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High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by skrebbel »

chrisan wrote: post #58
pjungwir wrote: post #25

Linode is my top choice for hosting, but lately I've been tinkering on a project that needs a lot of disk, and it's hard to find good options there. On AWS every dimension scales independently, but with Linode I can't buy disk without buying CPU and RAM too. When I had a similar need a few years ago, I wound up renting a dedicated server, where even the cheapest came with 2TB or so. I'd love to just stick with Linode…

DigitalOcean has their new block storage https://www.digitalocean.com/products/storage/

Cool. Is "block storage" anything other than a fancy new word for "network drive"?

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by mdekkers »

deftnerd wrote: post #78
pjungwir wrote: post #25

Linode is my top choice for hosting, but lately I've been tinkering on a project that needs a lot of disk, and it's hard to find good options there. On AWS every dimension scales independently, but with Linode I can't buy disk without buying CPU and RAM too. When I had a similar need a few years ago, I wound up renting a dedicated server, where even the cheapest came with 2TB or so. I'd love to just stick with Linode…

Delimiter has a clever solution for $10 a month. They call it Slot Hosting. You ship them a disk and they'll host it and attach it as additional storage on a VPS. https://www.delimiter.com/slot-hosting/ I use it to host an 8tb drive that I then attach to a dedicated server I rent for $20 a month. $30 a month and I have a server that I use for Plex (16 cores, 3.2ghz, 32 gigs of memory, and 10tb of total storage).

$30 a month and I have a server that I use for Plex (16 cores, 3.2ghz, 32 gigs of memory, and 10tb of total storage).

That sounds amazing. Where can I find this?

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by regularfry »

ben_bai wrote: post #81
msbarnett wrote: post #16

Digital Ocean really needs to cut their prices at this point. There's no compelling reason to pay them 50% more for the same thing.

I don't get the whole VPS thing anyway. 5$ for playing around is great but anything that costs more is just not worth it. 60$/month for 16GB, 1CPU, 20GB disk for VPS... in comparison a root server with real remote console access, 16GB, 4 core AMD, 4TB disks, unlimited traffic costs me 30EUR/month (30$/month). Or for 60EUR/month (60$) I could get a root server with 64GB Ram, 2x500GB SSD, i7-6700, 30TB traffic.

Depending on how the host configures things, VMs can be much more reliable. If I know my data is striped onto a 16-disc array, and can be live-migrated onto a different storage box in case the RAID controller goes funny without me having to care or even notice, that's more than I can reasonably set up with a $60/month server. Couple that to live migration of the VM process itself if the hardware it's running on goes wonky, and you've got a recipe for as much uptime as you want.

All this does depend on the VM host actually implementing these things properly, but they are out there.

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by ksec »

jldugger wrote: post #126
raverbashing wrote: post #62

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One thing that could help is having the ability to pre pay/load credits, so you could have a small discount that way

Linode / AWS already offer prepaid discounts.

Where Could i find that ? For Linode AND AWS Discount.

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by eatonphil »

astrodust wrote: post #145
colept wrote: post #138

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ColdFusion or not - Linode's hosting panel is one of the simplest and flexible management interface I've experienced. Digital Ocean's is too simple, and some other providers are too infuriating. Linode is that porridge that's just right.

> ...one of the simplest and flexible management interface I've experienced... Well, I'm really questioning what you've used then. It's atrocious. It's right up there with GoDaddy in terms of dashboards that are needlessly obnoxious. Digital Ocean's may be simple, but there's nothing wrong with that. It works. It's clear what it can and can't do. It's not cluttered up with confusion. For example, on Linode you cannot…

We do think our dashboard is important, and we are investing in it. As a matter of fact, you can even watch the development take place yourself because the new manager is an open-source app. :)

https://github.com/linode/manager

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by ben_bai »

mwpmaybe wrote: post #106
ben_bai wrote: post #81

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I don't get the whole VPS thing anyway. 5$ for playing around is great but anything that costs more is just not worth it. 60$/month for 16GB, 1CPU, 20GB disk for VPS... in comparison a root server with real remote console access, 16GB, 4 core AMD, 4TB disks, unlimited traffic costs me 30EUR/month (30$/month). Or for 60EUR/month (60$) I could get a root server with 64GB Ram, 2x500GB SSD, i7-6700, 30TB traffic.

What is your definition of a "root server" and where do you rent them? Do you mean a dedicated server? I've checked a few providers and none of them come close the costs/benefits you're listing. OVH's EG-16 (4c/8t, 16G, 2x4T) is $79/mo. 1-and-1's L4i (4c/4t, 12G, 2x1T) is $80/mo.

Yes a dedicated server. Mostly german servers from Hetzner and Strato.

https://www.hetzner.de/us/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex51ss...

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by ben_bai »

greendata wrote: post #91
ben_bai wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get the whole VPS thing anyway. 5$ for playing around is great but anything that costs more is just not worth it. 60$/month for 16GB, 1CPU, 20GB disk for VPS... in comparison a root server with real remote console access, 16GB, 4 core AMD, 4TB disks, unlimited traffic costs me 30EUR/month (30$/month). Or for 60EUR/month (60$) I could get a root server with 64GB Ram, 2x500GB SSD, i7-6700, 30TB traffic.

What company?

Mostly Strato and Hetzner.

Re: High-Memory Instances and $5 Linodes

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Post by jay-saint »

anatoly wrote: post #94
Veratyr wrote: post #59

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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?

Assuming that your are not in the middle of nowhere, it is typically best to stick with a somewhat local or regional co-lo facility. Discovering who else has space there is typically a good indicator or quality. Find out where your local hospital or university has their boxes. Keep in mind this is your hardware and it will occasionally need a new HD or fan. You do not want to fly across the country for that. Also their are a wide range of security options for co-los, so weigh those options.
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