Seriously? Get over it. ANY serious provider will charge per resource usage, OR you will not have the resources when needed. I also pay per GB for my systems. So what It is not like I run an open FTP Server. * You wont need more than 30gb for trading, unless you stay in all the time and do a lot (then maybe 60), or dual use it as torrent site or something. Trading traffic is not that high end. * You should be a lot more concerned about RAM and CPU ressources really available. The last one is the item that while I do run basically 100% of my infrastructure for my company operations and trading virtual (naturally NOT virtual are workstations, and - also not virtual are actually some core systems that run on the OS that ALSO runs the hyper visor), I do so on my own hardware. I had too many incidents where "slow" basically was "oversold", both at my normal time as customer, but also in my time at MS SQ LServer support where customers came with "slow" servers and at the end they had gotten some virtual system that was physically just overloaded to keep prices down. Making sure you know that the RAM and CPU usage of the physical system are "in bounds" is paramount. If you run trading systems and have 16 customers on one machine (assuming a dual quad core server, 64 gb ram, that would mean 4gb per server)..... the CPU's may still be at maximum when just a couple of the mhave a tendency to make system optimization. And you will wonder why your system is slow, though CPU is low (YOUR cpu, not the hardware one)...
thank you for your reponse In www.1and1.com, the modality for 59$ (in usa), the traffic is limited at 100gb. But in spain (i am spanish) the traffic in same modality is infinite (www.1and1.es) :S what was your provider? 1and1 have a guaranted a minimal CPU and RAM. I will consider your views. greetings
[/Quote]1and1 have a guaranted a minimal CPU and RAM[/Quote] Which is exactly how high? Note that you should get a server where you are ok with the minimum - "dynamic allocation" is worthless if your trading system is falling behind. Basically, make sure you can deal with the minimums guaranteed. THis should also include items very critical but normally overlooked - like IO performance. Many (cheaper) virtualization platforms have a mirrored 1gb disc or so.... and then the disc performance is pathetic for the virtual machines.
It depends on the mode you choose. The minimal mode, virtual servers, 521k insured. In little more dedicated servers. On dedicated servers they not say anything about the CPU :S