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

#52

Post by specto »

mitchwainer wrote: post #50
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. =]

Are the servers really in NYC or are they in NJ like most providers who claim to be in NYC?

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

#53

Post by tshtf »

mitchwainer wrote: post #50
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. =]

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

Really?

I opened ticket 4740 and got the following response:

  We currently do not offer a way to update or change the server kernel.

  We often build up our features based on user requests. You can submit and 

  vote for features you would like to here:

  http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean

  Thanks, 
 
  Etel

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

#54

Post by mitchwainer »

mitchwainer wrote: post #50
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. =]

Sorry - I was just informed that you can not install and run your own kernel. Apologies.

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

#55

Post by mitchwainer »

specto wrote: post #52
mitchwainer wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Are the servers really in NYC or are they in NJ like most providers who claim to be in NYC?

They are in North Bergen, NJ at Equinix.

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

#56

Post by beigeotter »

pitzips wrote: post #51

I get a 404 everytime I try to update my hostname entries. "Oh no! It seems the page you were looking for has been eaten by Sammy."

We are working on resolving this issue. I apologize for the inconvenience.

EDIT: we have resolved this problem. You can now add your hostname

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

#57

Post by japhyr »

I signed up for a free trial this morning when I had a few minutes, but won't be able to do anything with it for the next few days. I am starting to get messages that my account will self-destruct if I don't give it my credit card information in the next two hours.

I really don't like "free trials" that require you to have a cc on file, with the promise of not charging it. Believe me, if I decide to build anything meaningful on this platform, I will transition to a paid account.

Is the free trial really only 3 hours if I don't give you my cc information?

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

#58

Post by corford »

corford wrote: post #48

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" :)

As a quick follow up in case anyone's interested (having just bought and spun up a 4GB instance), the raw vm performance is fantastic but the control panel functionality is fairly basic in comparison to Linode.

AFAICT, you can't:

- Choose different kernel images

- Resize or alter the disk and swap partitions

- Setup a private network interface

- Specify what action to take if the vm hangs (watchdog)

- Run IPv6

- See machine mem, cpu and bandwidth usage from within the web panel

- Setup IP white lists and security email alerts

- See the progress of queued jobs (e.g. taking a vm snapshot)

So, it's fast but pretty basic. For the price I think it's a great deal and I'm sure some (or all) of the missing features above will be added over time as the service matures.

Edit: I've just discovered you do get a progress bar when taking a snapshot but only if you access the snapshot feature from within the server panel (rather than doing it via the "Images" link on the main left hand menu). They also mention the vm gets powered off while the snapshot is taken but mine stayed up...

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

#59

Post by jedicoffee »

I tried this service, support was a 5+ hour response time commonly. Latency was terrible and they had DNS issues they refused to acknowledge, I was even issued a 5$ credit, however they still didn't acknowledge their issues. I was also billed metered when I should have been a monthly customer, this being said I will never use any of their services or parent companies services in the future.

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

#60

Post by joe_bleau »

mitchwainer wrote: post #54
mitchwainer wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Sorry - I was just informed that you can not install and run your own kernel. Apologies.

Appreciate the update. I'll go ahead and spin one up to see how it compares to my prgmr domU.
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