Excellent piece of information Ross! Thank you very much! On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Ross Peoples <[email protected]>wrote:
> I haven't heard of them before, but I have learned a quick lesson about > VPS providers: most of them are one-man operations that only last for a few > months. I have done a LOT of research on VPS providers over the last couple > of weeks and the one site I always end up turning to for advice on > providers is Low End Box: http://www.lowendbox.com/ > > I did a search for VPScolo on LEB and found an ad from 2010. So the fact > that they've been around for at least 2 years is a good sign. You don't get > a whole lot of resource though. So far, I have only found two VPS providers > that give you the most resources for your money. If you need bandwidth, go > for RethinkVPS. They offer unlimited transfer. If you need more memory, > look at ChicagoVPS. I got in on a good deal with them: 2GB of RAM, 2TB of > transfer for $7/month. > > As for the burst, you have 256 MB of RAM. The burst is like swap space. It > is there for temporary usage only. Many providers provide you with burst > memory in case your site is listed on Reddit or Slashdot and experiences a > sudden spike in traffic. If you are eating into burst memory often, your > provider will make you upgrade to a better plan, or ask you to leave. So > make sure that 256 MB is more than sufficient for your needs. > > As a quick note, I am not associated with VPS providers. I was looking for > one recently, so I started doing my homework for a provider that met my > needs. I should also mention that these are cheap plans, and are a step up > from shared hosting, but they are not going to be as high quality as a > provider such as VPS.net or Rackspace, etc. So there will be some downtime > every now and then. > -- Linux User #387870 .........____ .... _/_õ|__| ..º[ .-.___.-._| . . . . .__( o)__( o).:_______
