[Cialug] Hosting

[Matthew Nuzum]

Hi, sorry for missing the previous thread, but if cost and performance are major concerns, please consider building and testing your application in a scalable scenario where you can keep a low-cost server running to serve light traffic and then add capacity as needs go up.

If you do this, you’ll find a lot of opportunities open up. You may find that you only need a single VPS running 24/7. For example,  I have a couple $5 VPSs from Digital Ocean that can easily handle the load of a dozen lightly trafficked Wordpress, Node.js and Django websites. Then you only have to pay the per-hour charge for additional capacity. Turn on an additional VPS (or use auto-scale) when you need it, turn it off when you don’t.

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> On Mar 18, 2017, at 4:51 PM, Matt <matt at itwannabe.com> wrote:
> 
> Amazon now has "Lightsail," which is a set-price offering for specific VPS configurations, but it doesn't come anywhere near the 4C/16GB/200GB/10TB @ $50 pricing of ChicagoVPS.  Their max size seems to be 2C/8GB/80GB/5TB @ $80.  Linode offers 4C/8GB/96GB/4TB @ $40 or 6C/12GB/192GB/8TB @ $80.
> 
> Like Daniel mentioned, Linode is very quick to reply to support tickets, and they are one of the most mature VPS providers.  They are basically my first recommendation to anyone who is willing to set up and maintain a Linux VPS without the need for CPanel or some other pre-configured server with a web-based control panel for generic web hosting/database purposes.
> 
> -- Matt (N0BOX)
> 
> P.S. - If you want to sign up for Linode, I could give you a referral link.  Unfortunately, I don't see that it would help you out any.  :(  I know DigitalOcean's referrals give both the referrer and referee account credits (BTW, I could hook you up with a DO referral link, too ;) ).  Hit me up off-list if you'd like.
> 
> P.P.S - Interestingly enough, DigitalOcean recently added Load Balancers as an option, so they seem to be trying to move into the "business-class" hosting territory, where before they only really courted developers who needed cheap VMs that weren't necessarily particularly reliable.  There is a lot of interesting improvement going on in DO that is exciting to see, and all while keeping their historically inexpensive offerings (they just have options for backups/snapshots/load balancers that are easy to add to your current services for a fee if you need them).
> 
> On 3/16/2017 5:50 PM, Josh More wrote:
>> There is no such thing as concrete pricing on AWS.  There are too many
>> moving parts.
>> 
>> I use Rackspace and the Infobunker for my VM's and physical hosts.  My
>> clients that need flexibility more than low-cost are very happy with AWS
>> ... but you have to be okay with price fluctuations.
>> 
>> -Josh
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:44 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Folks here had recommended ChicagoVPS for a decent sized dedicated server
>>> (substational e-commerce site), .. but I have to say do NOT deal with
>>> them! Tool over two weeks to get provisioned, .. then I looked today to
>>> try and login again, and the instance shows "Terminated"!
>>> 
>>> In addition, I have two tickets open for almost three weeks.
>>> 
>>> The only thing good is the cost ($50 for 200GB/4 core/16GB), but without
>>> any support and the flakey setup it can't be recommended.
>>> 
>>> AWS was mentioned, but it's hard to find any concrete pricing info for
>>> such a simple configuration.
>>> 
>>>         Lee
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