Would you use high storage VPS plans in Australia?

Store RepLServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 18:24

If there was affordable high storage VPS plans in Australia, would you use it? 250GB, 1TB or even 5TB in a single VPS?

Many people use high storage servers to store their PC backups, personal files or just to use it as a central place to hold their data.

Personally, I use high storage Virtual Servers as a general storage server as well as many other things. I attach it to each computer and I can easily work on the same project/files from multiple devices. I prefer the control and security of a VPS over a service like DropBox. Being able to use the VPS for multiple uses draws me in even more. Does anyone else use a high storage VPS?

The biggest bottleneck for me is upload speeds and location of the server. Upload speeds can be a lot slower on American servers than an Australian hosted one. Especially with ISPs increasing their speeds and data caps, it seems more practical in certain cases.

We currently do not offer storage VPS plans in Australia but we are gauging interest. Would you use a high storage VPS in Australia?

Regards,
Nathan

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  • AustriaBargain on 13/11/2020 - 18:32

    I wish DO offered Australian based droplets, even if you had to pay a modest surcharge.

    • TheBird on 13/11/2020 - 18:36

      It's hard to beat them.

      • AustriaBargain on 13/11/2020 - 19:17

        I always get the impression Australian companies would charge like $80 a month for an equivalent droplet in New York or Singapore, which is like $8 a month.

        • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 20:57

          Hi, which plans are you referring to? We might have a plan that fits your needs and if not, we will be able to give you a quote with competitive pricing. We strive to create the highest quality services at the most competitive prices available. If you are looking for DigitalOcean type plans in Australia, we will be able to help you out and match/beat their price for their international pricing.

          Let us know and we'll see what we can do for you :)

          Regards,
          Nathan

          • AustriaBargain on 13/11/2020 - 21:16

            @ServersGalore: Don't really need one in Australia. I had a problem in Singapore once with undersea cable or something, it happens. But I can't imagine asking anyone if they would prefer the Singapore price or the Australia price asking me for the Australia price.

            • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 21:33

              @AustriaBargain: One of the reasons that we do what we do is that having your service locally hosted instead of internationally shouldn't cost more than any other country. A small business here and a small business in the US would not pay the same price for the same service. There are many many benefits of having your services located near your customers/users including load times and latency just to name a few. Closing that gap by supplying the same services no matter what location you pick, is a large portion of our job and why we do it.

              Regards,
              Nathan

              • AustriaBargain on 13/11/2020 - 22:27

                @ServersGalore: Wouldn't the money be better spent on some amazon global caching service or something?

                • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 22:44

                  @AustriaBargain: Not if you have a local Melbourne business with 95% of your traffic coming from Melbourne. There’s been a lot of behaviour studies done and it’s been proven that people will leave a site after x amount of seconds if it doesn’t load. I can’t remember the number but having a quicker site with fast load times benefits a lot to the customer. And overall gives a much better customer satisfaction.

                  Regards,
                  Nathan

  • TheBird on 13/11/2020 - 18:36

    If I was in the market (which I'm not as I'm not using the space I already have available to me) it would depend on the price and whether it's competitive.

    I found (though I haven't looked lately) most hosting in Australia is typically too expensive and often performs worse than overseas competitors. Suppliers usually shoot themselves in the foot when it's cheaper to go with overpriced Amazon.

    But happy to discuss further if you wish.

  • No Username on 13/11/2020 - 18:42

    Yes, but not to store backups. I would just use the space for a database and use One Drive for PC Backup as you get 6TB for free with Business Accounts.

    It would also depend on what company is hosting the VPS. Do they have good security policy, SLA, Updated and Modern encryption hardware, etc.

  • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 18:55

    This is great feedback. It is good to know that other people would use a storage VPS. If we were to offer a storage VPS, would you be interested? To know that there is a need for a storage VPS, it warrants us to consider adding storage nodes to our plans.

    Regards,
    Nathan

  • lbft on 13/11/2020 - 20:00
    +1

    My concern is having enough bandwidth quota available to fill the server or retrieve everything with how expensive Australian bandwidth is.

    Being able to recover from a data loss event would be a must for a backup server, for example.

    The downside is that high bandwidth high storage servers attract people who want to torrent, which I'm assuming is a no go for an Aussie datacentre.

  • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 21:06

    If we were to offer Storage VPS plans it would be roughly something of the following. $30-$40/mo for 2 CPU Cores, 1TB HDD Storage, 4GB RAM, 6TB data at 1Gbps (stable 1000Mbps download and 1000Mbps upload). We run on a private Australian network with POPs in all major Australian cities and are able to offer competitive bandwidth due to this. We have 80 Gbit peering transit across our 12 POPs with a decentralised network. Currently Sydney and Melbourne are our focus points with Web Hosting and KVM VPS in both but we are always taking suggestions for new locations or services and storage virtual servers is one of them.

