8-64 NVMe <\/td><td>8c16t<\/td><td>64GB<\/td><td>960GB<\/td><td>$100 <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> Cloud Server XXL <\/td><td>8c8t<\/td><td>16GB<\/td><td>160GB<\/td><td>$100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Even on paper the Dedicated Server blows the Cloud Server out of the water. Lets continue to look at the overall performance of each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AR8-64 NVMe:  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drive Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qJBoh1V.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CPU Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GP2MwId.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"458\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Network Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/result\/c\/1bac64b0-c887-4d40-8476-cbfa3a7d261f.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Hosting Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apache:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 &lt;$Revision: 1843412 $&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Server Software:        Apache\/2.4.37<br>Server Hostname:        localhost<br>Server Port:            80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Document Path:          \/<br>Document Length:        4006 bytes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrency Level:      500<br>Time taken for tests:   0.216 seconds<br>Complete requests:      5000<br>Failed requests:        0<br>Non-2xx responses:      5000<br>Total transferred:      21990000 bytes<br>HTML transferred:       20030000 bytes<br>Requests per second:    23155.22 [#\/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:       21.593 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:       0.043 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br>Transfer rate:          99449.88 [Kbytes\/sec] received<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nginx:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Server Software:        nginx\/1.14.1<br>Server Hostname:        localhost<br>Server Port:            80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Document Path:          \/<br>Document Length:        4057 bytes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrency Level:      500<br>Time taken for tests:   0.076 seconds<br>Complete requests:      5000<br>Failed requests:        0<br>Total transferred:      21455000 bytes<br>HTML transferred:       20285000 bytes<br>Requests per second:    65799.00 [#\/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:       7.599 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:       0.015 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br>Transfer rate:          275726.07 [Kbytes\/sec] received<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cloud Server XXL:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Drive Performance: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/XPcL9tb.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CPU Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/0vcnZvm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"462\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Network Performance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\/result\/c\/83875fd6-2af0-4887-b168-bc75f977dd73.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Hosting Performance: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apache:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 &lt;$Revision: 1843412 $><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Server Software:        Apache\/2.4.37<br>Server Hostname:        localhost<br>Server Port:            80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Document Path:          \/<br>Document Length:        4006 bytes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrency Level:      500<br>Time taken for tests:   0.459 seconds<br>Complete requests:      5000<br>Failed requests:        0<br>Non-2xx responses:      5000<br>Total transferred:      21990000 bytes<br>HTML transferred:       20030000 bytes<br>Requests per second:    10894.88 [#\/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:       45.893 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:       0.092 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br>Transfer rate:          46792.68 [Kbytes\/sec] received<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nginx:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Server Software:        nginx\/1.14.1<br>Server Hostname:        localhost<br>Server Port:            80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Document Path:          \/<br>Document Length:        4057 bytes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concurrency Level:      500<br>Time taken for tests:   0.272 seconds<br>Complete requests:      5000<br>Failed requests:        0<br>Total transferred:      21455000 bytes<br>HTML transferred:       20285000 bytes<br>Requests per second:    18373.23 [#\/sec] (mean)<br>Time per request:       27.213 [ms] (mean)<br>Time per request:       0.054 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)<br>Transfer rate:          76991.74 [Kbytes\/sec] received<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td>Drive Test<\/td><td>CPU Test<\/td><td>Network Test<\/td><td>Apache Test<\/td><td>Nginx Test<\/td><\/tr><tr><td> AR8-64 NVMe  <\/td><td>6147MBs\/905MBs <\/td><td>4768\/403<\/td><td>948mbps\/931mbps<\/td><td> 23155 Req\/sec<\/td><td> 65799 Req\/sec <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cloud Server XXL<\/td><td>640MBs\/507MBs <\/td><td>1708\/223<\/td><td>402Mbps\/400Mbps <\/td><td> 10894 Req\/sec <\/td><td> 18373 Req\/sec<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see in the table above the performance of the equally priced Dedicated Server is much better than the Cloud Server. No matter the metric you are looking at a 2.5x-5x improvement with the Dedicated Server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless you plan on growing your Server&#8217;s storage beyond 1TB in the distant future there is little reason to consider the Cloud Server at the current prices available for Dedicated Servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are just hosting a basic website or more advanced applications the Dedicated Server offers you a much faster and smoother experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we will go over the benefits of choosing a Dedicated Server today vs a Cloud Server. In our example we will be comparing the newly released AMD-based server by IONOS: Dedicated Server: AR8-64 NVMe &#8211; $100\/Month Cloud Server: Cloud Server XXL &#8211; $100\/Month Name CPU Cores\/Threads Ram Storage Price AR8-64 NVMe 8c16t&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/server-help.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}