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Why is Linode so much better? I got a bunch of free credit for DO and I'm only using it for small things so I went with them, thinking about spinning up larger

Why is Linode so much better? I got a bunch of free credit for DO and I'm only using it for small things so I went with them, thinking about spinning up larger projects however and would like to look at my options.

adventured 12y ago
The only thing I'm aware of that, supposedly, made Linode better, is they guaranteed full compute power. If it said you got 1 CPU core, then that was yours, period. From what I understood with DO, their approach was that they'd make every effort to deliver the equivalent compute power of 1 CPU, but would not peg it to you exclusively. I also think this may have changed for DO.
- dwild 12y ago
  Where have you seen that you have a dedicated CPU core on Linode? In the VPS market it's nothing unusual to oversell CPU, you can't only have 24 VM on a single server, that doesn't work financially (except if they count threads from hyper-threading as a core but that's not dedicated).
- Donzo 12y ago
  I've been following my DO allocation using New Relic. When I first signed up, I noticed the hypervisor stealing from my allocation. Not a lot, but some. After a week or two, however, this ceased. I can now report that for almost a year now I have been receiving my full allocation. I am very pleased with DO, but based on the good things that I've read on here, I'll give Linode a shot if DO ever drops the ball horrendously.
  - icelancer 12y ago
    What's the best way to check allocation theft using NR?
    - Donzo 12y ago
      I'm not sure of the best way, but I was able to tell by looking at the CPU usage chart when you are analyzing your server. The brown line indicates resources stolen by the hypervisor. There's probably a better way to find out...
      - icelancer 12y ago
        Good enough, will test. Thanks!
butwhy 12y ago
They've been around a lot longer and have a lot of expertise. I think you'll find that they'll perform better during benchmarking of hardware and have superior network performance and uptime (I've personally experienced times where the entire DO network dropped offline for minute(s)). Their support is great too. I recommend reading up on a few comparison blogs if you wish; just make sure they were written recently and are comparing apples with apples. But I think the general consensus amongst a lot of people is that DO are better suited to devs wanting to play around and Linode are better for when you want something more than that or want to push something to prod. edit: now that I think of it, DO developed a reputation for terminating VMs with no notice if you violate their terms or do other things. I personally had my VMs terminated because I signed up for 2 accounts with the same IP. Imagine if I was hosting production content on there....
doublerebel 12y ago
Last I looked, DO has next to no SLA and Linode offers 99% SLA (almost no cloud provider offers SLA, much less 99% -- exception being Joyent at 100%). Also DO support is known for being a bit slow and Linode support is very quick to respond any time of day. YMMV.
corford 12y ago
Their network is more reliable, their control panel is much more advanced and they offer a lot more capabilities (load balancers, longview, additional IPv4 addresses etc.). DO is great at what it does (I have 3 vms with them) but when you need more, Linode wins.
jread 12y ago
Linode is a more capable, performant and reliable platform. e.g. Look at a 90 day availability comparison: https://cloudharmony.com/status-3months-for-linode-and-digitalocean-group-provider https://cloudharmony.com/status-3months-for-linode-and-digit...

adventured 12y ago

The only thing I'm aware of that, supposedly, made Linode better, is they guaranteed full compute power. If it said you got 1 CPU core, then that was yours, period. From what I understood with DO, their approach was that they'd make every effort to deliver the equivalent compute power of 1 CPU, but would not peg it to you exclusively. I also think this may have changed for DO.

dwild 12y ago
Where have you seen that you have a dedicated CPU core on Linode? In the VPS market it's nothing unusual to oversell CPU, you can't only have 24 VM on a single server, that doesn't work financially (except if they count threads from hyper-threading as a core but that's not dedicated).
Donzo 12y ago
I've been following my DO allocation using New Relic. When I first signed up, I noticed the hypervisor stealing from my allocation. Not a lot, but some. After a week or two, however, this ceased. I can now report that for almost a year now I have been receiving my full allocation. I am very pleased with DO, but based on the good things that I've read on here, I'll give Linode a shot if DO ever drops the ball horrendously.
- icelancer 12y ago
  What's the best way to check allocation theft using NR?
  - Donzo 12y ago
    I'm not sure of the best way, but I was able to tell by looking at the CPU usage chart when you are analyzing your server. The brown line indicates resources stolen by the hypervisor. There's probably a better way to find out...
    - icelancer 12y ago
      Good enough, will test. Thanks!

butwhy 12y ago

They've been around a lot longer and have a lot of expertise. I think you'll find that they'll perform better during benchmarking of hardware and have superior network performance and uptime (I've personally experienced times where the entire DO network dropped offline for minute(s)). Their support is great too. I recommend reading up on a few comparison blogs if you wish; just make sure they were written recently and are comparing apples with apples. But I think the general consensus amongst a lot of people is that DO are better suited to devs wanting to play around and Linode are better for when you want something more than that or want to push something to prod. edit: now that I think of it, DO developed a reputation for terminating VMs with no notice if you violate their terms or do other things. I personally had my VMs terminated because I signed up for 2 accounts with the same IP. Imagine if I was hosting production content on there....

doublerebel 12y ago

Last I looked, DO has next to no SLA and Linode offers 99% SLA (almost no cloud provider offers SLA, much less 99% -- exception being Joyent at 100%). Also DO support is known for being a bit slow and Linode support is very quick to respond any time of day. YMMV.

corford 12y ago

Their network is more reliable, their control panel is much more advanced and they offer a lot more capabilities (load balancers, longview, additional IPv4 addresses etc.). DO is great at what it does (I have 3 vms with them) but when you need more, Linode wins.

jread 12y ago

Linode is a more capable, performant and reliable platform. e.g. Look at a 90 day availability comparison: https://cloudharmony.com/status-3months-for-linode-and-digitalocean-group-provider https://cloudharmony.com/status-3months-for-linode-and-digit...