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Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by SanjayUttam » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:25 PM UTC

bilalq wrote: post #38

Chrome seems to be detecting TechCrunch as malware right now. Anyone else getting this problem?

Same issue here. Maybe they know something we don't. (ha-ha).

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by japhyr » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

japhyr wrote: post #39

mitchwainer wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are back online. We are spinning up thousands of servers right now. Would love for you to give us a shot. Here is a $20 credit coupon - "SSDBEAR20" Let me know what you think.

Do we have to enter a credit card to use this code? I'd love to give it a longer trial, but don't want to store my credit card while I'm trying it out.

Answered my own question. When I tried to enter the code without giving a credit card, the billing form was rejected for not having cc info. But a few minutes later I got an email saying I have the $20 on my account.

Thanks! I will enjoy trying out the service, and I will sign a couple students up this afternoon.

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by mitchwainer » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

mrbobke wrote: post #30

Congrats guys. If I ever need to spin up a server, I'll definitely be sailing your ocean.

Thanks Mrbobke! =]

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by mitchwainer » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:33 PM UTC

robflynn wrote: post #37

Do you currently only have the New York region or are there other regions available as well ?

We have a datacenter in Amsterdam as well.

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by mitchwainer » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:34 PM UTC

GavinAnderegg wrote: post #40

bilalq wrote: post #38

Chrome seems to be detecting TechCrunch as malware right now. Anyone else getting this problem?

I just saw this as well.

I believe it was an advertiser that did it.

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by joe_bleau » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:45 PM UTC

What's the virtualization technology (Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, etc.)? Are the boxes running ECC RAM? Can we install and run our own kernel?

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by mitchwainer » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 4:52 PM UTC

precisionpete wrote: post #35

What underlying hypervisor/server technology is this service using? Looks really interesting... I'm using Rackspace Cloud Servers now. It's been Great! But gets expensive fast if you have to scale...

We use KVM. Here is a $20 credit to try us out! =]

Promo Code: SSDPOWER20

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by corford » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

Despite being a long time (and happy!) Linode user, the prices and SSD are just too interesting to pass over.

I'm running a small Zarafa based mail server on a 2GB plan with Linode and it could do with more RAM. Perfect opportunity to try out a 4GB "droplet" :)

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by specto » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

joe_bleau wrote: post #46

What's the virtualization technology (Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, etc.)? Are the boxes running ECC RAM? Can we install and run our own kernel?

These are running kvm so presumably you should be able to.

https://www.digitalocean.com/faq

Re: TechStars Graduate DigitalOcean Switches To SSD For Its $5 Per Month VPS

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Post by mitchwainer » Tue, Jan 15, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

joe_bleau wrote: post #46

What's the virtualization technology (Xen, KVM, OpenVZ, etc.)? Are the boxes running ECC RAM? Can we install and run our own kernel?

We use KVM and ECC RAM. And yes, you can install and run your own kernel. =]