[GRLUG] Shared to VPS questions

[Matthew Seeley]

I really like http://linode.com/

Super efficient, super reliable. I've have had zero problems with them. 

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Matthew Seeley
Threadlight Systems
PO Box 2909 Grand Rapids, MI. 49501
(616) 328 - 5649


On Monday, December 24, 2012 at 12:02 PM, megadave wrote:

> If you want something that offers a fixed Internet bitrate for a fixed
> monthly charge, rather than
> charging you per month for "transfer", serveraxis.com (http://serveraxis.com) offers plans
> like that. They have the "transfer" type plans too.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com (mailto:flanderb at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > I'm helping a friend out with their website (boardgame and comic book
> > convention) and am starting to research VPS's. Right now I have the
> > website, which is written in drupal, on my Dreamhost shared hosting plan.
> > The speed of the site does leave something to be desired, the developer
> > managed to tweak it a bit and speed things up but if they are correct things
> > are going to heat up and I don't know if this site could stay on the shared
> > plan.
> > 
> > What VPS's are out there that are a reasonable price. Next year is the
> > first year of the convention so right now money is tight. The Dreamhost VPS
> > looks good, compared to host gator and Slicehost.
> > 
> > I also looked up Amazon Web Services. There seems to be a free option that
> > looks pretty good. http://aws.amazon.com/free/ Is AWS somewhat equivalent
> > to a vps? Is this something I should research more?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > 
> > Share and Enjoy
> > Ben
> > 
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