[LUNI] virtual hosting providers?

[Branko Kotur]

Is there a reason you wish to use a VPS over a shared host?  Unless you really 
prefer to have direct control over you virtual OS, I would think that going 
with a decent shared host may work better for you.  By decent, I mean one 
that doesn't oversell their servers like most tend to do (and don't forget 
reliability and overall quality of service).  

On Thursday 02 November 2006 12:03 pm, sten wrote:
> We just had this discussion, but I'm interested in seeing what LUNI folk
> have to say this time around- I've been using a virtual node provided by
> Linode (linode.com) for a year or two now, and, while it served my needs
> when I first started, I'm running about a dozen LAMP applications now. With
> only 100MB RAM, its dog slow. I got another node at Tektonic.net, which was
> cheaper per-month for 256MB RAM, more disk and more bandwidth, but I just
> had an 8-hour unplanned outage on my node, and the most they told me was
> "we're having a problem" in response to my first support ticket, and "it's
> up" when they closed it. Other people on their forums complain about
> repeated, long outages, and the same abysmal communication. Since I'm
> looking to start hosting other people's sites and applications, I need to
> grow, but I need stability, too.
>
> I'm thinking about just upgrading my Linode, but since my "customers" are
> NPOs that I'll be giving space to for free, I don't really want to spend
> more than about $40/mo, and I'm not sure Linode's plan in that bracket will
> cover me. What else are LUNIs using that you can recommend?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sten