Re: [tlug] Linux Web hosting recommendations

[JP Loh <j.peterloh@example.com>]

+1 for Linode too. We have several machines of various sizes in the
Tokyo and LA datacenters.

I also have a couple of machines on Amazon EC2 in Tokyo and Singapore.
I like the repos for Amazon EC2, their documentation is excellent too.

Rackspace is good as well. I like the fact that they're a big
supporter of OpenStack. A friend with extensive experience with them
recommends their service over AWS. I have a relatively old instance on
Rackspace DFW (1st Gen from Slicehost). In case you inquire, their
Hong Kong datacenter doesn't have cloud facilities yet.

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick
<barwick@example.com> wrote:
> 2012/12/13 Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley@example.com>:
>> On 2012-12-12 at 05:43:20, Charles Muller wrote:
>>>I am looking for a Linux-based VPS that allows about 40 GB
>>>(preferably something in the Debian/Ubuntu family). Location can be
>>>here in Japan, as well as in North America or Europe, hopefully in
>>>the range of less than $50 a month.
>>
>> I've been very happy with my Linode (https://www.linode.com/) servers
>> that run Debian. They have options that meat your specs and price, and
>> have several Linux distros available, including both Debian and Ubuntu.
>> You can also build your own distribution and upload it, if the pre-
>> existing options don't suit you. They have data centers in all 3 places
>> you listed (if you count the UK as Europe, anyway). I have Linodes in
>> both of the the Dallas and Tokyo data centers and have never had any
>> reliability or other issues. Their e-mail support is very responsive
>> too; when i was getting set up i had a lot of questions and they usually
>> replied within 15 minutes!
>>
>> I'm not in any way affiliated with Linode, just a very satisfied
>> customer.
>
> I can second that, I needed to set up a server to run a small application with
> obscure requirements which were not compatible with our real servers. It's been
> running fine (at least no one's complained) for the last 12 months in the Tokyo
> data centre. The only slight issue I've encountered is that the instance gets
> rebooted every couple of months (there's always a mail with the cryptic
> statement "Lassie initiated boot"), so don't anticipate setting any
> uptime records.
>
> If you do want something in mainland Europe, I can also recommend Hetzner
> ( http://www.hetzner.de/en/ ); I've never used their virtual servers but have
> been using their rental servers since about 2004.
>
> No affiliation with either, just another satisfied customer.
>
>
> Ian Lawrence Barwick
>
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