Right now what VPS provider would you choose?

Im not affiliated with them, but i use several vps's from them and the owner is known in other forums.

I can also tell you that each server have 384Gb of Ram, and because he doesn't oversell ram, we know he can have 64 Vps's of 6Gb per server.

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We use Linode for prod ( I have internal data that their network and security is crap) and have acquaintance who deals with DO support and I see that they are evolving much faster and their CP is much more neat.

 

Just because of my curiosity.
If the Linode network and security is crap, you can prove this and you do have an acquaintance who deals with DO.
Why are you still on Linode with your production environment then?
There are lot of providers. No reason to stick with Linode at all in your case.

 

I work for a company that uses Linode. I'd not choose them ( not Atlanta).

Read about it in LET.

 

If you are looking for an unmanaged vps which you will manage your own, then go with Linode. I used them for few years and they are good.

But the problem I had was I have too much things on my plate. Manage the server, site, business, providing customer support etc. by my own. So it was very hard for me to manage the server, run all the fix/patches by my own every single time. So, I went with a managed VPS provider.

As a managed VPS provider I will highly recommended Bigscoots.com I have been using them for many years now and I'm exceptionally happy with their server hardware, network and especially with their fast highly technical support team. On any problem they never told me crappy things like deactivate all your plugins, change your browser - this sort of crappy thing. Always to the point technical reply with proper logs if needed.

So in short if you are looking for an unmanaged vps provider, go with Linode; if you are looking for an exceptional managed VPS provider, go with Bigscoots.

 

I know but the best part of Bigscoots is that if you take their managed VPS plan, and you know what you want your server to have, you just tell them, they will do the custom setup for you free. I also needed the same when I went to Bigscoots. I had too many things in my mind about how my server should be configured. So, I tell them I need this, this and that with that patch or feature enabled etc. and they did exactly that. That is why I highly recommend them. Just because you are getting a managed VPS with them doesn't mean you need to use your server they way they like it to be configured, instead they will do the config you want (and manage it) without you doing all those pisky config works. That's why I love them

In fact I am also using centminmod on my Bigscoots vps itself

 

Yes they do. As I said they have a great technical team (completely bullshit free) managing the servers and that's the reason I recommend them to everyone because they are that much great. Their datacenter is located at Steadfast, uses the latest gent cpu ram, pure ssd (samsung evo pro), mindblowing network. It's just amazing.

I remember, a few months back there was a DDOS on Bigscoots network. As it was a very complicated DDOS, you can understand how much time it may take to fix it and make sure it never happens again. But doing so may include many downtime and slow website speed. That is why overnight (in 1hr or so) Bigscoots created a new network path for all the servers to make sure all of their clients sites runs smoothly while they are fighting DDOS.

Truly amazing, quality service indeed. If you or anyone wants to try it out, go use them for a month and you will see. Moreover if you get any of their vps or dedicated server, you will still have your ssh root access in case you wanna optimize your server even more, like doing trial and error checks with various pagespeed configs. So, just because you are getting a managed server doesn't mean you will not have your own root access.

 

I would never go with a managed vps/server, because taking that out of me, would simple kill me

But its good for people that don't know or can't manage their server. The price seems good for a managed service.

 

It is not just good for people who don't know how to manage server, it is also extremely good for people who has to manage a lot other things and don't have to time manage the server or patch it time to time (like me). But again, everyone has their own opinion.

 

Yes that's true. They do this for very specific reason. You see not all VPS user are nerds. So, imagine a person know nothing about linux commands and purchased a very high power vps/dedicated for his project. Now as a host you super tuned his server with centminmod and gave it to him. He will literally freak out, if you tell him to create a database he needs to write commands

So, it's better to give it to people who are familiar with these stuffs. Infact if you message them saying you need nginx for your server, they will always go with centminmod

Also I never said that only Bigscoots supports centminmod. What I said is they are extremely proficient and knowledgeable and provide completely bullshit free support.

 

No wonder your site is so fast for me. Only ~25 miles from the Linode data center

 

I do like forum speed but ain't Fremont Hurricane Electrics single homed facility?