[bryanlarsen]

This.

I'm not sure of your use case, but it seems likely that you'd be able to use 1-2 32GB or 1 64GB dedicated machine instead of 7 8GB machines. You can get those cheap at Hetzner or OVH or OVH's surplus site Soyoustart.com

[stephenr]

https://rimuhosting.com/order/vps-on-dedicated.jsp Also has some interesting options for dedicated hosts (they’re generally ex-VPS hosts)