Choosing a Cloud Computing IaaS Provider
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Rackspace has a $50/Month Minimum.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
Rackspace has a $50/Month Minimum.
That's for managed services, doesn't apply to IaaS. If you don't want them to manage stuff for you and just want IaaS, there is no minimum.
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@scottalanmiller I went around and around with them yesterday, and they said $50/month was the minimum for all packages.... Maybe the person on chat was confused.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@scottalanmiller I went around and around with them yesterday, and they said $50/month was the minimum for all packages.... Maybe the person on chat was confused.
I've had that before, Switch to emails, put it in writing, then they'll relent. Rackspace are terrible for hard-upsells.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@scottalanmiller I went around and around with them yesterday, and they said $50/month was the minimum for all packages.... Maybe the person on chat was confused.
Very strange. Did you try just buying the IaaS by the hour package, rather than talking to someone?
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Wow. Ive never paid that much. Granted I know a lot of people at rack space. It's like 20min from me to there datacenter and office here.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Wow. Ive never paid that much. Granted I know a lot of people at rack space. It's like 20min from me to there datacenter and office here.
I've definitely gotten stuff below that price. I'm going to reach out to RS managers and see what the deal is. It's possible that a new minimum has been introduced, but that makes no sense at all.
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Is this the wrong signup page?
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That's the managed infrastructure, you want unmanaged infrastructure. Contact them directly.
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@Breffni-Potter I told them I wanted unmanaged, and they said this is the best they could do
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@Aaron-Studer for a company or for yourself. Maybe they just don't like doing unmanaged for individuals.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@Breffni-Potter I told them I wanted unmanaged, and they said this is the best they could do
Was that over live-chat? Have you tried phone/email methods? Sounds very dodgy.
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@thecreativeone91 For myself.
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I went through some different links and @Aaron-Studer might be right, they might have abandoned the old model. Looks like they might be exiting the serious IaaS game, which is sad. Might be time to narrow the field to just Amazon and Azure. Rackspace's value has been dwindling for some time. Their value has been mostly around ease of use. So their niche was going away.
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Rackspace is getting squeezed between Amazon for full stack features and Digital Ocean for low cost ones and VPS. RS' spot in the middle with their super poorly paid technical staff and struggles to maintain late night (US) support is probably make them panic.
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They pay near min wage here. Sys Admins/Linux Admin/Network admins are like $10/hr or so.
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Tom K: Hello, welcome to Rackspace. My name is Tom, may I get your name and contact information in case we get disconnected?
You: http://mangolassi.it/topic/4921/choosing-a-cloud-computing-iaas-provider
You: Please review and provide comments
Tom K: I'd say that is pretty accurate and why we are the #1 Managed cloud-enabled company in the US and Europe!
Tom K: What are your takes on it?
You: Did you read the whole thing? I think not...
**You: **Do you offer somehing less then $50 a month?
Tom K: $50/mo in our minimum service level.
You: What about unmanaged?
**Tom K: **We don't provide any unmanaged services.
**You: **That's very sad. -
@thecreativeone91 said:
They pay near min wage here. Sys Admins/Linux Admin/Network admins are like $10/hr or so.
They pay quite handsomely in the UK, maybe that'll be changing soon.
Is the end nigh for Rackspace?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
They pay near min wage here. Sys Admins/Linux Admin/Network admins are like $10/hr or so.
I can't believe they have employees at that rate.
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