The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more

Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by Karunamon on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:43PM (#7604672)

Not with the tiny amounts of memory offered at that price. 2GB is very easy to burn through in short order. Anything less than 8 feels really claustrophobic.

I've always needed memory more than disk. Really wish I could pay some of these providers just for a one off increase of a few extra gigs of memory without tiering up which includes an entirely higher level of storage that I will not ever use.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by jeffasinger on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:01PM (#7604791)

Some types of sites need disk more than RAM, and that market is really weird right now too.

I run a service that could get away with only 8GB of RAM, but definitely needs at least 2TB of space, plus plenty of room to grow.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by dragontamer on Thursday April 17, 2014 @08:01PM (#7607278)

When numbers start getting up into that territory, I tend to look at the discount dedicated servers.

WholeSaleInternet for example, currently has a Quad-Core Xeon E3 1230 for sale at $49/month with 5 IP Addresses. 1GBPS connection with 10TB bandwidth with 8GB of RAM / 250GB of Hard Drive.

If that 2TB Hard Drive is really needed, you can compromise on the CPU and go for a consumer-grade AMD Fx-4100 (Quad-Core AMD) from Datashack for $55 / month, with 5 IP Addresses, 8GB RAM / 2TB of Hard Drive space, 10TB of Bandwidth on 1Gbps

Most web applications seem to be Disk heavy or RAM Heavy... I rarely see CPU-heavy applications. So the AMD Fx-4100 can be good enough (its far far better than an Atom, although it isn't as good as a modern E3 Xeon).

I've never had the need for it, but since Dedicated Servers often come with 5 or 13 IP Addresses, and they can be as cheap as ~$60/month realistically... I think its better to just install Proxmox on a single dedicated box and spin up your own private VMs if you are honestly going to need multiple VMs.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by jeffasinger on Friday April 18, 2014 @08:37AM (#7608926)

Exactly, for that situation, I ended up going with an entirely overpowered dedicated server with an E5 and 32GB of RAM. I shopped around, but was very conscience of network quality, quality of support I'd get, and was still able to get away with paying about $250/mo, which is very reasonable compared to any kind of cloud offering.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by Karunamon on Saturday April 19, 2014 @08:38PM (#7615313)

Thanks for pointing that provider out to me. Those are some of the best prices i've seen this side of Hetzner.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by mwcampbell on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:06PM (#7604834)

Huh? Containers are quite lightweight; you can run several of them in 2 GB of RAM.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by Karunamon on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:39PM (#7605037)

I was referring more to the applications within than container overhead.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by dangayle on Thursday April 17, 2014 @03:11PM (#7605680)

What? With Linode you can easily add more ram. It's an awful deal ($5 per MB), but you can do it if you really needed.

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Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more by dangayle on Thursday April 17, 2014 @06:28PM (#7606896)

Sorry, it was $5 per 90MB. Forgot to add the 90

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