Community provider al.uy posted a pretty neat offer on LowEndTalk yesterday.

Instead of a pre-configured bundle of resources (CPU, RAM, etc.), they’ve opened up the knobs and dials and let you get as much or as little of each resource as you want.

Want 1 core with 16GB of RAM and 80GB of disk?  You can do that.  Want 16 cores, 4GB or RAM, and 10GB of disk?  You can do that too!  You’ve got full control to spec out the CPU, RAM, disk, and number of IPv4 addresses (up to 24!)

Service is in the Netherlands, UK, or Switzerland.

They’re a relatively new provider:

AL.UY was founded in 2025 as a reliable hosting provider operated as a sole proprietorship in Germany. The business specializes in providing Virtual Private Servers, dedicated servers, and network infrastructure services across multiple European datacenters with a focus on transparent communication and professional service.

I operate with a clear mission: provide reliable hosting infrastructure for legitimate business needs. The infrastructure spans London, the Netherlands, Germany, and Finland, offering customers choice and redundancy. We maintain necessary security monitoring and operational logging for service reliability and compliance.

They have a nice Terms of Service, and you can check their network status at any time.

Learn more on their web site, and then beck out their LowEndTalk thread.

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

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His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

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