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Why do dedicated server service prices vary so much?

I'm trying to purchase a dedicated Linux server service (e.g. 2G Ram, 80GHDD Raid, Pentium 4 or above (not Celeron), online incremental backup, dual internet access, unmanaged service) with Red Hat 4. We will put our own software on it and remotely manage the server. I understand that SLAs differ but the price range is huge! So far £90pm to £260pm! There just doen't seem to be a market rate!

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1. Dedicate Servers are too expencive because, there is a server just for one person without any shares, and you should all the costs Alone ! but in other cases they will share a server with another users !
2. depends on the quality of the hardware and the services offered. If you can, narrow your search to a few and try to visit the datacentres. You should quickly get an idea of which is the best (or at least the best for you)
3. It's about the amount of support the data center can provide you with - £260 is likely with Rackspace, who have absolutely stellar support, guaranteed uptime etc. Effectively, if you want something doing to your server, Rackspace will probably do it for you if you ask them. £90pm is most likely for Fasthosts, who provide cheap n' cheerful boxes 'provided you don't ask us to do too much with them'. It took me a week to get a response out of them regarding setting up a data backup, and their network is a bit unreliable. The money buys you bandwidth, data center facilities such as power regulation and redundant bandwidth, support, and quality hardware. Hope that helps.