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I use Linode (http://www.linode.com/ http://www.linode.com/) at the moment but will probably move to prgmr (http://prgmr.com/xen/ http://prgmr.com/xen/) so I ca

I use Linode (http://www.linode.com/ http://www.linode.com/) at the moment but will probably move to prgmr (http://prgmr.com/xen/ http://prgmr.com/xen/) so I can cut costs — anyone got experience with them?

prateekdayal 17y ago
I recently got a small (128MB) VPS with prgmr. Works as advertised.
SingAlong 17y ago
Yeah! I too use a 128mb account with prgmr. Their support is good. They also hav an IRC channel #prgmr on freenode. For testing and dev of a rails app, 128mb seems fine. Passenger+apache+mysql I use account only for testing my rails app in a remote server. I tried running a personal blog on wordpress+apache along with the rails app. It got out of memory and I had to add a 512mb swap space to get it working fine(they've got instructions on their wiki). So if u are planning to get vps frm them just for testing out stuff, get 128mb or 256mb. That should save costs while you develop the app. Later on you can add resources. Just my 2 cents :)
earl 17y ago
I use prgmr to host a bunch of stuff. My only complaint -- and this is definitely just me being stupid -- is that eventually I will have to upgrade the kernel and I don't know how to easily do that while making sure the necessary xen stuff is compiled in. Again, my fault, but be aware that prgmr really leaves you on your own. Other than that, great service, no downtime that I know of in 7 months, and it works exactly as advertised. Plus it appears to give you about double the RAM as slicehost for the same price.
thismat 17y ago
Linode is fantastic. Their support and control panels are great. Anything not in their really cool guides, you can always jump into their IRC channel, which I've had really great results with. I love my little VPS!
- andrewtj 17y ago
  I was remiss in not posting my experiences with Linode: * I got an unintuitive error using the Control Panel to do a simple operation (resizing a disk) so I emailed support and got a quick response. * Linode rolled out a security update for their control panel whereby one had to whitelist the IP's you could login from. This is a good thing except that I don't have a static IP at the best of times and when they rolled this out without notice I was cruising around the North Coast of NSW (Australia) with my sole connectivity being spotty GSM/3G. * I emailed support to try and gain access to the Control Panel again. They said I could either call them as they needed to verify my identity or they could reset my account and email me new credentials. I did the later for above mentioned connectivity reasons. Apparently my response got lost in the support-rep's inbox (reps words, not mine) as it took a while to get a response. I can't remember how long but I think it was about 24 hours. I'd have been well frustrated if it was urgent. * Guides/IRC are from my perspective not relevant to picking a host. What is, is the service itself — the VPS has been rock-solid and I like knowing that I can provision another VPS in ~15 minutes. I know prgmr can't do the later but hopefully they can do the former. * Price is the real reason I'm going to move away from Linode (at least in the short term). I'm topping out with my Linode 360 at the moment. I'd like to move up to a 720 so I have some head-room. I'd also like to have a redundant setup in place when I start charging users. That's ~$860 a year with Linode versus (with 1024 mb instances) $384 with prgmr. tl;dr: Linode are good but not exemplarily. You might be better off elsewhere depending on your needs.
  - thismat 17y ago
    For what it's worth I've never had any of the problems you've mentioned. Otherwise I wouldn't be posting such a glowing review. I think documentation + instant communication with the community is a strong point for any company as well, honestly. But yes, as always, everyone has different needs and there is no one size fits all.
    - andrewtj 17y ago
      To be clear: * Guides/IRC are from my perspective not relevant to picking a host I'm not referring to documentation on the service itself here, but to the software install/setup guides which seem to be in vogue at the minute. Regarding community, with a service like a VPS it's a bit of an airy concept to me; somewhat akin to having a community around a petrol station. That said - I can see how both of these things would be nice to have for some people.

prateekdayal 17y ago

I recently got a small (128MB) VPS with prgmr. Works as advertised.

SingAlong 17y ago

Yeah! I too use a 128mb account with prgmr. Their support is good. They also hav an IRC channel #prgmr on freenode. For testing and dev of a rails app, 128mb seems fine. Passenger+apache+mysql I use account only for testing my rails app in a remote server. I tried running a personal blog on wordpress+apache along with the rails app. It got out of memory and I had to add a 512mb swap space to get it working fine(they've got instructions on their wiki). So if u are planning to get vps frm them just for testing out stuff, get 128mb or 256mb. That should save costs while you develop the app. Later on you can add resources. Just my 2 cents :)

earl 17y ago

I use prgmr to host a bunch of stuff. My only complaint -- and this is definitely just me being stupid -- is that eventually I will have to upgrade the kernel and I don't know how to easily do that while making sure the necessary xen stuff is compiled in. Again, my fault, but be aware that prgmr really leaves you on your own. Other than that, great service, no downtime that I know of in 7 months, and it works exactly as advertised. Plus it appears to give you about double the RAM as slicehost for the same price.

thismat 17y ago

Linode is fantastic. Their support and control panels are great. Anything not in their really cool guides, you can always jump into their IRC channel, which I've had really great results with. I love my little VPS!

andrewtj 17y ago
I was remiss in not posting my experiences with Linode: * I got an unintuitive error using the Control Panel to do a simple operation (resizing a disk) so I emailed support and got a quick response. * Linode rolled out a security update for their control panel whereby one had to whitelist the IP's you could login from. This is a good thing except that I don't have a static IP at the best of times and when they rolled this out without notice I was cruising around the North Coast of NSW (Australia) with my sole connectivity being spotty GSM/3G. * I emailed support to try and gain access to the Control Panel again. They said I could either call them as they needed to verify my identity or they could reset my account and email me new credentials. I did the later for above mentioned connectivity reasons. Apparently my response got lost in the support-rep's inbox (reps words, not mine) as it took a while to get a response. I can't remember how long but I think it was about 24 hours. I'd have been well frustrated if it was urgent. * Guides/IRC are from my perspective not relevant to picking a host. What is, is the service itself — the VPS has been rock-solid and I like knowing that I can provision another VPS in ~15 minutes. I know prgmr can't do the later but hopefully they can do the former. * Price is the real reason I'm going to move away from Linode (at least in the short term). I'm topping out with my Linode 360 at the moment. I'd like to move up to a 720 so I have some head-room. I'd also like to have a redundant setup in place when I start charging users. That's ~$860 a year with Linode versus (with 1024 mb instances) $384 with prgmr. tl;dr: Linode are good but not exemplarily. You might be better off elsewhere depending on your needs.
- thismat 17y ago
  For what it's worth I've never had any of the problems you've mentioned. Otherwise I wouldn't be posting such a glowing review. I think documentation + instant communication with the community is a strong point for any company as well, honestly. But yes, as always, everyone has different needs and there is no one size fits all.
  - andrewtj 17y ago
    To be clear: * Guides/IRC are from my perspective not relevant to picking a host I'm not referring to documentation on the service itself here, but to the software install/setup guides which seem to be in vogue at the minute. Regarding community, with a service like a VPS it's a bit of an airy concept to me; somewhat akin to having a community around a petrol station. That said - I can see how both of these things would be nice to have for some people.