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All these anecdotes make one wonder why these people aren't simply going to hetzner and ovh and simply get a dedicated server for just slightly more (meaning $2

by waps 13y ago

All these anecdotes make one wonder why these people aren't simply going to hetzner and ovh and simply get a dedicated server for just slightly more (meaning $25/month).

neverminder 13y ago
Or you can go with http://kimsufi.com http://kimsufi.com and get a 2GB RAM dedicated server for $13 a month.
- latch 13y ago
  kimsufi is just OVH's budget brand (not that there's anything wrong with that, but your parent already mentioned OVH, so I thought some people might not know that they aren't really distinct)
- superuser2 13y ago
  Not if you're an American. Kimsufi servers, last I checked, are sold to EU residents only.
  - emocakes 13y ago
    incorrect, I have had kimsufi servers before and I'm not an EU resident
    - dylz 13y ago
      For a while last year (at least several months), they only permitted kimsufi sale for EU and blocked PayPal payments from the US. You could only buy the 100$+ machines from OVH, not Kimsufis
anu_gupta 13y ago
Well for me, it's because although they're cheap and dedicated, servers, they aren't particularly good machines and the support is pretty much what you'd expect at that price (very basic). That being said, I do think they're great value, and I have a reverse bidding dedicated server from Hetzner, that I use as a test and staging server. But I wouldn't dream of using them for production instances though - for the amount you'd have to pay to beef up support and get access to things like out of band console access, you might as well pay for a server from Bytemark.
- waps 13y ago
  Why not use this as an opportunity to make your server redundant ? If you don't have the time drbd + front-end load-balancers (e.g. on ec2, but just sending 403's, nothing else) , for example. Really interesting to setup, and there are plenty of cases where good support can't really help you either.
superuser2 13y ago
Because we're not all EU citizens? OVH's pricing for Americans starts at $50/mo.

by waps 13y ago

All these anecdotes make one wonder why these people aren't simply going to hetzner and ovh and simply get a dedicated server for just slightly more (meaning $25/month).

neverminder 13y ago

Or you can go with http://kimsufi.com http://kimsufi.com and get a 2GB RAM dedicated server for $13 a month.

latch 13y ago
kimsufi is just OVH's budget brand (not that there's anything wrong with that, but your parent already mentioned OVH, so I thought some people might not know that they aren't really distinct)
superuser2 13y ago
Not if you're an American. Kimsufi servers, last I checked, are sold to EU residents only.
- emocakes 13y ago
  incorrect, I have had kimsufi servers before and I'm not an EU resident
  - dylz 13y ago
    For a while last year (at least several months), they only permitted kimsufi sale for EU and blocked PayPal payments from the US. You could only buy the 100$+ machines from OVH, not Kimsufis

anu_gupta 13y ago

Well for me, it's because although they're cheap and dedicated, servers, they aren't particularly good machines and the support is pretty much what you'd expect at that price (very basic). That being said, I do think they're great value, and I have a reverse bidding dedicated server from Hetzner, that I use as a test and staging server. But I wouldn't dream of using them for production instances though - for the amount you'd have to pay to beef up support and get access to things like out of band console access, you might as well pay for a server from Bytemark.

waps 13y ago
Why not use this as an opportunity to make your server redundant ? If you don't have the time drbd + front-end load-balancers (e.g. on ec2, but just sending 403's, nothing else) , for example. Really interesting to setup, and there are plenty of cases where good support can't really help you either.

superuser2 13y ago

Because we're not all EU citizens? OVH's pricing for Americans starts at $50/mo.