[ubuntu-uk] Virtual private server recomendations

[Philip Newborough]

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:02:28 +0000
Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 01:42:39PM +0000, dan attwood wrote:
> > Ideally the server will have around 1gig of ram, 30 gig of disk
> > space, a nice fat pipe the conect it to the web, a static IP and
> > run Linux (I'm prefer Ubuntu but open to others)
> 
> If your handy with Linux and not going to depend on the in-house
> support for anything bar network/infrastructure issues then OVH are a
> real steal to go with.
> 
> http://www.ovh.co.uk
> 
> Their RPS machines are actual hardware with the storage broken off
> onto a SAN, you get 10mbit connection which is shared for netbound
> and san-bound traffic. Also its "unlimited" bandwidth with a soft cap
> at 3Tb iirc, i've been able to push about 5-7Mb/sec when i hosted the
> #! release isos
> 

I also have an RPS with OVH. I signed up after seeing how well they
performed for Andrew. I am very happy with it. It has been pumping out
about 2TB per month for the last 4 months and I have had no issues with
it at all.

I also have a VPS with Linode.com, which I am also very happy with.

 -- Philip