Can I buy a cheap server that costs only a few yuan? Determinants of server performance price ratio

I saw a friend in the group talking about whether a server on an online platform can be bought for a few yuan a month. Admittedly, we sometimes see that the service provider can get a server experience for free or even as low as 1 yuan during the promotional activities, or as the friend said, a host product with several yuan in a platform. But can an overly cheap host work?

First, promotional products

If it is a promotional product of the service provider, such as the limited duration and configuration of new customers, it is also understandable. For example, we also see that there are cloud server vendors that provide free cloud servers for one year. Or there are free servers for three months or one month. It is understandable if you only need a few dollars to get a free server. However, if it is such a low cost for a long time, we should consider whether it is stable. After all, servers also need costs.

Second, configuration problems

The server with too low a price must be defective in configuration and hardware. For example, we have seen that some so-called Hanging Treasure servers use shared IP addresses, and the configuration is relatively low. We also need to think about that if the merchants are not particularly local tyrants, there is no need to sell servers at such low prices. If the servers are at such low prices, there must be something fishy, poor stability or other problems.

Third, exchange resources

Lao Zuo also met a service provider before, saying that the server was cheap or free, but he asked them to advertise on the website. In addition, it is necessary to meet certain traffic requirements of the website. In fact, it is not free, but resource exchange.

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Regardless of whether the server we choose is a few yuan or a few hundred yuan, Laozuo personally reminds us that if it is too low, we will bear the stability and security of low prices. Of course, there are also some low-grade VPS that pay more than ten dollars a year. We may have seen them, but the speed is certainly not CN2 optimized lines. Whether it is cheap or free, we still need to experience whether it is really suitable for business, and it is unnecessary to use it if it is not suitable for business.