Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#1

Post by pixiez » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 5:36 AM UTC

I need to hire a linux dev server so that I have a consistent setup although I might need to use multiple machines for my personal project - I know there is plenty cloud solution like Digital Ocean but I am concern about whether their spec is being too low - it should really faster than my Macbook. is there any affordable but efficient solution out there? thanks

Re: Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#2

Post by Turing_Machine » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:00 AM UTC

I assume you've looked at Amazon EC2? They offer VMs at a wide variety of price/performance points.

There are cheaper options, but they all involve a lot more work, IMO (especially if you may need to deploy and remove servers regularly, as it sounds like you might).

Edit: they have a free tier, which may be enough to get you started.

Re: Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#3

Post by steve_taylor » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:05 AM UTC

Don't overlook DigitalOcean too soon. They charge by the hour, so you can snapshot and destroy your server when you're not using it.

Re: Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#4

Post by pixiez » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:22 AM UTC

steve_taylor wrote: post #3

Don't overlook DigitalOcean too soon. They charge by the hour, so you can snapshot and destroy your server when you're not using it.

this is a good point, although does not provide large hard drive with cheaper price - I might need to mix it with other solution.

Re: Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#5

Post by pixiez » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:23 AM UTC

Turing_Machine wrote: post #2

I assume you've looked at Amazon EC2? They offer VMs at a wide variety of price/performance points. There are cheaper options, but they all involve a lot more work, IMO (especially if you may need to deploy and remove servers regularly, as it sounds like you might). Edit: they have a free tier, which may be enough to get you started.

ideally I want to keep it running forever - so it need to be cheap enough

Re: Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

#6

Post by selckin » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 6:35 AM UTC

The "cloud" ones are very expensive, some cheaper alternatives are like hetzner.de ovh.com online.net soyoustart.com but they may not come with the same level of support/uptime.