Hosting
Well, my ArkaHosting VPS instance finally actually went offline (expected). I have all the data online at home, but need a publicly accessible version for beta testing (don’t want to open that network to the world).
Where to move to?
Google seems to be indecisive (and has a history of growing bored with offerings and dropping them, chronicled at Killed by Google and elsewhere). Azure is Microsoft, and while this might be the new and improved Microsoft, I tend not to trust them. (Can’t imagine why.) There’s AWS, but, that’s, you know, Amazon (as also seen in Unfulfilled). (Still on my personal boycott after they - for the umpteenth time - flaked on “guaranteed same day delivery” for stuff I really needed to tend to my dying dog.)
Seeing what’s out there. For context, I was paying the (evidentially unsustainable) amount of $36.50/year, including a $1.50 upcharge for a 1 Gb/s link upgrade from the standard 100 Mb/s connection, for a “6GB VPS” with the following specs:
I was using about 45GB of storage for the massive database supporting my tentatives ruling collection, and the speed was “good enough.” I used barely any bandwidth.
What else is out there, that’s comparable?
There’s RackSpace, but you have to request a free quote. Nope. Put the pricing information front and center or I’m not wasting my time.
Google Compute, on a 1 year committment, $0.019915/vCPU hour, $0.002669/GB hour (RAM), so, a 4 core, 6GB Compute instance, ~$59 for the CPU, $8.51 for the RAM, ~$67.50. $32.64/month for 80GB of storage. 5TB of network egress, at $0.11/GB, would be almost $600. Using the calculator, 730 hours/month for a regular class VM (n1-standard-1, with 1x375GB SSD), one year commitment, $49.11/month (that’s for 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB RAM).
What about these non-top-tier players ...?
Where to move to?
Google seems to be indecisive (and has a history of growing bored with offerings and dropping them, chronicled at Killed by Google and elsewhere). Azure is Microsoft, and while this might be the new and improved Microsoft, I tend not to trust them. (Can’t imagine why.) There’s AWS, but, that’s, you know, Amazon (as also seen in Unfulfilled). (Still on my personal boycott after they - for the umpteenth time - flaked on “guaranteed same day delivery” for stuff I really needed to tend to my dying dog.)
Seeing what’s out there. For context, I was paying the (evidentially unsustainable) amount of $36.50/year, including a $1.50 upcharge for a 1 Gb/s link upgrade from the standard 100 Mb/s connection, for a “6GB VPS” with the following specs:
- 4 CPU Cores
- 6GB DDR3 RAM
- 80GB SSD Storage
- 5TB Monthly Transfer
- 1 x IPv4 Address
- OpenVZ/SolusVM Panel
I was using about 45GB of storage for the massive database supporting my tentatives ruling collection, and the speed was “good enough.” I used barely any bandwidth.
What else is out there, that’s comparable?
AWS LightSail
An instance with 4GB RAM, 2 cores, 80GB SSD, and 4TB transfer is $20/month, $240/year (6.5x more expensive). I could go with a lower end server, and buy bulk storage ($.10/GB per month; 64GB is $6.40). A managed database sized large enough to hold the current tentatives dataset is $30 for a standard plan, $60 for a high availability plan, per month (2GB RAM, 1 core, 80GB SSD, 100GB transfer, data encrypted).Azure
West US region, Linux, CentOS, Basic tier, A3 instance (4 cores, 7 GB RAM, 120 GB storage), $0.188/hr, or, $137.29/month.There’s RackSpace, but you have to request a free quote. Nope. Put the pricing information front and center or I’m not wasting my time.
Google Compute, on a 1 year committment, $0.019915/vCPU hour, $0.002669/GB hour (RAM), so, a 4 core, 6GB Compute instance, ~$59 for the CPU, $8.51 for the RAM, ~$67.50. $32.64/month for 80GB of storage. 5TB of network egress, at $0.11/GB, would be almost $600. Using the calculator, 730 hours/month for a regular class VM (n1-standard-1, with 1x375GB SSD), one year commitment, $49.11/month (that’s for 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB RAM).
What about these non-top-tier players ...?
Evolution Host
€40 (currently $44.49)/month gets you 4x 4GHz+ CPU cores, 4GB DDR4 RAM, 80GB SSD, 1Gb/s connection, 60TB monthly transfer, and hosting in Europe or the US (Dallas, Portland, Virginia). Not awful, but more than LightSail.
BanditHost
The L-NVMe-VPS option is $12.99/month, for 4 CPU cores, 6GB RAM, 80GB NVMe storage, 5TB bandwidth, and one IPv4 address. Storage VPS options “coming soon.” They’ve apparently been around for almost 5 years. This one could be a contender. $156/year. Still more than 4x the cost of the cheap VPS I was using, but, c’est la vie.
HostSlick
$16/month for 4 virtual cores, 6GB RAM, 1.5 TB bandwidth, 90GB SSD storage, 1 Gb/s connection, 1 IP address, locations in London and Amsterdam. Close, but not super-competitive, especially without domestic colo presence.
ChicagoVPS
Enterprise: 60GB storage, 2GB RAM, 2TB bandwidth, $8/month.
Corporate: 80GB storage, 4GB RAM, 3TB bandwidth, $12/month.
The software offerings are ancient, though; CentOS 6 (released almost 9 years ago, and end of life hits later this year); Ubuntu 16.04 (4 years old)...
ChicagoVPS
Enterprise: 60GB storage, 2GB RAM, 2TB bandwidth, $8/month.
Corporate: 80GB storage, 4GB RAM, 3TB bandwidth, $12/month.
The software offerings are ancient, though; CentOS 6 (released almost 9 years ago, and end of life hits later this year); Ubuntu 16.04 (4 years old)...
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