Favorite VPS host?

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Favorite VPS host?

I have a buddy that's the IT guy for his company. He recently asked me about moving some of the applications they have to some managed server somewhere. I recommended Rackspace, but now I'm wondering what other quality options are out there.

He needs to host Quickbooks for the accounting department, a couple of low traffic websites, and some proprietary database.

Thanks in advance for your input.

+15 A:

I like slicehost for linux VPS. Their plans start at $20 per month, and their support is very good.

pkaeding 2008-10-22 18:24:41

I've been very happy with slicehost. Totally awesome provider.

Max 2008-10-22 19:15:52

Yep, slicehost rocks. They have a really solid management interface and if you pay the $5 extra for backups you can have scheduled backups (nightly and weekly) plus a snapshot you can take at any time.

idontwanttortfm 2008-10-24 22:46:49

From a VPS side of things, I'm personally using HostMySite.com and have been pretty happy with them.

Mitchel Sellers 2008-10-22 18:48:00

Checkout ServerCo. From the same people who were with TotalChoiceHosting

Vin 2008-10-22 19:03:08

+7 A:

Linode is a good Linux VPS provider. Lots of Distro choices running on Xen Hosts. Starts at $19.95

Philip T. 2008-10-22 19:13:14

Slicehost always seems to get mentioned before Linode, but Linode offers more for your money (or, at least, that was the case when I was last looking).

Iceman 2009-05-11 21:00:15

Hosteurope.de has a decent VPS for €13: 1TB traffic/month, 15GB disk and ¾GB RAM.

Their site is in German, but tech support speaks English.

porneL 2008-10-22 19:15:18

For a linux host, I've heard nothing but good things about JohnCompanies.com, and they won the Linux Journal 2006 Readers Choice award for hosting/colocation. Their prices start at 15$ per month, which is super affordable!

Brad Parks 2008-10-22 19:18:36

I'm with RackForce.com and my site has been on the front page of Digg with no problems. Downtime is very rare, and their support is incredibly responsive.

Jon Tackabury 2008-10-22 19:27:46

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Amazon's EC2 is where it is at. You only pay for what you use.

Jordan S. Jones 2008-10-24 22:43:57

EC2 is amazingly stable. CPU, IO, network, it is all a little more expensive for small single-machine hosting, but I know exactly how much CPU, IO, and network I have.

David Crawshaw 2009-12-02 01:24:33

+4 A:

Compare VPS has a list of VPS plans from different suppliers that you can filter by amount of RAM, location etc. Based on the information you gave you should look into VPS plans hosted in the US with a minimum of 1Gb of guaranteed RAM.

2008-11-08 08:28:02

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