which server?
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- sparker0
first off, why buy? because hosting a server in house is much more control oriented than paying someone to do it for you. if it breaks, then you are the one that takes care of it right then, if you want to install something, then it is up to you to handle that, if you want to do this or that, then the box is all yours.
if you have the money to put in servers, than it is better to do it yourself than to pay someone you may or may not be able to communicate with in time of a emergency.
in-house is always better than co-location or host costs.
besides, 5 grand doesn't get you very far paying a hosting company for anything of usefullness.
plus, don't you want to the satisfaction of handling things yourself? maybe i've been an admin for too long now, but i wouldn't trust someone else with any enterprise level server...
and, as far as power...buying upscale equipment means it lasts longer in the end...if you buy top of the line equipment right now, you won't need to do any replacements (save for hardware failures) for a long time...beats buying a new server every year or paying a hosting company a fee everytime you need a new box.