Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On 07/03/2008, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting accounts > > such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > > basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid a > > month! > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > the UK. Thanks to everyone for their replies (I've been ill so haven't had chance to write until now), they were very useful. I think I'll be signing up to vpsvillage, with a view to 'upgrading' to another company if I find I use the VPS a lot. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
With regard to the original post about cheapvps.co.uk - I signed up for a month and then swiftly canceled. It seems like there is one guy who looks after it (they have just had to pull live support as he can't handle the demand) and when my account was set up with half the capacity it should have had, the only explanation they offered (2 days later) was along the lines of "I have changed it now". To be fair to them, my main reason for canceling was that I didn't realise just how much system resources are used by simply running an SQL database - the cheap 128Mb RAM option just can't handle it. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lucy wrote: > > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting accounts > >> such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > >> basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid a > >> month! > > > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > > the UK. > > If you don't mind using a US based service, then you might want to > consider www.dreamhost.com. A friend of mine uses them and is extremely > happy. The disk space and bandwidth offered is phenomenal for the price too! > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
Lucy wrote: > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting accounts >> such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - >> basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid a >> month! > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > the UK. If you don't mind using a US based service, then you might want to consider www.dreamhost.com. A friend of mine uses them and is extremely happy. The disk space and bandwidth offered is phenomenal for the price too! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold,Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security,Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Colin McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/7/08, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting > accounts > > > such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > > > basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid > a > > > month! > > > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > > the UK. > > Forgive this shameless plug, but I am going to give you the site of a VPS > hosting company one of our KLUG members runs. > http://www.contextshift.co.uk/ > We use it for our KLUG game server and Mumble server. Works fine for us and > using them would be directly supporting the community. :-) > Thanks > Colin I have some fairly cheap VPS's on my site... softdel.co.uk/vps.php Hosted on mostly all open software, so cheap enough. -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On 3/7/08, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting > accounts > > such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > > basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid > a > > month! > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > the UK. Forgive this shameless plug, but I am going to give you the site of a VPS hosting company one of our KLUG members runs. http://www.contextshift.co.uk/ We use it for our KLUG game server and Mumble server. Works fine for us and using them would be directly supporting the community. :-) Thanks Colin Kent Linux User Group -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
Alan Pope wrote: > Personally I use bitfolk (UK based) and the service is excellent. http://bitfolk.com/plans.html Oooh, very impressive. Good specifications and well priced for the UK, too, provided you don't need much bandwidth (30GB default cap). Lucy wrote: > On 07/03/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Personally I use bitfolk (UK based) and the service is excellent. > Looks good but so far the others are doing better on price and > bandwidth allowance. Hmm. With UK datacentres? Who? I'd be genuinely interested. I usually buy US/Canadian VPSes due to the price. Lucy wrote: > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > the UK. I haven't used cheapvps. I've used www.tektonic.net for over five years (still on RedHat 9!) and have been reasonably impressed. They did have a couple of days downtime two years ago, but since moving datacentre after that, haven't had any unannounced downtime in two years. Support is reasonably quick and efficient, and the US$15/month plan is well-featured to the point of generous (256MB RAM + burst allowance, 10GB disk, 500GB bandwidth/month). Maintenance downtime is announced in advance and done quickly and on time. Virtual servers run very smooth. However I am moving away from them since they recently introduced a "no bittorrent, no proxies" policy which I personally find too restrictive. I would thoroughly recommend them for running a LAMP server. They support Ubuntu as a default install option. Ping times from UK in the 130ms range. I have recently (last week) started a new www.vpsville.ca account. They currently have an offer of 25% off their prices for life, using code WINTER453 , although this offer is due to expire soon. Within one minute of me authorising PayPal payment, I received an email with my root password and could log in! Specifications are good (US$15/month gives 128MB RAM, 6GB disk, 100GB bandwidth) but not as generous as TekTonic. However vpsville have a simple "you can do anything so long as it's not illegal" policy which I find more suitable than TekTonic's terms of service. Also was impressed that a manual "whole image" backup was available from the account control panel, and also a console root login option (so you can get in even if you lock yourself out with a misconfigured firewall). Virtual servers run very smooth but I've only used them for a few days yet. They support Ubuntu as a default install option, I'm very impressed and would recommend them. Ping times from the UK in the 120ms range. One to AVOID is veggiehost.com . Took three days to set up, and servers are unbelievably sluggishly slow from mid-afternoon to late night GMT (ie. daytime USA) with up to 40% packet loss from the UK. They are very cheap and well-specced, but it isn't worth it, the performance just isn't there. I've cancelled my account. -- Andrew Oakley -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On 07/03/2008, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally I use bitfolk (UK based) and the service is excellent. They have > just put a new server in place so there is now some capacity, but it's > filling up fast! :) Looks good but so far the others are doing better on price and bandwidth allowance. Hmm. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:12:46AM +, Lucy wrote: > On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting accounts > > such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > > basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid a > > month! > > Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by > vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in > the UK. > Personally I use bitfolk (UK based) and the service is excellent. They have just put a new server in place so there is now some capacity, but it's filling up fast! :) If you sign up with bitfolk, mention my name and I get a kickback (which I donate to Debian). Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Cheap VPS hosting (was Ubuntu Minimal, Lighttpd, Perl CGI, PHP and & MySQL with Tiny Memory)
On 06/03/2008, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In particular, my config is suitable for very cheap VPS hosting accounts > such as vpsville.ca , tektonic.net , cheapvps.co.uk and so forth - > basically your own root-access Internet server for less than five quid a > month! Has anyone tried any of these companies? I was tempted by vpsvillage.com, but cheapvps also looks interesting as it's based in the UK. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
