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Tier 1

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Hosting ProviderMonthly CostRamStorageTransfer

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Slicehost$20256MB10GB100GB

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Linode$19.95360MB12GB200GB

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RimU$19.95160MB4GB30GB

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Tier 2

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Hosting ProviderMonthly CostRamStorageTransfer

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Slicehost$38512MB20GB200GB

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Linode$29.95540MB18GB300GB

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RimU$29.95400MB4GB40GB

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Tier 3

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Hosting ProviderMonthly CostRamStorageTransfer

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Amazon Reserved Instance *$70.681741MB160GB50 GB Data In / 100 GB Data Out

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Slicehost$701024MB40GB400GB

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Linode$59.951080MB36GB600GB

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RimU **$67.951150MB16GB150GB

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* For Amazon we calculated the price as the base price per month (approx. $27/month) plus the hourly cost of keeping the server running 24/7 in a month. The calculation then is (30 days * 24 hours) * ($0.03 per hour) = $21.6. The base cost then is ($27.083 + $21.6) = $48.68. On top of that we calculated approx data transfer as Data In (50GB * .10) = $5 and Data Out at (100GB * .17) = $17 for a total data transfer cost of $22.

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** For RimU we choose the customized option to add extra storage and transfer space