Thanks 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 to Brandon from eNetSouth Cloud who is sponsoring me a new VMWare-based VPS, which I have migrated LowEndTalk to and set it live. Here is the spec of the VPS: 256MB memory/712MB swap 20GB storage 1,500GB/month data transfer 1x...
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...
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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...
Read MoreTwo small changes to this blog today. I have moved the VPSLink exclusive offer to a new page -- Low End Exclusive Deals. Also thanks to Matt Hall at Kerplunc.com for offering long running 25% off disc...
Read MoreMarcus wrote to me a few days ago regarding this VPS offer from XenVZ -- a 32MB guaranteed/48MB burstable OpenVZ VPS for 0.99 British Pound. That could very well be the cheapest virtual server availab...
Read MoreWith the recent tragic at LxLabs which pretty much pushed HyperVM out of market, I haven't seen any new provider advertising low end virtual servers at under $7/month range. While we wait for the alte...
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This is an update to this post, where HyperVM and Kloxo are now open sourced at LxCenter. Just read a link on WHT to this article on India Times -- Tecie hangs himself in HSR Layout: On Monday morning...
Read MoreNot a good start of the week. First of all, WebHostingTalk was hacked with user data compromised. Moreover, the h4x0r has also destroyed the backup server, before wiping out the database tables on WHT...
Read MoreOne thing I hated about WebHostingTalk is how much bad advice the so-called "professionals" are giving out to the world. Some poor college student asked in the VPS forums whether he is able to run 18...
Read MoreHave I just wasted the last hour updating this blog with a new minimist theme? Our pretty much idling forums is also now featuring a similar look! /me now back to low end box hunting.
Read MoreI am a bit surprised that there are actually 40-50 visitors to this small website, and many have emailed me the low end stuff that they have found. I think a good way to build the community (yes, due...
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