DR KOH KHO KING

How much is the actual server cost of PhotoMalaysia’s server?

For those who are interested in knowing the actual cost of the server, why US$2k and why US$1.5k, here’s the screen shot of the invoices that we have paid:

Basic server rental (hardware) = US$159 / month
Cpanel rental = US$25 / month

Total = US$178 / month (for the first two months that we have paid).

US$178 x 12 = US$2136 / year

Later we found out that our initial contract with the server company is US$159 inclusive of Cpanel (their mistake in the contract, as Cpanel supposed to be excluded), hence we demand them to give us US$159 flat rate that include the Cpanel fee. There were some fighting between the server company and PhotoMalaysia, and if you still remembered, PM.com was down for a few days in Dec as the company suspended our account. After some negotiation, they agreed to give us US$159 for future rental.

US$159 x 12 = US$1908

If we paid the rental for ONE WHOLE YEAR, we are entitled to 20% discount. This is quite a bit of saving so I decided to pay for one whole year:

US$159 x 12 x 80% = US$1526.40

If we were to rent a 2nd server, if we pay monthly and not annually, we will need to pay US$178/month (no more US$159 as it was a mistake in the contract previously), and it will total up US$2136 / year.