After over 10 years of having a dedicated server in one data center or another and paying the bill I decided to put those days behind me. And no, I’m not going to give up having an access to a Linux box on a high speed connection, nor am I planning giving up my root access to such a machine.We’re simply moving to virtual hosting. Hosting has evolved considerably in the past several years and VPS business has matured to a point where it is a perfect solution for somebody like me. All the same benefits as having a dedicated server without the cost. My monthly bill is going to go down from $130 to $40. And that considering that $130 just came down to that number from $170 only a couple of months ago. Continue Reading
May 7, 2010 @ 23:58
Thanks for the write up and glad you are enjoying the service!
May 13, 2010 @ 06:37
So it’s been some time since you’ve started using the service. How’s it?
May 13, 2010 @ 11:59
So far so good.
I’m getting some disk IO and CPU spikes during the night sometimes, but it might be some cron jobs. I’m looking at that now. Doesn’t seem to affect the overall performance.
Basically you can judge by the speed of the site. To me it seems to be working better and I haven’t had any down time yet.
May 13, 2010 @ 14:31
We also use Linode (well, more accuately, Danya uses Linode and I just kind of rolled into his system when I got a blog) and like it, so congrats on the switch.
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