3 ms·

At least Linode recently gave everyone a 42% RAM increase. Good point though, most of the hardware progress has been pure margin for the cloud vendors.

by pbburns 16y ago

alnayyir 16y ago
I'd say Linode are about the only people passing on the savings. (Disclaimer: I use my linode for just about freakin' everything)
- jread 16y ago
  Linode is VPS, EC2 is cloud computing. Although I agree that Linode is probably the best VPS provider around, EC2 provides a lot of cloud features that Linode does not including CloudWatch monitoring, autoscaling, external EBS storage, greater memory and compute power options, AMIs, virtual private cloud. So Linode vs EC2 is not exactly an apples to apples comparison. If all you need is VPS, then Linode is really the best option available.
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    >Linode is VPS, EC2 is cloud computing. No diff in utilization. You can still use the API elastically spin up new instances, if at a different scale. >...$features.. I guess, if that sort of thing matters to you. I don't really like relying on third parties for utilities like that. > If all you need is VPS, then Linode is really the best option available. K, but has anybody been making their machines faster?
    - jread 16y ago
      > No diff in utilization. You can still use the API elastically spin up new instances, if at a different scale. They both have APIs, but EC2 has hourly billing versus monthly for Linode (they issue service credits pro-rated daily if you don't use a VPS for the entire month, refunds are manual and require a processing fee). EC2 also offers more options in terms of CPU and memory (3+ different CPUs and 1.7-32GB versus 0.5-4GB and single L5520 CPU architecture). They are both elastic, but from a billing perspective, Linode's elasticity isn't too practical. > I guess, if that sort of thing matters to you. I don't really like relying on third parties for utilities like that. It may matter for your project, if you need automatic-elasticity, more durable off-instance storage, better security, more compute power, more memory. Linode can't provide these features. > K, but has anybody been making their machines faster? Sure, EC2 has upgraded their m1 hardware the past couple of years, GoGrid is upgrading to Westmere later this year, Storm on Demand has upgraded some of their hardware, Flexiscale has upgraded, and others.
      - caker 16y ago
        Linode provides 512 all the way to 20G instances, fwiw.
        jread 16y ago
        You're right, I meant 0.5-14GB, I hadn't noticed their new 16 and 20GB instances.
    - chc 16y ago
      The point is that you are not actually using their machines. You're using virtual machines that have only ever given you a fraction of the machine's total power.
      - alnayyir 16y ago
        >only ever given you a fraction of the machine's total power And cloud instances aren't precisely that, albeit generalized and abstracted further?

At least Linode recently gave everyone a 42% RAM increase. Good point though, most of the hardware progress has been pure margin for the cloud vendors.

by pbburns 16y ago

At least Linode recently gave everyone a 42% RAM increase. Good point though, most of the hardware progress has been pure margin for the cloud vendors.

alnayyir 16y ago

I'd say Linode are about the only people passing on the savings. (Disclaimer: I use my linode for just about freakin' everything)

jread 16y ago
Linode is VPS, EC2 is cloud computing. Although I agree that Linode is probably the best VPS provider around, EC2 provides a lot of cloud features that Linode does not including CloudWatch monitoring, autoscaling, external EBS storage, greater memory and compute power options, AMIs, virtual private cloud. So Linode vs EC2 is not exactly an apples to apples comparison. If all you need is VPS, then Linode is really the best option available.
- alnayyir 16y ago
  >Linode is VPS, EC2 is cloud computing. No diff in utilization. You can still use the API elastically spin up new instances, if at a different scale. >...$features.. I guess, if that sort of thing matters to you. I don't really like relying on third parties for utilities like that. > If all you need is VPS, then Linode is really the best option available. K, but has anybody been making their machines faster?
  - jread 16y ago
    > No diff in utilization. You can still use the API elastically spin up new instances, if at a different scale. They both have APIs, but EC2 has hourly billing versus monthly for Linode (they issue service credits pro-rated daily if you don't use a VPS for the entire month, refunds are manual and require a processing fee). EC2 also offers more options in terms of CPU and memory (3+ different CPUs and 1.7-32GB versus 0.5-4GB and single L5520 CPU architecture). They are both elastic, but from a billing perspective, Linode's elasticity isn't too practical. > I guess, if that sort of thing matters to you. I don't really like relying on third parties for utilities like that. It may matter for your project, if you need automatic-elasticity, more durable off-instance storage, better security, more compute power, more memory. Linode can't provide these features. > K, but has anybody been making their machines faster? Sure, EC2 has upgraded their m1 hardware the past couple of years, GoGrid is upgrading to Westmere later this year, Storm on Demand has upgraded some of their hardware, Flexiscale has upgraded, and others.
    - caker 16y ago
      Linode provides 512 all the way to 20G instances, fwiw.
      - jread 16y ago
        You're right, I meant 0.5-14GB, I hadn't noticed their new 16 and 20GB instances.
  - chc 16y ago
    The point is that you are not actually using their machines. You're using virtual machines that have only ever given you a fraction of the machine's total power.
    - alnayyir 16y ago
      >only ever given you a fraction of the machine's total power And cloud instances aren't precisely that, albeit generalized and abstracted further?