raindog308, Author at LowEndBox

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Apr 30, 2021

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Comments (47)

HostNamaste has returned with some nice offers for LEB readers. A couple highlights: 1GB OpenVZ VPS in Canada or France starting at $20/year! KVM Storage VPS offers starting at $40/year! Or get a 2GB...

HostNamaste: Good Deals, and Now Storage + Windows VPS Offers, Too! (VPS Starting at $20/Year!)

Community News: AMD Ryzen VPS in Seattle with NVMe by RackNerd Now Available!

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Apr 29, 2021

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Comments (6)

To continue LowEndBox’s new “interesting news” series, we recently received a submission from Dustin Cisneros at RackNerd to feature their newest expansion, which is AMD Ryzen based KVM VPS’s riding o...

Community News: AMD Ryzen VPS in Seattle with NVMe by RackNerd Now Available!

DigitalOcean Customer Billing Data Exposed in Security Breach

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Apr 28, 2021

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DigitalOcean (DOCN) acknowledged today that it has informed some customers that DO had “confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account.”...

DigitalOcean Customer Billing Data Exposed in Security Breach

A Group of Friends Making One of the World’s Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin’s Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius

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Apr 28, 2021

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Comments (6)

Our interview series has featured some of the true titans of the hosting industry. We're very excited to interview Martynas Bendorius, one of the owners of DirectAdmin. As one of the most popular an...

A Group of Friends Making One of the World’s Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin’s Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius

Automating mysql_secure_installation in MariaDB Setup

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Apr 27, 2021

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Lots of people want to automate their system setup, and this is frequently done by either using the provider's new VM hooks to run a script at setup time or later using something like Ansible. If you...

ArticHost: Host in Chicago on Replicated SAN Storage Starting at $3.19/mo!

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Apr 26, 2021

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Comments (2)

Here's a pretty cool offer from ArticHost, featuring both an unusual locale and some technology we don't see every day. Get a VPS in Chicago that lives on replicated SSD SAN Storage starting at only $...

ArticHost: Host in Chicago on Replicated SAN Storage Starting at $3.19/mo!

Meme Monday: How Are You Spending Your Tax Return?

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Apr 26, 2021

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Comments (2)

In the United States, taxes are due April 15, though a lot of people get theirs filed earlier in the year if they're expecting a refund on overpayment. How are you planning to spend your tax refund?...

Meme Monday: How Are You Spending Your Tax Return?

Comment Free For All: Which Obscure Linux Distro Do You Regularly Use?

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Apr 25, 2021

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Recently, we asked you which obscure linux distro you regularly used. After all, someone has to use some of the 1,000 Linux distros in existence. Some of the interesting comments: I use TinyCore Linu...

Comment Free For All: Which Obscure Linux Distro Do You Regularly Use?

LowEndTalk Offers Weekly Roundup (April 24, 2021)

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Apr 24, 2021

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We feature many great offers here on LowEndBox, but you'll also find some unique provider postings on our sister site, LowEndTalk. If you're in the market for great hosting, be sure to check both sit...

LowEndTalk Offers Weekly Roundup (April 24, 2021)

RackNerd – Ryzen VPS with NVMe Storage From $14.18/Year, in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Dallas!

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Apr 24, 2021

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Comments (18)

RackNerd probably doesn’t need much of a introduction around here, but in the unlikely event that you don’t know about RackNerd yet, they won “LowEndTalk’s Best Provider” award in 2020 and were recent...

RackNerd – Ryzen VPS with NVMe Storage From $14.18/Year, in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Dallas!

Providers: Partner with LowEndBox!

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Apr 23, 2021

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Comments (4)

Being a provider means mastering many challenges - customer support, security, networks, and many more. One of the most challenging is marketing. How do you get the word out about your services? Ho...

Thank You to Recent Advertisers: OnApp, HostSailor, and CrossBox

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Apr 23, 2021

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The staff at LowEndBox would like to take a moment to recognize several advertisers who've recently come on board: OnApp: These are the guys behind cloud.net, a soup-to-nuts SaaS cloud platform...

Thank You to Recent Advertisers: OnApp, HostSailor, and CrossBox

IPv4 Exhaustion: Industry Leaders Give Their Opinion!

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Apr 22, 2021

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Every month, LowEndBox puts a question in front of hosting industry leaders and LEB community providers, who are invited to comment and offer their perspective. Our goal is to stimulate discussion ar...

IPv4 Exhaustion: Industry Leaders Give Their Opinion!

Free VPS Hosting Providers – How to get a free VPS!

