Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by stefantalpalaru » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

Linode Nextgen: The Network
blog.linode.com

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by gtaylor » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 6:48 PM UTC

Wow, this is quite a jump. Great to see Linode continue to lower costs and improve quality.

It's also important to note that if the billing system stays the same, each instance you purchase increments your account-wide bandwidth pool. For example, if a Linode 512 has 2 TB worth of data and you have two of them, you end up with 4 TB for all Linodes on your account. It's not bound to the individual Linodes.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by evanw » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 6:50 PM UTC

Edit: The post title has been changed, but tldr is that Linode is increasing the monthly transfer limit quota 10x because they're upgrading their network infrastructure.

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It's great that Linode is passing these improvements to their customers free of charge. A while back they increased RAM allocated to all users without increasing prices, which was a great surprise. Things like this make me happy to host my multiple projects with them.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by jonknee » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

A 10x increase in bandwidth is pretty impressive. More useful to me at least is the increased throughput though, 250Mbps is pretty speedy.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by stefantalpalaru » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 6:54 PM UTC

original title: "Linode is increasing the monthly transfer quota 10x after a hw upgrade"

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by slig » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 7:01 PM UTC

That's great. If it was another provider doing this 10 fold increase, I'd suspect they would fuck up and wouldn't be able to deliver. Linode earned my trust and I can't recommend them enough.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by spitfire » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 7:06 PM UTC

Neat. But it's really the hardware size that's the restricting feature of linode. In particular: Memory.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by endianswap » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 7:07 PM UTC

This is one of the reasons why I am happy to support Linode with my business: they seem to care about doing things the right way and keeping people happy. I've got a simple 512 Linode server that I use infrequently (I like having a Linux box available in the "cloud" to SSH to from home/work) and yet I've always been treated as a "real" customer. I know it's sad that I'm impressed by it, but grandfathering in customers like this just by default, and always having great support turnaround times (within a couple hours at basically any time of the day) makes me like the Linode guys a ton. This sort of stuff is the reason why I don't really care if there's a cheaper alternative; I know what I'm paying for and I'm very happy with what I'm getting.

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by machbio » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

Cant Love them Enough, they are meticulous in their efforts and the most trustworthy VPS providers.. Just love them - can do free advertising for them - call me fan or follower.. we love Linode

Re: Linode Nextgen: The Network

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Post by pavs » Thu, Mar 07, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

I never quite understood the love for premium vps like linode (also remember slicehost?). If you check out lowendbox vps, their top-rated providers almost always beats linode (and alike) in almost all category you can think of.

Its nice that they are now increasing the bandwidth cap, but it was on the low side to begin with. My takeaway from this is that "linode finally joins everyone else in network speed and bandwidth."

Don't get me wrong, I have used linode in the past and enjoyed them very much and never had any problems, and support was top notch. but their offering is not very impressive at all.

Edit: wow, thats a lot of hostility... didn't realize linode reached fandom status. I guess I should keep my opinions to myself then?