Server4You VPS Hosting
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I actually spoke with one of their chat reps last night and I'm writing them to ask about the $12 setup fee -- as if it is a one time fee or a fee that has to be paid every time I wipe & reload the OS.
Where Server4You shines here is the storage. Equivalent plans on DO and Vulture that run ($20 on DO and Vulture) only come with 40 or 45 GB of storage.... on the $16 Server4You plan, you get 400GB on Spinning rust or 200GB on SATA.
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@dafyre said:
Where Server4You shines here is the storage. Equivalent plans on DO and Vulture that run ($20 on DO and Vulture) only come with 40 or 45 GB of storage....
Did you look at the Vultr STORAGE plans? We get a lot for very little money.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
Where Server4You shines here is the storage. Equivalent plans on DO and Vulture that run ($20 on DO and Vulture) only come with 40 or 45 GB of storage....
Did you look at the Vultr STORAGE plans? We get a lot for very little money.
I might have to consider switching. This is what MNX.io (the company I'm using) has:
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I am not saying that Vultr is the answer, just didn't want their specific SATA-based storage options overlooked as their pricing is fantastic, we've seen great performance on their boxes and the fast SSD vs. huge capacity SATA make for some nice options.
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A great option for multiple users on Vultr is to build an NFS storage server on their SATA product. Then use their fast SSD products for your normal servers and have them auto-mount the NFS from the storage node as a shared /home space.
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I saw the storage plans, but question whether I would be able to use them as a regular VPS as well?
Even so, the Server4You plan at the $22 ($20 on Vultur) tier, I can get 600GB storage (300GB if I want SSD), in addition to plenty of RAM, etc.
You do raise a good point about over subscription on a VPS service though.
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@dafyre said:
I saw the storage plans, but question whether I would be able to use them as a regular VPS as well?
Where is the concern?
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@dafyre said:
Even so, the Server4You plan at the $22 ($20 on Vultur) tier, I can get 600GB storage (300GB if I want SSD), in addition to plenty of RAM, etc.
One thing that has become apparent (not because of this thread, just in general) is that depending on your mix of needs around CPU, memory and storage you can find yourself with totally different providers (until you get to the high end space where the services are extremely granular to prevent that from happening.)
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
I saw the storage plans, but question whether I would be able to use them as a regular VPS as well?
Where is the concern?
I guess the label that they are for storage. While that would be my primary use-case -- would I be able to SSH in and compile software, etc, as with a regular VPS?
@scottalanmiller said:
One thing that has become apparent (not because of this thread, just in general) is that depending on your mix of needs around CPU, memory and storage you can find yourself with totally different providers (until you get to the high end space where the services are extremely granular to prevent that from happening.)
This is true . There are a lot of players in the game these days and some don't do well...(I won't mention any names, lol)... and some seem to do rather Well (DO, Vultr, etc).
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@dafyre said:
I guess the label that they are for storage. While that would be my primary use-case -- would I be able to SSH in and compile software, etc, as with a regular VPS?
Just means that it is balanced with lots of disks and very little CPU and RAM compared to the other solutions that they have which are heavy the other way. It's nothing but the balance of what you see on the screen. They are general purpose VMs in every way.
Vultr Storage is where we run production ownCloud.
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This is good to know! Thanks for the heads up on that.
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@dafyre Definitely let me know if you try server4you. Would be nice to get direct feedback.
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I think I got $30 bucks to burn for a month. I'll see how they go.
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Cool, do a review!
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Should I do it here or start a new thread?
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