[ale] VPS hosting recommendations?

[James Sumners]

No, $20/mo is their current cheapest. I can only recommend what I know
about. At $5/mo I would be suspicious of boxes being over sold. Of
course, there's no guarantee that Linode won't over sell theirs, but I
haven't seen evidence that they do.

As I said in my original email, they provide excellent service. I'm
willing to pay for that.

As a side note, I only learned about a RAM upgrade available to me[1]
because of this thread. They tend to do this, upgrade the systems at
regular intervals (usually for free).

[1] -- http://blog.linode.com/2013/04/09/linode-nextgen-ram-upgrade/

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Beddingfield, Allen <allen at ua.edu> wrote:
> They seem a bit pricey, though.  I'm looking for bargain basement. I've been doing $5.00 per month per VM, and it looks like they are at $20 for the lowest tier. Is that correct, or is there a lower tier once you get logged into their control panel?
>
> Allen B.
> --
> Allen Beddingfield
> Systems Engineer
> The University of Alabama
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [ale-bounces at ale.org] on behalf of James Sumners [james.sumners at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:12 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] VPS hosting recommendations?
>
> Supported distros --
> http://library.linode.com/getting-started#sph_deploying-a-linux-distribution
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:11 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I very much dig Linode[1]. The packages can be a bit tight in terms of
>> resources, but the support is great. I've been using them for 3 years,
>> now. About a month ago I had my first "problem" and I didn't even know
>> about it. The host I was on started having a hardware failure, they
>> created a support ticket for my account and updated it whilst they
>> figured out the problem and fixed it. I didn't have to contact them
>> about the problem; I learned about the problem from the automatic
>> emails via the support ticket.
>>
>> [1] -- http://www.linode.com/?r=293ad253d0b3adf4eb212d1537025433aae89162
>
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> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59