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Linode Birthday Giveaway

88 points by SeanOC 14y ago

trustfundbaby 14y ago
I'm a huge linode fan and I feel guilty for my reaction to this giveaway ... which just happens to be ... "meh". I guess they've gotten to a point where giving out free RAM increases is not a sustainable endeavor :\
yuvadam 14y ago
In case you missed it, giveaway starts Tuesday, 12PM EDT.
GBiT 14y ago
OVH is giving 10 000 (every day 100-500 ) servers for free to test new USA datacenter. I thinks its more valuable then linoide VPS http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml Just follow OVH twitter
- X-Istence 14y ago
  I hope they keep their prices as low as they have for their european datacenters, because at that point I'll be all over that.
- derefr 14y ago
  Seems to be over for the day today--when does the "day" start for them? Midnight CET? EST? Edit: ah, they're making it unpredictable such that you have to follow their Twitter (@OVH) to find out :)
  - GoodIntentions 14y ago
    All allocated in 6? minutes and requires following on twitter. This allocation mechanism seems about as classy as "punch the monkey" banner ads. I've been waiting for a reasonably priced Canadian VPS. just let me pay for it and sign up ffs....
- jebblue 14y ago
  I get quite a bit of spam from OVH based servers.
gojomo 14y ago
USD$250K is Linode services? Pfft. Linode should be giving away rebates in bitcoin.
Legion 14y ago
Not nearly as good as the last two birthdays. :) 2010's brought a massive RAM increase: http://blog.linode.com/2010/06/16/linode-turns-7-big-ram-increase/ http://blog.linode.com/2010/06/16/linode-turns-7-big-ram-inc... 2011's bumped disk space up 25%: http://blog.linode.com/2011/06/16/linode-turns-8-disk-space-25/ http://blog.linode.com/2011/06/16/linode-turns-8-disk-space-...
cremnob 14y ago
Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheap but fast xen VPS either in Chicago or NYC? (Like under $7/month cheap)
- dbarlett 14y ago
  Check out http://www.lowendbox.com/ http://www.lowendbox.com/
- taligent 14y ago
  Could be worth sifting through some of these: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104 Otherwise I would definitely post in the main forum.
  - cremnob 14y ago
    I was looking for specific recommendations that people have used. Thanks anyway.
    - filmgirlcw 14y ago
      Not in NYC or Chicago, but BuyVM is my go-to VPS. Super fast, nerdy support (know what you're doing and you're fine) and great services. Try their ping tests and see if that works for you. I'm in NYC and use it for most of my projects (so does my husband, who has 3x my geek cred). Seriously I was paying 5x as much with another provider and getting shit performance in comparison.
- ilaksh 14y ago
  rackpace is $11.16 for 256mb
taligent 14y ago
I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look at how Cloudflare handled their issue and it's night and day. Linode are one of the least transparent providers going around IMHO.
- n3x 14y ago
  I always thought highly of linode and their service, been using them for production and recommending others to do so. And then the bitcoin incident happened, after that they just can't be trusted with any client data.
- seany 14y ago
  I've complained about this via their support channels a few different times. They're in the middle of a what seems like a very big security fixing phase right now relating to "something provided by one of their vendors". When I asked about it I was basically told to go away. They really offer a very good service over all, but their transparency is atrocious.
  - jroll 14y ago
    They actually recently released information about this - there were multiple vulnerabilities in xen.civwould assume they were trying to keep the information quiet until the issue was fully resolved. http://blog.linode.com/2012/06/13/xen-security-advisories-and-how-we-handled-them/ http://blog.linode.com/2012/06/13/xen-security-advisories-an...
    - TheSwordsman 14y ago
      If you read the specific vulnerabilities that were released you'd see an embargo was in place. According to Xen.org, Linode is on the predisclosure list. Seems they got the information, fixed the issue, and were able to announce it once the Xen guys did.
asciident 14y ago
It requires you to pay for service until the end of July first. And then you may get the credit (if you were fast enough). Seems like a so-so deal to me.
- plorkyeran 14y ago
  I signed up with linode when they did a similar promotion about a year and a half ago, and it clearly said that I was in before the promotion ended and would be getting the bonus before I actually paid for it. I assume it will be the same way this time.
- biot 14y ago
  It's a brilliant promotion for them. Cheaper than AdWords and guarantees either new customers or upselling existing customers.
- mgcross 14y ago
  From the comments: "The black ‘giveaway’ box on the signup page carries through the entire signup process – and will refresh to show how many Giveaway Bucks are remaining – so you’ll be able to tell BEFORE you complete the signup how close to the wire you are. If you don’t make the cut and don’t want the service and cancel we’ll refund your money. We’re not out to screw anyone." I'm just hesitant after reading the comments here.

