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> Linode is great, EC2 is great, and there are several other providers. What are some of the others?

by turar 14y ago

bravura 14y ago
http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/top-low-end-vps-providers-2012-q2/ http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/top-low-end-vps-providers-2012... http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/5136/best-leb-host-q3-2012 http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/5136/best-leb-host-q3-2...
- astrodust 14y ago
  Why do a lot of these providers differentiate between OpenVZ and KVM? Usually there's a significant pricing difference, but little in the way of explanation as to why.
  - krobertson 14y ago
    KVM is stronger isolation, its a hardware layer virtualization. You can (though the provider might not let you) run a custom kernel, etc. OpenVZ is more OS virtualization, there is less isolation between instances. OpenVZ usually has "guaranteed CPU/RAM" and "burst CPU/RAM", while KVM always gives you what its assigned. The guaranteed/burst is typically BS. More often these budget providers like OpenVZ because you get greater density, which means more noisy neighbor and taxed resources like disk IO.
    - astrodust 14y ago
      So basically OpenVZ is what gave VPS nodes a bad name when they came on the market.
krobertson 14y ago
Are you asking for a list as a counter argument? A list of ones to look at? Or a list of companies that match my personal criteria? Rackspace, HP Cloud, VPS.NET, Gandi, RIMU, Slicehost (back in the day), Webbynode, Liquidweb, StormOnDemand (though a part of Liquidweb), Burst.net, PowerVPS, FDC Servers, ... List could go on. I usually look for whether they have an established history, a site that doesn't look like a crappy overused template, a real physical address, WHOIS info on the domain, Google them and research, whether they have a real status site, maybe lookup if they have an ARIN number, traceroute to their site, etc.
- turar 14y ago
  >Are you asking for a list as a counter argument? A list of ones to look at? Or a list of companies that match my personal criteria? The last two.

> Linode is great, EC2 is great, and there are several other providers. What are some of the others?

by turar 14y ago

> Linode is great, EC2 is great, and there are several other providers. What are some of the others?

http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/top-low-end-vps-providers-2012-q2/ http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/top-low-end-vps-providers-2012... http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/5136/best-leb-host-q3-2012 http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/5136/best-leb-host-q3-2...

astrodust 14y ago
Why do a lot of these providers differentiate between OpenVZ and KVM? Usually there's a significant pricing difference, but little in the way of explanation as to why.
- krobertson 14y ago
  KVM is stronger isolation, its a hardware layer virtualization. You can (though the provider might not let you) run a custom kernel, etc. OpenVZ is more OS virtualization, there is less isolation between instances. OpenVZ usually has "guaranteed CPU/RAM" and "burst CPU/RAM", while KVM always gives you what its assigned. The guaranteed/burst is typically BS. More often these budget providers like OpenVZ because you get greater density, which means more noisy neighbor and taxed resources like disk IO.
  - astrodust 14y ago
    So basically OpenVZ is what gave VPS nodes a bad name when they came on the market.

krobertson 14y ago

Are you asking for a list as a counter argument? A list of ones to look at? Or a list of companies that match my personal criteria? Rackspace, HP Cloud, VPS.NET, Gandi, RIMU, Slicehost (back in the day), Webbynode, Liquidweb, StormOnDemand (though a part of Liquidweb), Burst.net, PowerVPS, FDC Servers, ... List could go on. I usually look for whether they have an established history, a site that doesn't look like a crappy overused template, a real physical address, WHOIS info on the domain, Google them and research, whether they have a real status site, maybe lookup if they have an ARIN number, traceroute to their site, etc.

turar 14y ago
>Are you asking for a list as a counter argument? A list of ones to look at? Or a list of companies that match my personal criteria? The last two.