    Regards,
    Nathan

    • scotty on 13/11/2020 - 22:38

      That seems to be quite a competitive price, when you compare it with storage VPS from some of the Australian providers that I'm using:

      Provider CPU RAM Storage Data Month
      Network Preference 2VCPU 2GB 900GB 6TB $33/month
      BinaryLane 1VCPU 2GB 1000GB 3TB $30/month

      Network Preference is in Equinix and BinaryLane in NextDC.

      • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 22:48

        Yes! We are all about affordable quality services and products. Our servers in Melbourne are in Equinix ME1.

        Regards,
        Nathan

    • TheBird on 13/11/2020 - 22:47

      How much for surplus bandwidth above the 6TB?

      • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 23:02
        +1

        As I don’t have any servers at the moment and I am just trying to gauge the interest, there would be the option of your service being suspended, an automatic add-on of data (example would be 500GB at a set price) or for an upgrade to the next plan which would have more bandwidth. We don’t normally suspend over usage of data for once off accidental bursts close to the reset date. We usually notify the user that for the next month they should consider upgrading or adding a data pack. We suspend servers when the limit has been reached and passed by extreme amounts without contact. You are automatically sent emails when you reach your limit and when you do we contact you and let you know what will happen. When there is no attempt to contact or disregard then it is suspended until next month. Many times when there is a once off event that makes you reach the limit, we disregard a suspension and let it pass. If it’s frequent then an upgrade is needed.

        Regards,
        Nathan

    • leiiv on 14/11/2020 - 21:05

      How much would that cost for around 1 PB storage?

      • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 14/11/2020 - 21:09

        That would be very expensive! I can only imagine the chassis and hardware needed to achieve that. Not to mention the other hardware requirements to be able to manage that amount of storage and keep up with everything.

        Regards,
        Nathan

  • 12Ghast on 13/11/2020 - 21:22

    If people are using this purely for storage, there are other more affordable options like backblaze B2. I'm sure there's a market for Australia based storage solutions just that it'll be a pretty niche one.

    • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 13/11/2020 - 21:27

      Yes, you're right there are a few storage only options but my original question was aimed at the more multipurpose servers over just purely a FTP/Storage server. I should have worded it differently, I'm more targeting the multipurpose large storage customers who may have a media server, web server, storage and backup server on the one large 1TB VPS :)

      Regards,
      Nathan

  • croccer on 14/11/2020 - 21:26

    A high storage VPS is good only if the client hosts the website/application too in the same datacentre, as it provides low latency and can be used as a replacement for NAS drives. I feel that most SMEs have started using object storage for archival now. So the storage required to NVME (Production)/HDD(Attached) for cold storage /Object Storage(with High Availability HA).

    The object storage is pretty cheap when compared to storage vps these days and most of the provide HA too.

    The problem with using high storage VPS in a single datacentre as SMB storage is high availability I guess. In case of issues, the site/application might go down.

    • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 14/11/2020 - 21:32
      +1

      The VPS is being targeted at multiuse servers not just to store files. Object storage is common for just file storage but I'm targeting people who might also use the VPS as a media server, file server for everyday files to use on different computers or just as a photo backup server. Trying to manage an entire Linux server to just use as an FTP/storage zone isn't worth the time or money. There are people who look for Linux servers with large storage allocations to use as a multiuse application server and that's who I'm targeting. If you are looking for just plain storage then object storage is the way to go but when you want to run applications or software that requires a server, they don't fit the needs.

      Regards,
      Nathan

      • FlashChaser on 17/11/2020 - 20:59

        Created an account just to say I'd definitely use this and have been searching everywhere. I currently have one hosted in Europe. Would love one near me even if it's more for less, so long as it's relatively competitive!

        • Store RepServersGalore @ Servers Galore on 17/11/2020 - 21:26
          +1

          That's great to know! We'll be sure to update you if we start selling high storage VPS Servers :)

          Regards,
          Nathan

  • askbargain on 02/12/2020 - 21:26

    When there aren't any backups provided, you are just wasting your time. Encrypt and upload to Google Drive/Dropbox, who actually back up your data.

    If you have crap upload speeds to Asia/America servers, it's because of your crap routing.

    The only people interested in high storage VPS are those looking to store their Linux ISOs, which I highly doubt you would allow anyway.

    Yes, you have more flexibility with a VPS, but that's no different than a cheap VPS + rclone.

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