88 points by SeanOC 14y ago

I'm a huge linode fan and I feel guilty for my reaction to this giveaway ... which just happens to be ... "meh". I guess they've gotten to a point where giving out free RAM increases is not a sustainable endeavor :\

yuvadam 14y ago

In case you missed it, giveaway starts Tuesday, 12PM EDT.

GBiT 14y ago

OVH is giving 10 000 (every day 100-500 ) servers for free to test new USA datacenter. I thinks its more valuable then linoide VPS http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/usa_order_beta.xml Just follow OVH twitter

X-Istence 14y ago
I hope they keep their prices as low as they have for their european datacenters, because at that point I'll be all over that.
derefr 14y ago
Seems to be over for the day today--when does the "day" start for them? Midnight CET? EST? Edit: ah, they're making it unpredictable such that you have to follow their Twitter (@OVH) to find out :)
- GoodIntentions 14y ago
  All allocated in 6? minutes and requires following on twitter. This allocation mechanism seems about as classy as "punch the monkey" banner ads. I've been waiting for a reasonably priced Canadian VPS. just let me pay for it and sign up ffs....
jebblue 14y ago
I get quite a bit of spam from OVH based servers.

gojomo 14y ago

USD$250K is Linode services? Pfft. Linode should be giving away rebates in bitcoin.

Legion 14y ago

Not nearly as good as the last two birthdays. :) 2010's brought a massive RAM increase: http://blog.linode.com/2010/06/16/linode-turns-7-big-ram-increase/ http://blog.linode.com/2010/06/16/linode-turns-7-big-ram-inc... 2011's bumped disk space up 25%: http://blog.linode.com/2011/06/16/linode-turns-8-disk-space-25/ http://blog.linode.com/2011/06/16/linode-turns-8-disk-space-...

cremnob 14y ago

Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheap but fast xen VPS either in Chicago or NYC? (Like under $7/month cheap)

dbarlett 14y ago
Check out http://www.lowendbox.com/ http://www.lowendbox.com/
taligent 14y ago
Could be worth sifting through some of these: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104 Otherwise I would definitely post in the main forum.
- cremnob 14y ago
  I was looking for specific recommendations that people have used. Thanks anyway.
  - filmgirlcw 14y ago
    Not in NYC or Chicago, but BuyVM is my go-to VPS. Super fast, nerdy support (know what you're doing and you're fine) and great services. Try their ping tests and see if that works for you. I'm in NYC and use it for most of my projects (so does my husband, who has 3x my geek cred). Seriously I was paying 5x as much with another provider and getting shit performance in comparison.
ilaksh 14y ago
rackpace is $11.16 for 256mb

taligent 14y ago

I'm still amazed how quick people are to forget what happened with Linode. Massive security issue (i.e. Bitcoin incident) where hackers got root access to any Linode VPS at the click of a button. Loyal customers were the last to hear about it (through their website no less) and absolutely no proper explanation was or has been given as to what happened, what was done about it and whether it will happen again. You look at how Cloudflare handled their issue and it's night and day. Linode are one of the least transparent providers going around IMHO.

n3x 14y ago
I always thought highly of linode and their service, been using them for production and recommending others to do so. And then the bitcoin incident happened, after that they just can't be trusted with any client data.
seany 14y ago
I've complained about this via their support channels a few different times. They're in the middle of a what seems like a very big security fixing phase right now relating to "something provided by one of their vendors". When I asked about it I was basically told to go away. They really offer a very good service over all, but their transparency is atrocious.
- jroll 14y ago
  They actually recently released information about this - there were multiple vulnerabilities in xen.civwould assume they were trying to keep the information quiet until the issue was fully resolved. http://blog.linode.com/2012/06/13/xen-security-advisories-and-how-we-handled-them/ http://blog.linode.com/2012/06/13/xen-security-advisories-an...
  - TheSwordsman 14y ago
    If you read the specific vulnerabilities that were released you'd see an embargo was in place. According to Xen.org, Linode is on the predisclosure list. Seems they got the information, fixed the issue, and were able to announce it once the Xen guys did.

asciident 14y ago

It requires you to pay for service until the end of July first. And then you may get the credit (if you were fast enough). Seems like a so-so deal to me.

plorkyeran 14y ago
I signed up with linode when they did a similar promotion about a year and a half ago, and it clearly said that I was in before the promotion ended and would be getting the bonus before I actually paid for it. I assume it will be the same way this time.
biot 14y ago
It's a brilliant promotion for them. Cheaper than AdWords and guarantees either new customers or upselling existing customers.
mgcross 14y ago
From the comments: "The black ‘giveaway’ box on the signup page carries through the entire signup process – and will refresh to show how many Giveaway Bucks are remaining – so you’ll be able to tell BEFORE you complete the signup how close to the wire you are. If you don’t make the cut and don’t want the service and cancel we’ll refund your money. We’re not out to screw anyone." I'm just hesitant after reading the comments here.