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Every time I think I'm done with Linode, they draw me right back in. I guess I'll wait to see about the pricing, but I imagine this will be a serious challenge

by ghc 13y ago

Every time I think I'm done with Linode, they draw me right back in. I guess I'll wait to see about the pricing, but I imagine this will be a serious challenge for Digital Ocean to overcome, since their main selling point over Linode is cheap SSDs VPSs.

dlau1 13y ago
Waiting for digital ocean to give me some free upgrades =)
- eksith 13y ago
  Have you been on Digital Ocean for a while? How do you like it so far?
  - xur17 13y ago
    I've been on Digital Ocean since the beginning of this year, and I have been very happy with it. I switched my main site over to them about 6 months ago, and haven't had any issues, and 0 (or very close to 0) downtime so far.
  - nwh 13y ago
    I've been using them for a similar period as xur17. Have not had a single issue, bar some packet routing at AMS1 that just lead to latency for a few minutes. Their API is getting quite nice to tie into, though I've had to resort to screen scraping for some of the newer options.
  - virtuz 13y ago
    I've been on for a while, along with RamNode. It's solid, I really like it. The interface is clean, droplets work well, they have an API, and their backups/snapshots seem to work well, too. Overall, I'm very happy, especially for the price. Would definitely recommend. Also, on a cheaper note, RamNode is amazing for the price. It's performance is _killer_ – a $28 quarterly box is running as well as one of my old client's dedicated servers from Rackspace. SSD helps with PHP a ton. Would also recommend.
  - eksith 13y ago
    Wow, Thanks folks! Looks like DO is earning their keep. I'm planning to move a forum off a shared host, so VPS was the first place I looked. They were recommended to me, but I only had one other first hand account of them until now.
cmelbye 13y ago
A staff member commented about pricing on the linked post after you commented this. Long story short, it won't cost anything and they're going to upgrade all existing servers eventually.
nilved 13y ago
How is this a challenge to DigitalOcean? Linode's solution is inferior to the pure-SSD storage layout at DO and is still four times the price. Linode is trying (and failing) to play catch-up.

by ghc 13y ago

dlau1 13y ago

Waiting for digital ocean to give me some free upgrades =)

eksith 13y ago
Have you been on Digital Ocean for a while? How do you like it so far?
- xur17 13y ago
  I've been on Digital Ocean since the beginning of this year, and I have been very happy with it. I switched my main site over to them about 6 months ago, and haven't had any issues, and 0 (or very close to 0) downtime so far.
- nwh 13y ago
  I've been using them for a similar period as xur17. Have not had a single issue, bar some packet routing at AMS1 that just lead to latency for a few minutes. Their API is getting quite nice to tie into, though I've had to resort to screen scraping for some of the newer options.
- virtuz 13y ago
  I've been on for a while, along with RamNode. It's solid, I really like it. The interface is clean, droplets work well, they have an API, and their backups/snapshots seem to work well, too. Overall, I'm very happy, especially for the price. Would definitely recommend. Also, on a cheaper note, RamNode is amazing for the price. It's performance is _killer_ – a $28 quarterly box is running as well as one of my old client's dedicated servers from Rackspace. SSD helps with PHP a ton. Would also recommend.
- eksith 13y ago
  Wow, Thanks folks! Looks like DO is earning their keep. I'm planning to move a forum off a shared host, so VPS was the first place I looked. They were recommended to me, but I only had one other first hand account of them until now.

cmelbye 13y ago

A staff member commented about pricing on the linked post after you commented this. Long story short, it won't cost anything and they're going to upgrade all existing servers eventually.

nilved 13y ago

How is this a challenge to DigitalOcean? Linode's solution is inferior to the pure-SSD storage layout at DO and is still four times the price. Linode is trying (and failing) to play catch-up.