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AH! Linode! You used to have a $5/mo plan and you got rid of it. I found and switched to DO. I would have stuck with you but I only use it to mess about and 10$ was too steep. If you make it $5 Canadian I'll switch back.
In the past they kept changing their pricing. I was paying for the smallest one (static site and a few prototypes) around $150/yr. Then they advertised that per-use would be mandatory and cheaper for everyone. I kept the site there barelly receiving any hit, using 0% of cpu and network. Endedup paying well over $250 after 12 monthly charges.
They introduced per-hour billing recently, that's the only fundamental change to their billing, and that was something you had to go out of your way to opt into if you wanted it for an existing account.
If you provisioned a $20/mo. machine then yes you will pay $240 per year for it. This is how math works.
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Unless I'm mistaken, per-use means you aren't billed for the server when it's powered down . If the server is up, even if you use 0% CPU, you're getting charged. Per-use is a lot cheaper for people that spin up servers to meet demand and kill them once things slow down.
From Linode's FAQ: "If My Linode is Powered Off, Will I Be Billed? If your Linode is powered off, but is still added as a service on your account, you will still be billed for it. This is because Linode maintains your saved data and reserves your ability to use other resources like RAM, transfer, etc. even when your Linode is powered off. You will be billed for any other active Linode service, such as Longview Pro or…
Seriously, people do not understand leasing and renting.
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If you want disk, as in spinning rust, I think it's going to remain that way for a long time. For some reason cloud providers don't like to offer disk at a reasonable price. I suspect it might be because it's not actually a single disk but space on something like a RAID10 SAN, where costs are higher since it inherently requires more hardware. Personally, I settled with colocation. I pay $60/mo + $2k one-off for the i…
Speaking as someone who hasn't tried colocation, would you care to recommend your provider or explain who the Linode and the DO are in that space?
Every major urban hub has a multitude of providers. Some offer expensive, but reliable service, others cheap but you get what you pay for, and there's a mix in between. Talk to people and ask for tours. Every town is completely different in terms of scene.
Redis appreciates it.
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Linode is 40Gbps IN, 1Gbps out for the $5 instance. The 75Mbps was a misprint.
From Soh (Linode) in the comments [0]: "We’ve deliberated and brought the floor for all plans to have 1000Mbps. Thanks for your feedback!" So it appears that 75Mbps was the initial speed but after some internal deliberation (possibly influenced by feedback), they raised it to 1000Mbps. [0] https://blog.linode.com/2017/02/14/high-memory-instances-and...
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It's not as difficult as you're suggesting. Figure out your minimum specs and get the cheapest plan that meets them.
Or, the API's plan IDs could correspond to specific plans, and never change. New plans mean new IDs. Like how IDs are supposed to work.
Maybe one day that ColdFusion atrocity of a control panel will be hurled into the sun and something better will take its place. Until then, yay, cheaper high-memory instances. Redis appreciates it.
Nice to see Linode stepping up again and competing hard with DO. Other than the Christmas 2015 DDOS, I have never had any significant issues with Linode. Especially in the Dallas DC.
That being said - their policy for handling DMCA notices is abysmal. They will network filter out your Linode until you respond to the notice.
Nice to see Linode stepping up again and competing hard with DO. Other than the Christmas 2015 DDOS, I have never had any significant issues with Linode. Especially in the Dallas DC.
I've been with Linode for a little over five years and a satisfied customer. That being said - their policy for handling DMCA notices is abysmal. They will network filter out your Linode until you respond to the notice.
Hopefully they at least give you some warning before a filter is placed.