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Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by eli »

zefhous wrote: post #28
listic wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Price isn't everything.

What is preferable about Slicehost compared to Linode? They seem extremely similar to me (I've researched it a fair amount), except that Linode's prices are way better. I've been with Linode for over a year and never regretted it. This RAM upgrade and a disk space upgrade earlier certainly help!

I'm sure knowing that it's backed by Rackspace is reassuring for some people.

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by tszming »

spicyj wrote: post #24
jwr wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$15.20/month gets you 512MB on fivebean.com. I've been quite happy with them so far.

And $12 gets you 512MB on http://prgmr.com/ .

The point is Linode has better service, e.g. 24x7 IRC, responsive ticket system, powerful admin interface.

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by paolomaffei »

listic wrote: post #11

How much is the extra traffic, again? 200GB of traffic included seemed good at the time, but it doesn't already. I'm seeing (and using) more offers lately that have much more traffic included.

Unless you use it as a file server that's not too little actually

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by tbrownaw »

barredo wrote: post #26

I have a question about VPS, hope someone could help and not be much offtopic: I have a dedicated server (in Softlayer) with Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3220 @ 2.40GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB (which I only use 5 or 6, so it's not an issue) and 2000Gb transfer. Price is 189$ a month. Is it worth to switch to Linode's 4GB ram plan? I was thinking in getting a new server in softlayer with 12-16GB ram. tl;dr: is it worth switching fro…

That depends on what % of your cpu you're using, and how sensitive you are to disk bandwidth. Look at what fraction of the host machine you get ("How many Linodes share a host", http://www.linode.com/faq.cfm ), do you use more than that fraction of the resources that would be shared (disk I/O, CPU time)? How much is having a nice web interface for rebooting and such worth?

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by galactus »

btmorex wrote: post #27
listic wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Price isn't everything.

That's true. On the other hand, Linode is competitive on price and service. Every ticket I've submitted has gotten a response within a couple hours. That's pretty good considering how much I'm paying. Honestly, I don't know why someone would get a vps from a different company.

I have had the same experience. I have only had to contact them twice, but they were pretty responsive.

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by carbon8 »

hack_edu wrote: post #25

Linode is still second to Chunkhost in terms of value at the low-end, free-beta and beta tester discounts aside. Chunkhost has had 512mb for a year now, and still offers 20% more disk space. In my experience Linode's network speeds to be much less consistent and, at their peaks, considerably slower. Yes, all this probably change when Chunkhost goes stable.

I like chunkhost and have a vps there, but the admin interface is still incredibly rudimentary. You can't really do anything other than reboot, create, destroy and reimage. Still, I'm a happy chunkhost customer, I think they have great potential and recommend them to anyone who is looking for a simple, cheap VPS.

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by carbon8 »

jwr wrote: post #16
imp wrote: post #5

Wow, a lot cheaper than Slicehost now. $20/month gets you 256 MB on Slicehost and 512 MB on Linode.

$15.20/month gets you 512MB on fivebean.com. I've been quite happy with them so far.

Interesting. Lots of disk space and bandwidth, too. Looks like their acceptable use policy is a bit strict and baroque, tough. I'm also guessing the admin interface doesn't give nearly as much control as linode's (no other VPS providers I'm familiar with do).

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by galactus »

commx wrote: post #32
megamark16 wrote: post #21

Here's a google cache of their homepage before, for quick comparison to what's up now, for anyone like me who didn't have their old prices memorized: New prices: http://www.linode.com Old prices: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kVmwiN5...

The prices didn't change... you just get more RAM for the same money :).

It is the same thing, no? You could just downgrade back to your old ram, for less money.

Re: Linode Turns 7, Big RAM Increase

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Post by thaumaturgy »

eli wrote: post #41
zefhous wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is preferable about Slicehost compared to Linode? They seem extremely similar to me (I've researched it a fair amount), except that Linode's prices are way better. I've been with Linode for over a year and never regretted it. This RAM upgrade and a disk space upgrade earlier certainly help!

I'm sure knowing that it's backed by Rackspace is reassuring for some people.

...despite Rackspace's well-publicized downtime, which has prompted prominent sites to move away from them?

One of my local competitors recently, proudly, informed me that they were about to launch a new hosting service supported by Rackspace. I smiled, and congratulated them, and started planning the marketing campaign I'd like to run when Rackspace goes down and takes my competitors' clients with them.

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