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Ask HN: Which VPS do you use/recommend?
I'm looking to switch from Bluehost shared hosting to a VPS for my personal website (couple of blogs, photo album, some private web apps). Which VPS do you use and recommend?
I was naturally looking at Linode, but their offering seems a bit pricey given that they cap you to 200GB/month transfer. Actually, with 4 CPUs and only 20GB of storage it smells like a solution for computing applications rather than web servers.
- kfullert 14y agoAssuming you're US, but you might want to give Bytemark or Bifolk here in the UK a go (I've been a Bytemark customer for 10+ years now with a VPS)
- mattbee 14y agoThanks Kevin - I am _this_ close to flushing our beta list of invitations for BigV after an 18 month beta test. Sorry if you've been waiting, I'm nearly there :) See http://bigv.io/prices http://bigv.io/prices and email support@bigv.io if you'd like a signup link in the next 1-2 weeks. Command-line interface, maximum 180GiB RAM, 8 permanent discs, starts at £10/month ($16 ?) for a 1GB system. You can read a bit about how we built it too: http://blog.bytemark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/DesignAndImplementationOfBigV.pdf http://blog.bytemark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Design...
- thenomad 14y agoSeconded. Bytemark are the mutt's nuts for anything hosting-related in the UK.
- whichdan 14y agoI've been happy with Rackspace Cloud - their support is fantastic even for non-managed accounts. http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/servers/pricing/ http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/servers/pricing/ They start at ~$16/mo, and only charge for outgoing bandwidth, but 200gb/mo can get a little pricey. Could you give a better idea of what you're looking for in terms of resources/price/support?
- eliben 14y ago$20/month is acceptable as long as I can get somewhat more storage and bandwidth. I care less about CPUs for instance, because I expect them to be idle most of the time.
- cheae 14y agoI had bad experience with Rackspace Cloud. With Servint and Mediatemple DV for the past couple of years and didn't have any major issues to complain.
- runjake 14y agoI use/love prgmr.com for my personal website plus a few small web apps. Prices/configs: http://prgmr.com/xen/ http://prgmr.com/xen/ The bloke who runs it is on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lsc http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lsc
- eliben 14y agoThank you for the advice. However, it appears it's even pricier than Linode ?!
- runjake 14y agoAt a quick glance, I see that Linode prices start at $19.95 a month. I have a cheaper $12/mo plan with prgmr.com. There are even plans cheaper than $12/mo at prgmr. Are there cheaper Linode plans than what I'm seeing somewhere?
- eliben 14y agoFor $20/month Linode gives 20GB disk, 200GB bandwidth For $20/month, http://prgmr.com/xen/ http://prgmr.com/xen/ gives 24GB space, 160GB bandtwidth, though more memory which I don't really need. You do, however, have a 6-month subscription lower price which is cool.
- padseeker 14y agolinode seems popular http://linode.com http://linode.com
- dangayle 14y agoI have two Linode's. They're so easy to spin up or spin down, it's a bright sunny day's walk in the park compared to any other service. Ahem, Amazon. You gotta deal with all the typical unmanaged VPS stuff, but their support and the management of your linodes are second-to-none. I can't recommend them enough.
- shepbook 14y agoI second this recommendation. I've used a number of services. AWS is great for testing. Rackspace is fine too. However, for my everyday usage, Linode is wonderful and pleasant to use.
- nycacorp 14y agoHaving worked in the technology industry for past 10 years; starting at Globat (Web Hosting) now owned by one of the mega Web Hosting consolidators (who also own BlueHost now); on a side note we were first to go Unlimited bandwidth (pure marketing to compete with BlueHost and it became an industry trend), and working for a CDN (NetDNA and MaxCDN) now; selfless promotion, every Website owner should have a Content Delivery Network these days. I have to go with Amazon EC2 for your one-time testing instances (location availablity to spin up a box in Ireland or Singapore is great). If your doing some more permentant stuff, then I would have to go with Linode or VPS.net which both are unmanaged vps's. I can't recommend Rackspace cloud, good for some things but not this area. If your looking for application hosting then page.ly or WPEngine is the way to go for Wordpress Hosting, for other application hosting it would be OnApp.
- ohashi 14y agoI think the big question is it depends on your needs/budget. I use ec2 to test stuff. But I use managed vps for important stuff. It also depends on what your app does and where you expect to bottleneck (cpu/band/disk). (Disclaimer: this is my startup) You might want to check http://reviewsignal.com/webhosting/compare/#tab2 http://reviewsignal.com/webhosting/compare/#tab2 which compares some big VPS providers. It's rating is based on what people are saying (positive/negative) about the company. I would think of it as 'customer happiness' it's not the end-all of things you should look at, but it should probably factor in.
- blystad 14y agohttp://www.evorack.com/unmanaged-xen-vps.php http://www.evorack.com/unmanaged-xen-vps.php I've used EvoRack for about a year, and I'm very happy with them.
- eliben 14y agoTheir offerings seem nice, but UK only?
- rartichoke 14y agoDon't forget too that while Bluehost does offer unlimited BW, it's not really unlimited. It's just good marketing. The moment you start to get any real traffic on your site they are going to shut you down without notice and ask you to either upgrade to their expensive non-shared solution OR terminate your contract. I've seen this happen in 2 different cases.
- eliben 14y agoBlueHost bashing is a whole different topic ;-) It suffices to say that I'm not even considering staying with them and using one of their more expensive and supported offerings.
- rartichoke 14y agoIt's not just bluehost who advertises "OMG UNLIMITED EVERYTHING!" but then insta-cancel you as soon as you get a hint of traffic.
- OafTobark 14y agoIt all depends. While I whole-heartedly agree unlimited is marketing BS, I have some solid traffic sites on BH that run fine. They're not holy shit traffic but they're solid traffic volume for a shared site
- thisisdallas 14y agoI use a managed www.knownhost.com VPS that starts at $25 a month. They also have an unmanged VPS that starts at $10.
- saniuk 14y agoI've had a VPS with KnownHost for almost two years now and haven't experienced a single issue with their service. I've submitted dozens of support tickets and they've always gone above and beyond to help me with issues that weren't even caused by their service. They've responded to most of my tickets (non-urgent) in under twenty minutes. I would definitley recommend them. You can view their VPS plans here: http://www.knownhost.com/vps_packages.html http://www.knownhost.com/vps_packages.html
- abhijat 14y agoDoes anyone have experience with openvz on http://www.cheapvps.co.uk http://www.cheapvps.co.uk? They seem cheaper than linode and I have been looking to switch from linode after a year due to budget constraints, the service from linode was excellent though.
- tomas_ 14y agoI'm pretty satisfied with http://www.rosehosting.com http://www.rosehosting.com services. They have servers in USA and UK.
- icebraining 14y agoI have a cheap XEN VPS in the Netherlands from http://inceptionhosting.com/ http://inceptionhosting.com/ Never had any problems since I got it, 7 or 8 months ago.
- athem 14y agoBlueVM They are cheap and have good deals on and off. Have not had any issues so far.
- DoritosMan 14y agoI recommend RamNode http://www.ramnode.com/ http://www.ramnode.com/