Comments on: Slicehost and Linode: Affordable and Reliable VPS Hosting

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:28:10 +0000

I've come across your service before, fairly recently actually. It looks like an impressive service, though a bit pricier than Linode. I have given it some consideration though. I have to admit that I'm leaning towards Linode at the moment, but you never know, that my change before I'm ready to make the switch to a VPS.

Oh, and nice domain name!

By: Ditlev

Ditlev — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:05:52 +0000

we've launched a service at vps.net that we'd like to think fits right in there between the developer heavy slicehost/linode approach and the limited resources of a shared hosting account…let me know if you'd like to try it out.

By: thedrumr

thedrumr — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:44:35 +0000

I have to agree 100% with the title, mine was a simple new site http://thedrumr.com, slicehost and linode were my top choices for vps. eapps was my other choice but the bandwidth was too less for the $20 plan that I tried. I’m currently with linode, more value for the money.

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By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:04:38 +0000

Like BlueHost, DreamHost has huge user base, so you will hear horror stories now and then.

But work with them! When I signed up a bit more than a year ago, the load of the server could shoot up to 70 and one of the support team told me there was one domain getting digg-ed. But it happened for a few days, so I demand to be moved to a server with lighter load.

And they did grant me that request. I’m a happy camper since then.When you took the coupon code, DreamHost offers one of the lowest hosting with good performance.

@Michael: For me, nothing is better than feeling in control of my sites and tune them to run faster. Besides VPS gives me a feeling that I own the entire server, although I’m not.

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:32:21 +0000

I would absolutely recommend Slicehost. Three friends of mine, all with high traffic (500k+ hits per month) have moved to Slicehost and love it. Besides, some of the biggest blogs (PSDTuts, Zenhabits etc.) are hosted on Slicehost and get dugg every week without even flinching.As for getting the server setup, there are some folks who do it for free – provided you use their affiliate code to sign up. They get a small commission, which is their earning for setting it up. One of my friends does it, and I’ll probably call him up when my traffic grows Hit me up on IM or mail me if you need me to put you through to him…

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:03:27 +0000

@Tam Asaro, I’ll keep that in mind. (Dang, it’s going to be hard to choose between Linode and Slicehost when I’m ready to switch.)

@Hendry, Thanks for the further info. I probably will need to read-up on that. I’ve never managed a server via shell before, though I have some *nix command line experience.

@Michael, I don’t mind the additional work too much. I’ve looked at Media Temple a bit, and they look like a good option, but they still do things like limit the number of subdomains, and things like that, right? Plus, I like the idea of having unfettered access to configure things. As for Dream Host… I’ve heard so many horror stories about them they’d have to be offering a lot better deal for me to even want to try them. Both Linode and Slicehost appear to be offering better value than DH. $20 for under 200MB of RAM ($15/mo+$5 “shared hosting fee”). And as you tweak the “Scale” slider it gets more expensive real fast.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:36:46 +0000

I looked at Slicehost when I was choosing my host, but running my own VPS still seems a bit more work than I want. I went with MediaTemple, and have since had to buy a MySQL “container” so that I can stick with them looking after the technical bits.Have you seen http://www.dreamhostps.com/ yet? In theory, it looks great! DH’s reputation is for cheap hosting though. I’m not sure how they fair on more high-end stuff like this.

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:22:41 +0000

@Matt: Yes, I just moved it to Linode a month ago. Zero downtime so far.Linode has pro-rated plan, with 7 day money back guarantee. I firmly believe you will like the member’s administration features. It is the best I’ve seen so far.

I’m talking about deploying multiple distribution at a time just by pointing and clicking. Great for experiments.

With that said, if you never manage a VPS from shell, you may brush up your skill first. Part of the small footprint and performance I’ve gained is because of the optimization I made such as using qmail to send outbound email, lighttpd for web server. The only opening ports are SSH, HTTP and MySQL (bound to 127.0.0.1).

The support is not the best I’ve seen in the industry, but the IRC channel tasaro talked about is superb.

I suggest you experience both of them first before deciding.