Re:VPS Comparison between Slicehost and Prgmr: is an $8 inst...
by datums on Sunday May 03, 2009 @02:32PM
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I don't think it's a fair comparison. Slicehost grew very quickly then got acquired. Prgmr seems to be the smaller guy growing slowly, getting rack space http://wiki.xen.prgmr.com/xenophilia/2009/03/colocation-in-s... and trying to grow to a full rack. The automation is a huge plus especially if you are in the hosting business. The pricing model and the added features are what sets the competition apart from EC2. I think many of these VPS providers have to catch up and come up with some of their own "Why choose me" features, services if competing with EC2 is their focus.
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Re:VPS Comparison between Slicehost and Prgmr: is an $8 inst...
by lsc on Sunday May 03, 2009 @06:44PM
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I think comparing me to slicehost or linode is completely fair... they are my direct competition. I think ec2 is in a different market. there is some overlap, but really if you want to leave your instance on all the time, a vps such as I sell (or linode or slicehost) is vastly superior to the instance with unmirrored disk ec2 provides you.
the opposite is true as well; if you need instant provisioning... if you need 50 servers during the day and 20 at night, I simply can't do that for you. (I hope to be able to at some point, but I can't yet.) Ec2 has been doing that for some time, and I think slicehost and linode both have similar functionality.