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Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution
I need to hire a linux dev server so that I have a consistent setup although I might need to use multiple machines for my personal project - I know there is plenty cloud solution like Digital Ocean but I am concern about whether their spec is being too low - it should really faster than my Macbook. is there any affordable but efficient solution out there? thanks
- Turing_Machine 10y agoI assume you've looked at Amazon EC2? They offer VMs at a wide variety of price/performance points. There are cheaper options, but they all involve a lot more work, IMO (especially if you may need to deploy and remove servers regularly, as it sounds like you might). Edit: they have a free tier, which may be enough to get you started.
- pixiez 10y agoideally I want to keep it running forever - so it need to be cheap enough
- steve_taylor 10y agoDon't overlook DigitalOcean too soon. They charge by the hour, so you can snapshot and destroy your server when you're not using it.
- pixiez 10y agothis is a good point, although does not provide large hard drive with cheaper price - I might need to mix it with other solution.
- selckin 10y agoThe "cloud" ones are very expensive, some cheaper alternatives are like hetzner.de ovh.com online.net soyoustart.com but they may not come with the same level of support/uptime.