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I think you're right that Linode could be overkill if all you have are static based sites (although presumably you could host them all on a single $5/mo. instan
by brandon272 9y ago
I think you're right that Linode could be overkill if all you have are static based sites (although presumably you could host them all on a single $5/mo. instance.)
However, I find Linode's interface far less opaque and easier to use than Google and Amazon's for ongoing site management. I can also get a response from Linode in a few minutes when I submit a help request. Google's Cloud offering must have decent support, though I only know their reputation for one-on-one support across their other offerings which has traditionally been abysmal.
- kyrra 9y agoI loved Linode for their support. When I had issues, they were always good at responding to me and getting things resolved. AWS and GCP do have support, but you have to pay extra for it (sadly). The other nice thing about Linode was the free upgrades. When they did fleet-wide updates to CPU/Ram/Disk, you could go into their UI, click a button and be migrated fairly quickly/easily. I also agree that GCP and AWS are a lot more complicated, as they are vendor-specific ways of solving certain problems, which can be solved normally with Nginx and some configs (which is portable across any VPS/dedicated-host provider).
- tracker1 9y agoI've been pretty happy the handful of times I've had to interact with Google Domains' support. But for gmail, it was all but non existing.
- drewnick 9y agoI'm not sure if they've recently changed something, but I just started using Google's Cloud Platform and the interface is really easy to use. In just a few clicks you can provision a VM with any amount of storage and then click a button to SSH right to it - key management is handled on the backend seamlessly. Compared to other "cloud" providers I found it the easiest and it allowed the most customization.