Got word today that my current hosting provider will be shutting down end of this month.
Currently I rent one dedicated Linux and one dedicated Windows server.
Now I have to migrate I was just wanting feedback on VPS (or physical hardware) hosting recommendations
I’m ok with VPS
Take a look on OVH for both dedicated and VPS.
Will check out, thanks!
I use both Vultr but I have experience with OVH too. With OVH, you get what you pay for. Yeah, their services are cheap, but that’s not always a good thing. Their website is incredibly slow, and they support only the most basic of features. I greatly prefer Vultr over OVH. They even told us that they intend to remove the ability to reinstall the OS on your server, instead requiring a support ticket to do so. That’s just plain absurd. The only good thing I can say about OVH is their prices are very low.
But there are lots of good options out there. If I had to pick somebody besides Vultr, I’d probably choose Digital Ocean, but I have no direct experience with DO.
I use OVH for years and never experienced what you say. I have drive replacements in half of an hour and continuous monitoring and restart/hardware replacement by them with automatic tickets.
I’m talking about dedicated, shared hosting and very cheap VPS options don’t know.
But my experience 10+ years is not what you say (also with supercheap kimsufi one’s)
Well I’d hope. Their VPS’s do not offer any dedicated cores, so they aren’t something I’d consider for production. But at the price points, it’s kind of just splitting hairs.
I would second Digital Ocean, but I didn’t see Windows options. I love their support, they put up with me when I get testy and still treat me like a valued customer.
I hate the management console of OVH.
And I don’t trust OVH anymore since one of their datacenters burnt down. Servers and backups were stored in the same physical area.
I’m much happier with Digitalocean.
@Tim_Parnell
Yes I noticed DO has no Windows options. Darn
I have many Windows clients, more Linux clients but still have some Windows clients
If you could accept VPS operators in the ASEAN region, i can recommend Shinjiiru, a local company in Malaysia. You can get a Windows based VPS with 2 vCPUs, 2GB Memory, 50GB SSD Disk Space, 1 IP Address and 1Gbps DDoS Protection for USD12 per month ( paid monthly ) or as low as USD7 per month ( with 36 months contract ).
I’ve been using their service for quite sometimes. They offer both Linux and Windows machines.
@brian_franco - it seems like DigitalOcean has very good docker support. Maybe you could make all of your hosts docker containers and host them that way?
I’ve also seen Vultr (https://www.vultr.com) come up multiple times in conversations about DigitalOcean alternatives with Windows support.
hth,
Anthony
Couple of helpful links related to running Windows Server in a docker container and using docker on digital ocean:
For linux I have been very happy with digital ocean. They have great support for backups, recovering sick systems, and creating a private network between multiple machines. Alas for windows I used amazon AWS. At least I was able to make a windows machine in the free tier. It was very painful. I googled and followed a step by step. I used RDP to connect to the windows machine.