Comments on: http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47 In a few words Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: EtienneG http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12784 EtienneG Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12784 Linode, seconded. Server provisioned in no time, decent set of web management tools and still (relatively) cheap. I have never ever used any other VPS provider, but I am positively impressed with the experience I have had so far with Linode. Now, let me trash any credibility I might have and whorily suggest you register with my referral code: 89d4968d3bda071f68c05be87c57581fcd9f0574 Linode, seconded. Server provisioned in no time, decent set of web management tools and still (relatively) cheap. I have never ever used any other VPS provider, but I am positively impressed with the experience I have had so far with Linode.

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]]> By: wjl http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12771 wjl Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:46:44 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12771 http://vollmar.net/ - happy customer there with 2 virtual machines and 3 virtual domains (lonien.de, thedebianuser.org, and zareason.de). Debian root access from about 10 Euro/month for the v2-10 at vlinux.de. Best, Wolfgang http://vollmar.net/ – happy customer there with 2 virtual machines and 3 virtual domains (lonien.de, thedebianuser.org, and zareason.de). Debian root access from about 10 Euro/month for the v2-10 at vlinux.de.

Best,
Wolfgang

]]> By: Stephen Patterson http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12764 Stephen Patterson Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:35:10 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12764 I've been using vpsvillage (http://www.vpsvillage.com/) for the last year. They're quite a pro-active bunch (they emailled all their customers about the Debian openssh key problem earlier this year) and I can't remember having any downtime since starting with them. Xen virtual hosts with full root SSH access, preinstalled operating systems including debian. $6 to $20 a month. I’ve been using vpsvillage (http://www.vpsvillage.com/) for the last year. They’re quite a pro-active bunch (they emailled all their customers about the Debian openssh key problem earlier this year) and I can’t remember having any downtime since starting with them.

Xen virtual hosts with full root SSH access, preinstalled operating systems including debian. $6 to $20 a month.

]]> By: nona http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12762 nona Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:58:59 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12762 If you don't mind being confronted with a little German now and again, I'd suggest Hetzner (http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produktmatrix/en-rootserver-produktmatrix/). Dedicated servers and good monthly bandwidth for quite cheap. And you can basically order it with Debian on top, but I usually reinstall/repartition from scratch. Service wise, I never hear them, which is as it should be. The only time I wanted to deal with them is when I had a disk failure, and it was promptly replaced when I called them. The German sometimes gets a bit in the way (I don't speak it, but I do understand it more or less), but usually you can deal with them in English. If you don’t mind being confronted with a little German now and again, I’d suggest Hetzner (http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produktmatrix/en-rootserver-produktmatrix/). Dedicated servers and good monthly bandwidth for quite cheap. And you can basically order it with Debian on top, but I usually reinstall/repartition from scratch. Service wise, I never hear them, which is as it should be. The only time I wanted to deal with them is when I had a disk failure, and it was promptly replaced when I called them. The German sometimes gets a bit in the way (I don’t speak it, but I do understand it more or less), but usually you can deal with them in English.

]]> By: Russell Coker http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12761 Russell Coker Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:22:35 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12761 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/05/28/xen-hosting/ The above post and the comments may be of use to you. I still haven't actually rented a new virtual machine, I've got some of my stuff running on a friend's machine at no charge and am still working out what to do next. http://etbe.coker.com.au/2008/05/28/xen-hosting/

The above post and the comments may be of use to you.

I still haven’t actually rented a new virtual machine, I’ve got some of my stuff running on a friend’s machine at no charge and am still working out what to do next.

]]> By: aj http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12758 aj Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:41:54 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12758 I've been with aktiom.net for a while now -- they're pretty good, and they've stuck by their SLA without even needing any prodding. Not the cheapest out there though. They did a free upgrade (iirc) for the server hosting the darcs repository, so they might be amenable to offering discounts to free software folks. I’ve been with aktiom.net for a while now — they’re pretty good, and they’ve stuck by their SLA without even needing any prodding. Not the cheapest out there though. They did a free upgrade (iirc) for the server hosting the darcs repository, so they might be amenable to offering discounts to free software folks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12757 Anonymous Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:34:55 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12757 I highly recommend Gandi Hosting. Technical arguments: Highly competent. Really inexpensive, particularly with a FOSS developer discount: $7.50/month/share. 5Mbit/s of *unmetered* bandwidth per share, scaling linearly with the number of shares. 256MB of RAM per share, also scaling linearly. Scalable up to 32 shares. Some really nice EC2-style provisioning and APIs. Virtual server with full root and no oversold resources. They supply mail and DNS servers for use either as primary or as a backup to your own. Great management interface. Great domain name provider as well. Non-technical arguments: Supporters of Debian. Domain name provider of kernel.org. Supporters of various other alternative projects. Very transparent in their operation. Huge privacy advocates, particularly compared to other providers. I highly recommend Gandi Hosting.

Technical arguments: Highly competent. Really inexpensive, particularly with a FOSS developer discount: $7.50/month/share. 5Mbit/s of *unmetered* bandwidth per share, scaling linearly with the number of shares. 256MB of RAM per share, also scaling linearly. Scalable up to 32 shares. Some really nice EC2-style provisioning and APIs. Virtual server with full root and no oversold resources. They supply mail and DNS servers for use either as primary or as a backup to your own. Great management interface. Great domain name provider as well.

Non-technical arguments: Supporters of Debian. Domain name provider of kernel.org. Supporters of various other alternative projects. Very transparent in their operation. Huge privacy advocates, particularly compared to other providers.

]]> By: John http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12756 John Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:08:31 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12756 I really like Slicehost, they'd meet all your needs and then some, from the looks of it. I've heard good things about Linode, too, but I've only used Slicehost. I really like Slicehost, they’d meet all your needs and then some, from the looks of it. I’ve heard good things about Linode, too, but I’ve only used Slicehost.

]]> By: Josh http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12755 Josh Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:14:08 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12755 I am using a service started by a friend called tilenetworks.com. The whole thing runs on KVM and you get 120GB of hard disk, 512MB of RAM, and a HE.net pipe to the internet. The setup is redundant, but there is no backup space per se. The whole package is $40/mo and there's actually a guy you get to talk to. Because it's still starting up, there are a couple growing pains sometimes involving reliability, but overall I really like it. The web site isn't all prepared yet so you should send him an email at nolan à sigbus point net if you're interested. I would spend the extra money on amazon s3 and a backup program like Brackup. I am using a service started by a friend called tilenetworks.com. The whole thing runs on KVM and you get 120GB of hard disk, 512MB of RAM, and a HE.net pipe to the internet. The setup is redundant, but there is no backup space per se. The whole package is $40/mo and there’s actually a guy you get to talk to. Because it’s still starting up, there are a couple growing pains sometimes involving reliability, but overall I really like it. The web site isn’t all prepared yet so you should send him an email at nolan à sigbus point net if you’re interested. I would spend the extra money on amazon s3 and a backup program like Brackup.

]]> By: Docunext http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/47/comment-page-1#comment-12754 Docunext Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:19:31 +0000 http://www.warmenhoven.org/blog/?p=47#comment-12754 I've used linode and slicehost to varying degrees with much satisfaction. I’ve used linode and slicehost to varying degrees with much satisfaction.

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