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Ask HN:Web hosting(LAMP) with a budget of $50/month?
One of my friend is working on a web based startup(almost complete) that has been developed on LAMP stack. He is looking for a web hosting service that can handle huge traffic if required. He isn't into server administration that much so he will prefer a managed service. He is a student and can afford upto $50/month. Which web hosting service would you guys suggest in such scenario?
- jeffmould 16y agoCheck out Linode (http://linode.com http://linode.com). He will have to setup the server (i.e. OS selection, install Apache, mySQL, and PHP), but Linode documentation is excellent and their support is extremely helpful. The least expensive plan is $20 a month, but it is easy enough to upgrade if additional bandwidth, memory, or storage is required.
- anujkk 16y agoThanks for your suggestion. Is there any way to determine how much traffic a linode 512 instance can handle?
- bwg 16y agoI use MediaTemple's (gs) service. From my experience it can handle traffic spikes fairly well. The only problem is that there are a lot of unplanned downtimes. The good news is that their support is impeccable.
- anujkk 16y agoThanks. This appears to be a suitable option.
- rick888 16y ago1 and 1 Internet hosting. I've been using it for the past 4 years. I have a $10/month account. In the 4 years, I have had almost no downtime (only twice). When there was downtime, I called up and talked to someone and my site went back up shortly (within an hour or so).