What’s a good alternative for Linode these days? I just want a vps where I can install Debian, be root, and have a web and email server. A 4gb Linode has been enough for my needs for years.
Limestone networks https://lstn.net
Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
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#52Ask HN: I was just about to sign up to their Managed service offering (basically they monitor the VPS's and if a monitored URL goes down they do initial trouble shooting for the basics to bring things back online before they contact you). I've rarely seen this offered elsewhere. Any other hosting co's HN knows about that does this (and had good experiences with?) ? Vultr doesn't from what I can see. I prefer my serve…
Rack space (used?) to offer something like this and it was somewhat worthwhile if what you were doing was bog-standard. I found that if you were even a bit off the beaten path they didn’t do much more than reboot and check if the disks had filled up.
I was actually thinking of how this story reminded me that Rackspace's cloud product started off as the acquisition of Slicehost.
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#54The Linode brand is so well known by developers. Why in the world would Akamai risk the brand any further than they already have like this?
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#55They have my interest piqued with “Aggressive new cloud egress pricing”
Fingers crossed but so often these don’t pan out
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#56I’m curious to the reasoning behind a decision like this. Part of what Akamai bought was the Linode brand name. Anecdotally as a user Linode’s brand seems to have a fair bit of value and positive reputation. Havent they just written off a non-trivial amount of value from what they just acquired? Or is it as simple as they really want brand consistency?
I don't particularly see Linode as a valuable brand, more one to avoid.
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#57As an outsider, this feels absurd. Linode had so much good-will and brand recognition built up through their sponsorships and reps.
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#58I won't even say RIP because I've already moved on to greener pastures.
I didn't move on because of the acquisition, that never directly bothered me in any imminent way. Instead, I've moved on for price.
Hetzner Cloud is less than half the price for the shared 4 vCPU 8 GB RAM system that I needed.
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#59What’s a good alternative for Linode these days? I just want a vps where I can install Debian, be root, and have a web and email server. A 4gb Linode has been enough for my needs for years.
Vultr is amazing on price/performance. I use it as a lab cloud, and for my more fun (or Windows) workloads. You slightly sacrifice reliability, but you get interesting options including odd OSes, and per-hour dedicated hardware. Definitely an innovative bunch. DigitalOcean offers solid uptime, a more professional operation, and typically better performance than Linode in benchmarks ( https://www.vpsbenchmarks.com/scr…
> The Bas-Rhin fire service says that the SBG2 data center had no automatic fire extinguishing system and no general electrical cut-off switch. The facility also had a wooden ceiling rated to resist fire for only one hour, and a free-cooling design that created "chimneys" that increased the fire's ferocity.
I recall seeing headlines here about the fires, but I didn't know their construction was this bad.
Re: Linode rebranded as Akamai’s cloud computing services
#60What’s a good alternative for Linode these days? I just want a vps where I can install Debian, be root, and have a web and email server. A 4gb Linode has been enough for my needs for years.
Hetzner been solid for me.