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For us it is worth the price (>$40/mo for 1 GB ram) for great stability and support. The Openstack API is really nice, too.
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Performance between VPS's from the same provider varies wildly. This absolutely should not be true, and in my experience it isn't true on Amazon -- you will neither be starved for resources if others do intensive things, nor will you enjoy riches if they are quiet: You will get what you are paying for. I have a personal experience from Digital Ocean that is a bit different. Firstly let me say that I think they have a…
This absolutely _is_ true, and in my experience it has been on AWS. Search for past benchmarks on HN for examples. Regardless, we stick to AWS at work for the entire suite. When it comes to my money though, DO is making very large strides imo
Can you provide any more specific search criteria?
I've found Amazon instances to be quite consistent. They vary, of course, but quite contrary to your initial statement that they vary wildly, I find the variances quite small, and there isn't a need to constantly hunt for ripe instances. I have absolutely found what you said to be sadly true on quite a few other VM hosts.
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> AFAICT, Linode doesn't offer that, and they probably won't. While perhaps not entirely as mature and full featured as AWS's offering, Linode does offer an api with which you can script creation/initialization of test servers. See https://www.linode.com/api/linode They also offer something called StackScript, that to me looks like some kind of configuration management script. https://www.linode.com/stackscripts/
I use Linode. I like Linode. But they do not make it very easy to spin up / down new instances. Setting aside the API, they bill you for a full month for a new instance as soon as you create it. True, you get a pro-rated credit if you delete it earlier but this is awkward and I think it only pro-rates by the day. And StackScripts kinda sorta work, but they are hard to write/debug and are not portable. It's a pretty w…
Did you try multiple instances on each provider? Performance between VPS's from the same provider varies wildly. If there are 64 VPS's on a server, you will probably get a lot more than 1/64th of the processing power of that server because most of the other VPS's are idle. But how much more than 1/64th you get will vary wildly from machine to machine.
Performance between VPS's from the same provider varies wildly. This absolutely should not be true, and in my experience it isn't true on Amazon -- you will neither be starved for resources if others do intensive things, nor will you enjoy riches if they are quiet: You will get what you are paying for. I have a personal experience from Digital Ocean that is a bit different. Firstly let me say that I think they have a…
sigh I call these "weekend benchmarks" -- what you'd typically do when you have a block of free time, then spend time optimizing for said benchmark. Roll in on Monday with some staggering results, only to find one (or many) of your variables were off. Did the author try multiple instances on each provider? VM tenancy is a bitch. (Think of how annoyed you get at the noise levels, when your neighbor in the next apartme…
I'm particularly fond of the quote "lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way", which is a bit harsh in this case because a lot of your advice is good. It could be framed in a more constructive way, though - there's some Comic Book Guy tone there in your comment.
If you need what Amazon offers, all of the AWS services or most of them, then go for it. But you don't use AWS for raw power.
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I use Linode. I like Linode. But they do not make it very easy to spin up / down new instances. Setting aside the API, they bill you for a full month for a new instance as soon as you create it. True, you get a pro-rated credit if you delete it earlier but this is awkward and I think it only pro-rates by the day. And StackScripts kinda sorta work, but they are hard to write/debug and are not portable. It's a pretty w…
To be fair, stack scripts are just shell code. You specify an interpretor and write them to be portable, and they will be portable.
sigh I call these "weekend benchmarks" -- what you'd typically do when you have a block of free time, then spend time optimizing for said benchmark. Roll in on Monday with some staggering results, only to find one (or many) of your variables were off. Did the author try multiple instances on each provider? VM tenancy is a bitch. (Think of how annoyed you get at the noise levels, when your neighbor in the next apartme…
Do you have something better to point to? It's easy to complain about stuff, but at least he's out there trying to do something. Presumably it can be improved. I'm particularly fond of the quote "lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way", which is a bit harsh in this case because a lot of your advice is good. It could be framed in a more constructive way, though - there's some Comic Book Guy tone there in your co…
"At least we're doing something!" is a silly defense.
I never see Gandi offerings mentioned. Anyone has a review / advice?