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Slightly off-topic: Try serverhub.com instead of digitalocean.com. They have much more flexible offerings and much more storage available for cheaper prices. I'

by jsd1982 11y ago

Slightly off-topic: Try serverhub.com instead of digitalocean.com. They have much more flexible offerings and much more storage available for cheaper prices. I'm running a bunch of web sites off a single $18/mo plan VPS that gives me 120GB of SSD storage.

czk 11y ago
Are they OpenVZ?
- serverhub 11y ago
  Yes, all of our VPS plans are OpenVZ.
  - sbuk 11y ago
    Any plans for European datacenters?
    - serverhub 11y ago
      sbuk, We do not have any locations offshore yet, however we are looking to expand and open new datacenters in the years to come.
- jetm9 11y ago
  asking to learn: what diff does openVZ make over other options?
  - Veratyr 11y ago
    OpenVZ is a container based virtualization solution. Among other things it means you can't run your own kernel or make changes to the existing kernel. The biggest problem I've encountered with it is not being able to set up certain iptables rules without a particular setting on the OpenVZ host being enabled (which often requires a support ticket). To put it simply, OpenVZ works similarly to Docker rather than VirtualBox or VMWare and comes with similar benefits and limitations.
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mholt 11y ago
Thanks for the link; never looked into ServerHub before, but I will take a look. Their offering is appealing... wonder how they can afford that.
- serverhub 11y ago
  If you need any help, reach out to me directly via email at jonathanb@serverhub.com or on Skype at: JonathanBSH Additionally, we have 24x7 chat, ask for Jonathan! :-)
serverhub 11y ago
Thanks for the reference! We definitely have some good services available! :-)
avinassh 11y ago
I have also found Ramnode to be cheaper than DO. Their support is also good and they have active IRC channel for quick help. Been using them from two years and no complaints so far.
- Veratyr 11y ago
  Their security has been compromised on at least one occasion due to the platform they've built their service on (SolusVM). Around two years ago a SolusVM zero day allowed attackers to: - Partially or fully wipe most VPS, many of which could not be recovered - Gain access to the database, including plaintext root VPS passwords, first name, last name, email Not saying DigitalOcean is a fortress or anything but it hasn't been compromised on anything like this kind of scale. Sources: - http://blogs.ixiacom.com/ixia-blog/the-speed-of-a-zero-day-solusvm-sql-injection-attack/ http://blogs.ixiacom.com/ixia-blog/the-speed-of-a-zero-day-s... - https://clientarea.ramnode.com/announcements.php?id=183 https://clientarea.ramnode.com/announcements.php?id=183
  - ramnode 11y ago
    That was indeed two years ago, with no further issues since. It was not most VPSs, though there were a few host nodes wiped. Regardless, we are in the process of fully replacing SolusVM with our own system.
- ramnode 11y ago
  Thank you!

by jsd1982 11y ago

czk 11y ago

Are they OpenVZ?

serverhub 11y ago
Yes, all of our VPS plans are OpenVZ.
- sbuk 11y ago
  Any plans for European datacenters?
  - serverhub 11y ago
    sbuk, We do not have any locations offshore yet, however we are looking to expand and open new datacenters in the years to come.
jetm9 11y ago
asking to learn: what diff does openVZ make over other options?
- Veratyr 11y ago
  OpenVZ is a container based virtualization solution. Among other things it means you can't run your own kernel or make changes to the existing kernel. The biggest problem I've encountered with it is not being able to set up certain iptables rules without a particular setting on the OpenVZ host being enabled (which often requires a support ticket). To put it simply, OpenVZ works similarly to Docker rather than VirtualBox or VMWare and comes with similar benefits and limitations.
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mholt 11y ago

Thanks for the link; never looked into ServerHub before, but I will take a look. Their offering is appealing... wonder how they can afford that.

serverhub 11y ago
If you need any help, reach out to me directly via email at jonathanb@serverhub.com or on Skype at: JonathanBSH Additionally, we have 24x7 chat, ask for Jonathan! :-)

serverhub 11y ago

Thanks for the reference! We definitely have some good services available! :-)

avinassh 11y ago

I have also found Ramnode to be cheaper than DO. Their support is also good and they have active IRC channel for quick help. Been using them from two years and no complaints so far.

Veratyr 11y ago
Their security has been compromised on at least one occasion due to the platform they've built their service on (SolusVM). Around two years ago a SolusVM zero day allowed attackers to: - Partially or fully wipe most VPS, many of which could not be recovered - Gain access to the database, including plaintext root VPS passwords, first name, last name, email Not saying DigitalOcean is a fortress or anything but it hasn't been compromised on anything like this kind of scale. Sources: - http://blogs.ixiacom.com/ixia-blog/the-speed-of-a-zero-day-solusvm-sql-injection-attack/ http://blogs.ixiacom.com/ixia-blog/the-speed-of-a-zero-day-s... - https://clientarea.ramnode.com/announcements.php?id=183 https://clientarea.ramnode.com/announcements.php?id=183
- ramnode 11y ago
  That was indeed two years ago, with no further issues since. It was not most VPSs, though there were a few host nodes wiped. Regardless, we are in the process of fully replacing SolusVM with our own system.
ramnode 11y ago
Thank you!