Just a quick note on what will be happening over the next couple of days. I am running out of time. Apology to all the providers who have emailed me their Christmas specials (and in some cases, just repeats of their previous offers), and sorry I won't be able to fulfil all your requests. I haven't even really started on my "Dead Pool November 2011" post yet (although there were some discussions on last month's dead pool l...
Read MoreOur community site, LowEndTalk, has been down for the last 6 hours. For those who didn't get the context, read the comments in eNetSouth's last offer (warning: 800+ comments currently and takes a whil...
Read MoreAs seen on WHT. I was on my last day of holidays -- driving 500km back home. I was at the beginning of the journey when I received the notification from Pingdom. At the beginning it was LowEndBox.com...
Read MoreHere's a quick announcement on last quarter's poll on the best Low End Providers. The ranking I am revealing here might be a bit different from the vote scores on that LET post. Basically I am NOT cou...
Read MoreVia LowEndTalk. One of my two year old article got featured on Hacker News earlier today. For those who do not know about Hacker News, read more about it on its Wikipedia entry. HN and one of my local...
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Yesterday Chris sent me an email trying to sell me both "lowendbox(dot)net" and "lowendbox(dot)org" domains for $100. See his domain sales thread on WHT. Well I did not really say that this site is ta...
Read More<RANT> I have just looked at my inbox and saw around 10 emails that I have received since late Friday which I have not yet actioned -- 10 from various hosting providers trying to have their offe...
Read MoreHere is just an announcement that I will be taking a break for the next 2 weeks. I will be on holidays with family somewhere in South East Asia (leaving tomorrow), and will be back just before Christm...
Read MoreThanks to everyone who beta-tested the new LowEndTalk.com over the last week. It was hosted on a $20/month Linode with 512MB of memory, which some people reckon it is not low end enough! Also thanks t...
Read Moreabdelhalim asked this question on LowEndTalk beta: I'm interested to get a VPS box to host some git repos + probably mail server in future, and I was looking for ranking for the VPS providers mentione...
Read MoreI have posted on LowEndTalk last week, and am now just relaying the same message here on this blog. I am setting up a new LowEndTalk, the community website for this blog. Instead of going with one of...
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Alright. We all know OpenVZ VPS are generally oversold in either memory, disk space or bandwidth (or all of them). Overselling memory and disk space is easy. You just vzctl create a new virtual enviro...
Read MoreBecause of volatility of budget VPS market, I have been using a simple script to track various web hosting providers that I have posted about here. Basically it is a Python script using TornadoWeb (to...
Read MoreHi all. This is a "house-keeping" post so please ignore if you are only interested in cheap virtual private server offers :) I am posting here because "advertising" has been a frequently asked questio...
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"superblade" asked on WebhostingTalk -- Can somebody explain Burst Ram?. It got to be the 1 zillionth times "burstable memory" explained on WHT, and about the same number of times even web hosting pro...
Read MoreWhen I checked my Cacti installation just then and spotted the following graph. WTF?!!! About 1.5 hours ago the out bound bandwidth utilization of this low end VPS went from ~50kbps to almost 5Mbps! I...
Read More![Who The @#$% is Load Testing This Blog?! [Updated]](/media/pix/traffic-loadimpact.png "Who The @#$% is Load Testing This Blog?! [Updated]")
First of all, I am taking a short break for a week, because work has been really hectic (damn, I have a "real work" to feed my family). Meanwhile, feel free to occupy yourself here and at the new doma...
Read MoreGot an email from Paul -- sorry it is not his real name as he seems to email me from his email address of a Defence Department of a certain large island nation. To protect him from possible future per...
Read MoreIf you are seeing this blog post, that shows you are now landing on the new VPS that hosts this blog. Yes, Low End Box has moved again, one month since moving from VPSLink to 2HOST. This time to Quick...
Read MoreIf you see this post -- this page is served by PHP 5.2.6 FastCGI and Nginx on a $5 VPS at 2HOST.com. LowEndBox has been hosting on VPSLink for more than a year now -- and thanks to Dan L at VPSLink/Sp...
Read MoreHey. Just a short notice here that I will be having a short hiatus. I've been getting emails almost daily inquiring about this blog, and sorry that I have not been responding. First of all. My compute...
Read MoreOne question drmike asked here in the forums has drawn my attention, because in fact I am also facing the same situation. What do you do with empty VPS? I know virtual servers at the price listed on L...
Read MoreI have just added the Facebook widget on the front page. However, it looks a bit sad with 0 fans... Yes. Go ahead and DO IT. I know you always wanted it -- be the LowEndBox fanboi/fangal! Here is your...
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What the title says. Interestingly I spotted LowEndBox got mentioned on one of the WHT discussion thread here, when someone asked about "reliable reviews of VPS providers". I have tested out more than...
Read MoreMerry Christmas all the Low End Box readers! I might take a break in the next few days and wrap up for the year. Before I sign off, here is one question I would like to ask -- What's your best low end...
Read MoreAlaettin emailed me today: I consider installing a control panel to debian which is IspCP Omega. Do you advise me to install it or not? To a 256 MB VPS from Server Complete. I will use that vps for my...
Read MoreFirst of all, for all the non-brits/aussie/kiwis out there, here is the definition of "dodgy": Adjective evasive and shifty unsound and unreliable dishonest risky deviant weird Sounds like a good desc...
Read MoreDue to high number of dead hosts featured on this blog (well, you expect low end providers selling low end boxes, don't you?), I have set up a notification process that scan through all the providers...
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