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Apr 21, 2021

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We regularly post offers for the cheapest VPSes on the planet...but did you know there are places you can get a VPS for free? Naturally there are caveats, provisos, and gotchas, but if your budget is...

Free VPS Hosting Providers – How to get a free VPS!

Cloud Platforms, Warp Cores, and Revolutionary Software: Interview with Steve Fenton, Head of Marketing for OnApp

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Apr 20, 2021

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In this post we continue our interview series with Steve Fenton, Head of Marketing of OnApp. OnApp recently released Cloud.net, an exciting new cloud platform - read on for more details! You also mi...

Cloud Platforms, Warp Cores, and Revolutionary Software: Interview with Steve Fenton, Head of Marketing for OnApp

RoboVPS: Ruble-Denominated VMs in Germany or the Netherlands from $1.67/mo!

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Apr 19, 2021

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Comments (5)

Welcome, RoboVPS! Couldn't resist using the bruiser on their home page for this offer. Hopefully he's the guy who guards the datacenter. They've been in business since 2003 and have several long-ser...

RoboVPS: Ruble-Denominated VMs in Germany or the Netherlands from $1.67/mo!

HostBastic: For the Price of a Cup of Coffee, Host for a Year with DirectAdmin in Singapore/London/USA!

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Apr 19, 2021

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HostBastic made their first offer back January 5, 2021 and now they've returned with some DirectAdmin-based shared hosting in Singapore, London, or Eastern US starting at only £3.00/year! That's abou...

HostBastic: For the Price of a Cup of Coffee, Host for a Year with DirectAdmin in Singapore/London/USA!

ProwHost Offers Shared Hosting Around the World (13 Locations) Starting at 99 Cents/Month!

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Apr 18, 2021

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Hello again, ProwHost! We last had an offer for them on February 13, 2021. They're bringing us some deeply discounted shared hosting offers starting at just 99 cents per month. And I'll add that you...

ProwHost Offers Shared Hosting Around the World (13 Locations) Starting at 99 Cents/Month!

LowEndTalk Offers Weekly Roundup (April 17, 2021)

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Apr 17, 2021

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We feature many great offers here on LowEndBox, but you'll also find some unique provider postings on our sister site, LowEndTalk. If you're in the market for great hosting, be sure to check both sit...

LowEndTalk Offers Weekly Roundup (April 17, 2021)

Incremental Remote Backups Using rsnapshot

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Apr 17, 2021

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There's an old adage about backups: There are two kinds of people: people who've never lost data, and people who'll never lose data again. If you've ever experienced data loss, you will instantly beco...

AcroServers.com: Spanning the Globe (37 Locations Around the World Including North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania)

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Apr 15, 2021

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Comments (9)

Some of you may remember the ABC Wide World of Sports intro which pronounced they were "spanning the globe to bring you constant variety in sports". AcroServers isn't sports programming, but they are...

Comment Free For All: Which Obscure Linux Distro Do You Regularly Use?

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Apr 14, 2021

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Comments (10)

Most folks use Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS, with the occasional pro using RedHat or the hipster using Arch. But there are over 1,000 Linux distros! Not all are suitable for running on a VPS of course,...

Community News: AlmaLinux OS Now Available on RackNerd’s Platform!

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Apr 13, 2021

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To continue LowEndBox’s new “interesting news” series, we recently received a new submission from Dustin B. Cisneros over at RackNerd to let everybody know that AlmaLinux is now officially available a...

Community News: AlmaLinux OS Now Available on RackNerd’s Platform!

Singapore Hosting from JustVPS Start at $2.52/mo for WordPress or $3.68 for KVM (1st Month)!

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Apr 13, 2021

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JustVPS is new to LEB and this is their first offer. They're offering VMs and Wordpress hosting in Singapore. That's a less common hosting location than the major geographies (SF Bay, NYC, Dallas, N...

Singapore Hosting from JustVPS Start at $2.52/mo for WordPress or $3.68 for KVM (1st Month)!

AlphaVPS Presents an EPYC Offer: 2GB on Blazing Fast CPUs for Only €3.99/mo in Bulgaria!

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Apr 12, 2021

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Comments (8)

AlphaVPS contacted us to present a smokin' hot offer in Sofia, Bulgari: 2GB EPYC-based KVM with 1TB of bandwidth for only €3.99/month! Or double the RAM and bandwidth for only €4.99/month! Or quadrupl...

AlphaVPS Presents an EPYC Offer: 2GB on Blazing Fast CPUs for Only €3.99/mo in Bulgaria!

raindog308’s Journeys: Secure Your Data With a Dragon at SecureDragon

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Apr 12, 2021

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