LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
Hello,
We have now been using RAM Host for over three months. The service is really great, there was not even a single minute of downtime. The support is also doing well if we understand that it is an unmanaged service. I am really satisfied! :)
Regards,
Levente
I’ve been w/ RamHost for over a year and had no issues. Excellent support and service. I would recommend them to all (my review: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=871190).
Bubba
80mb budget are sold out …
I use a couple of their low-end 3$ (and some custom builds) for my more important projects for at least 3 months now. They have had great uptime, the network is good (Kansas City with Wholesale Internet I believe, I was told the Atlanta ones are even better), and I have never had to really contact support which is what is really great. I remember only once having a problem with the vps and that was due to a large scale DDoS attack on Kansas City. I checked the status page and saw that not only was the server down but everything was. Then a bit later on the news page updates about them working on it. Never needed to ask what was going on, I knew about it. I wasn’t happy about losing money during the downtime but knowing exactly what was happening I felt I was in safe hands. Also, I really like having graphs for the entire server. It lets me check for consistency. If something seems to be a bit off (like connection speed) I can check to see if it is a node problem or maybe something I did. Makes debugging so much easier…
My only complaints are the control panel, its a bit simple and buggy. Also their backups aren’t something I would rely on and I don’t think they use raid on their older nodes which means do your own backups as often as possible.
Thanks for the mention and the positive feedback :)
> My only complaints are the control panel, its a bit simple and buggy.
We’re continually working on improving that and adding more features.
> I don’t think they use raid on their older nodes
All our older servers in Atlanta are being upgraded now with raided drives and newer, higher performing hardware. Kansas City hardware will be upgraded once Atlanta is done being upgraded (KC will be sold out for a while until everything gets upgraded in both locations) and then once all the legacy hardware has been replaced we’ll begin turning up vps out of PhoenixNAP.
@LowEndAdmin: might be time to update that thumbnail of our site ;)
The best hosting firm… cheap and fast! I recommend, ramhost…