Pricing seem to be (too?) close to DO or Linode and they are established players that provide way more technical specs, not sure why I'd go with mediapig.
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#22Why can't we specify how many cores we get? I'm sick of having 2GB or more of RAM and only one core. Some languages can actually saturate 4 cores and use less than 2GB of RAM while doing so. Are there any CPU core friendly VPS providers out there?
You're not getting exclusive access to a core, you're only getting part of a core. If the host machine has 20 cores and 256 GB of ram, then you're probably getting (2 * 20 / 256) of a core. Would you rather get (2 * 20 / 256) of a single core or (2 * 20 / 256 / 4) of 4 cores? Time slicing and threading adds overhead, so you're generally much better off with a provider that pretends to give you a single core than with one that pretends to give you 4.
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#23I can't quite understand why this is a UK company, apparently registered in England and Wales, but yet the data center is in the US. The main reason I'd go for a UK company over a US one is if the support matched my hours, but with a 24 hour SLA response time, it's not particular great. That mixed with an overseas DC makes it a strange choice for UK customers, I can't see it working out favourably for the company
Hi hejuehdh - We understand your concerns here. The reason for this is after working with various datacenters we found the one who could provide us with the best support; best hands on support and the best SLA were based in Tampa, FL. Whilst the SLA response time is currently 24 hours, as business grows we will work to reduce this. We are also continuing to look at hosting in other datacenters closer to home that will provide us with the same level of hands on support. We're keen to get this right to begin to reduce our SLA response time. Expansion into regional support is a logical next step for us.
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#24Pricing seem to be (too?) close to DO or Linode and they are established players that provide way more technical specs, not sure why I'd go with mediapig.
Also, DO and Linode provide phone numbers and addresses for their respective companies.
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Hi Steve - Thanks for your questions! We're going to update our site to reflect some of these answers but I wanted to answer you directly. I'm pleased to say that there are no restrictions for users to run their own kernels. We also do provide access to a remote console access via HTML5 Canvas. That's available in your account immediately after purchase. Currently our machines are owned by Hivelocity but we do have a…
Good answers, thanks. The obvious omission was the lack of reply about IPv6 support. Do your guests get IPv6 access by default, or can it be added if not? PS. You might want to update your SSL configuration to avoid the POODLE-attack, and add perfect forward secrecy too.
Steve - Thanks for bringing the SSL configuration improvements to our attention. While we aren't open about offering bug bounties. If you could send me an email to team@mediapig.co.uk we'll arrange something for you as thanks.
We're now operating under Grade A SSL on all our applicable domains which includes POODLE-attack protection and perfect forward secrecy.
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mediapig.co.u...
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#26It would be great to see:
- A test IP (to check ping times)
- A test URL with a 100MB file (to test throughput from a specific location)
Also, if you use KVM (as you indicate here in the comments) it may be worth mentioning that somewhere on the site (I didn't see it), as otherwise many will assume you use OpenVZ, for which providers usually charge less than you are charging.
Check out lowendtalk.com to see the types of questions/comments people often post about these services.
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Good answers, thanks. The obvious omission was the lack of reply about IPv6 support. Do your guests get IPv6 access by default, or can it be added if not? PS. You might want to update your SSL configuration to avoid the POODLE-attack, and add perfect forward secrecy too.
Steve - Thanks for bringing the SSL configuration improvements to our attention. While we aren't open about offering bug bounties. If you could send me an email to team@mediapig.co.uk we'll arrange something for you as thanks. We're now operating under Grade A SSL on all our applicable domains which includes POODLE-attack protection and perfect forward secrecy. https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mediapig.…
I've dropped you a mail, thanks.
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One point of difference is that DO and Linode both have fixed SSD sizes. This company allows you to mix and match CPU, disk and RAM. Neither to the former allow that (at least not yet).
That's not true with Linode, you can add additional disk, memory and transfer under the extra's menu once you've purchased a slot. They'll migrate you as required.
Neat. I did not know that. Do they post that information anywhere on the public, you-haven't-paid-for-this-yet site? I've been trying to figure out what I'll need for hosting for the last few months. Linode looked best, but I worried about having to get beefing systems just to get more HD.
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#29So you want 60 GBP for less specs (4G RAM, 100 vs. 200 G HDD) I can get for 8 EUR at contabo, for example? No level of service can make up for that.