Linode or Slicehost?

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Kurt Granroth
<kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com> wrote:
> On 10/25/09 2:19 PM, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
>>   Hello,
>>
>>     Are these comparable services?  Are there any major advantages over either?
>>
>>   -jmz
>
> They are roughly the same.  In fact, a couple years ago when I was
> researching VPS solutions, I found that quite a few services were all
> roughly the same.
>
> I ended up going with ServerAxis for one reason: for the same services,
> they were a good $20-$30 cheaper than the competition.  Even now, after
> raising their prices, their 1GB option is still $20 than Linode or
> Slicehost.
>
> The difference is that the ServerAxis servers are completely unmanaged.
>  You can get cPanel (and maybe Plex) for an additional fee, bringing it
> up to the price of the competition... but who needs those?  I've setup
> countless servers without cPanel and Plex so why start using them now?
> I'm much rather save the $240/yr.
>
> I've had them for two years now and have never had a problem.  I've
> submitted maybe four tickets (all for additional things like reverse DNS
> and the like -- no problems) and all have been answered and addressed
> within hours.
>
> Kurt

  thanks Kurt, Im only considering Linode or Slicehost at this juncture.

  -jmz
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