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Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by sixtofour »

samuarl wrote: post #21

I'm extremely happy with my Linode VPS. Never had any problems and the performance seems great. Getting a VPS was my first real foray into Linux and I've learnt so much since I started by just messing around. The Linode library has also been a great source of help. I recommend anyone who likes to spend hours perfectly configuring services they will likely never use, because it's fun, should get one to hone their term…

I would recommend the same thing for the same kind of people, but only after you do it on a virtual machine (VirtualBox) on your local machine. It's a much cheaper alternative (free), and you'll have a better idea what you want and what to do when you move to Linode.

Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by code_duck »

paraschopra wrote: post #19

Congrats on the anniversary. To provide a balanced perspective on this thread, let me share our experience. We (Visual Website Optimizer) are hosted on Linode since beginning but have experienced degradation of service lately particularly around network availability. There is at least one minor outage every month in their Newark data center (planning around network outage is much harder). While their support is respo…

I notice a few blips now and then, too - it's visible on my graphs. Sometimes they can be as long as an hour or two. But then, I'm not getting any user reports in these times which makes me just wonder about the monitoring.

I was having some major problems with a server that would flip out under heavy load. Turns out it was the specific kernel I was using. Linode support was quite helpful once I actually contacted them about it.

Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by code_duck »

cosgroveb wrote: post #13
citricsquid wrote: post #8

I absolutely love Linode. I made the HORRIBLE mistake of using vps.net for over a year (from September 09 to September 10) and it was honestly the worst hosting experience of my life (and I keep an eye on them, still as bad as ever) so when I switched to Linode I was expecting more of the same, in over 8 months I have never had a problem, I've submitted 1 support ticket and that was because I needed help enabling bac…

They were super helpful with an iptables question I had (I locked myself out of the server as well as took down several services I had running). I honestly expected them to say "you signed up for a VPS you should know this... it's not covered by our support."

When I asked Linode support my 1 question ever in 2 years of business, the person really outdid himself in contacting me - followup, additional tips, checkups, etc. Really nice.

For the iptables issue, did you try connecting to the server from lish? Same as with slicehost, when you're locked out the Ajax console can provide you with a shell on your server. Linode has lish too, though, which is an SSH connection to your server's host system. Connecting through there bypasses your iptables setup.

Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by [deleted] »

cosgroveb wrote: post #13
citricsquid wrote: post #8

I absolutely love Linode. I made the HORRIBLE mistake of using vps.net for over a year (from September 09 to September 10) and it was honestly the worst hosting experience of my life (and I keep an eye on them, still as bad as ever) so when I switched to Linode I was expecting more of the same, in over 8 months I have never had a problem, I've submitted 1 support ticket and that was because I needed help enabling bac…

They were super helpful with an iptables question I had (I locked myself out of the server as well as took down several services I had running). I honestly expected them to say "you signed up for a VPS you should know this... it's not covered by our support."

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Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by trustfundbaby »

cosgroveb wrote: post #28
trustfundbaby wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linode has never reduced how much I pay for my vps either, so I don't understand where you get the idea that I'm angling for them to lower my rent. All I'm saying is that some token of appreciation would be great and lock in my loyalty. I pay for a garage ... a free month of that maybe?

You were complaining about them raising your rent (not about them not throwing in things to please). The cost of everything goes up over time. Get over it. Also your rent over the last four years was lowered by a little thing called inflation.

The cost of everything goes up over time.

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Except server costs and bandwidth, apparently ;)

Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by [deleted] »

cosgroveb wrote: post #13
citricsquid wrote: post #8

I absolutely love Linode. I made the HORRIBLE mistake of using vps.net for over a year (from September 09 to September 10) and it was honestly the worst hosting experience of my life (and I keep an eye on them, still as bad as ever) so when I switched to Linode I was expecting more of the same, in over 8 months I have never had a problem, I've submitted 1 support ticket and that was because I needed help enabling bac…

They were super helpful with an iptables question I had (I locked myself out of the server as well as took down several services I had running). I honestly expected them to say "you signed up for a VPS you should know this... it's not covered by our support."

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Re: Linode turns 8; Disk space +25%

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Post by cosgroveb »

code_duck wrote: post #35
cosgroveb wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were super helpful with an iptables question I had (I locked myself out of the server as well as took down several services I had running). I honestly expected them to say "you signed up for a VPS you should know this... it's not covered by our support."

When I asked Linode support my 1 question ever in 2 years of business, the person really outdid himself in contacting me - followup, additional tips, checkups, etc. Really nice. For the iptables issue, did you try connecting to the server from lish? Same as with slicehost, when you're locked out the Ajax console can provide you with a shell on your server. Linode has lish too, though, which is an SSH connection to yo…

Yes, I used lish. The iptables answer they helped me with allowed me to restore ssh after I got in with lish.
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