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I am looking for a good cheap VPS, up to ~$30/year. If you know any good ones, please tell me

Kamal wrote:~$30/year

Thats very cheap

http://virpus.com/budget-vps/ Is the cheapest I know of, nowhere near the price you wan though.

jacek wrote:

Kamal wrote:~$30/year

Thats very cheap

I know

jacek wrote:http://virpus.com/budget-vps/ Is the cheapest I know of, nowhere near the price you wan though.

I'll check it

EDIT: That's like $54/year

jacek wrote:

Kamal wrote:~$30/year

Thats very cheap

http://virpus.com/budget-vps/ Is the cheapest I know of, nowhere near the price you wan though.

Is it any good?

I'm thinking about getting a new VPS or a Dedicated server.

Temor wrote:Is it any good?

for a budget solution they are pretty good yes

Temor wrote:I'm thinking about getting a new VPS or a Dedicated server.

A dedicated would be better if you can afford it, http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/ks/ is the cheapest I know of but it depends what you will be using the server for.

jacek wrote:

Temor wrote:Is it any good?

for a budget solution they are pretty good yes

Temor wrote:I'm thinking about getting a new VPS or a Dedicated server.

A dedicated would be better if you can afford it, http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/ks/ is the cheapest I know of but it depends what you will be using the server for.

I'll host a web-based game for a friend and also a couple of websites.

Any idea on how much traffic those websites will get ?

jacek wrote:Any idea on how much traffic those websites will get ?

I'm counting on a total of around 20-50.000 unique visits per month.

How much is that in TB, approximately? (No large images or videos, its pretty much only the game that will be heavy to load.)

Edit:

Also, what OS should I go for? I have several options :
1) Gendoo
2) Redhat 7.2
3) Linux Plesk 10 (CentoS)
and different windows based OS's, not interested in those tho.
There's probably even more linux based operating systems at other hosts.

Temor wrote:I'm counting on a total of around 20-50.000 unique visits per month.

You may need a dedicated server then, a VPS would be a good place to start for a few months though as they generally run on very high powered servers.

Temor wrote:Also, what OS should I go for? I have several options :

I use Ubuntu servers, so if you go with that I can help with any set up issues, other than that pick one with a cool name

jacek wrote: other than that pick one with a cool name

Definitely not "PLESK" then

jacek wrote: You may need a dedicated server then, a VPS would be a good place to start for a few months though as they generally run on very high powered servers.

Alright. I'll start off with a VPS and then grow from there. If it's needed I'll just upgrade to a dedicated server or ask the local server farm if I can rent a slot.

jacek wrote: I use Ubuntu servers, so if you go with that I can help with any set up issues, other than that pick one with a cool name

Alright. I'll probably go with Ubuntu since thats the only non-windows OS I'm familiar with.

EcazS wrote:Definitely not "PLESK" then

remember, server OS' dont have graphical views and although you can install them, you really shouldn't.

SSH is the way forward

jacek wrote:I use Ubuntu servers, so if you go with that I can help with any set up issues, other than that pick one with a cool name

I decided to go for an ubuntu server. But should I use the Ubuntu 9.04 64bit, Ubuntu Lamp 32bit or Ubuntu minimal 32bit?

Ubuntu 11.04 minimal x64 If that option is not available, pick a random one. for some reason more are usually available from the control panel once you have the initial set up done.

jacek wrote:Ubuntu 11.04 minimal x64 If that option is not available, pick a random one. for some reason more are usually available from the control panel once you have the initial set up done.

Alright.

Do virpus have unlimited domains?

Temor wrote:Do virpus have unlimited domains?

I don't think they do shared hosting

jacek wrote:

Temor wrote:Do virpus have unlimited domains?

I don't think they do shared hosting

Oh. Okay. Silly me