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    From Misfit@VERT/EMERALD to All on Fri Aug 12 17:33:22 2016
    Hello,

    I've seen other posts from folks utilizing VPS services
    and was wondering what others mainly use them for as
    I'm trying to get an idea what to do with mine.
    I just subscribed to a free year on Amazon's AWS,
    which includes on the free tier 350 hours per month
    of a running GNU/Linux or Windows instance. Curious,
    I did a speedtest on an instance and got 600/400 Mbps,
    a hefty improvement over my home 300/30.
    It would be nice to put my Plex stuff on there, but thats
    not feasible on the free tier. Just curious what other
    folks do with theirs.

    Have a good day,
    -Misfit

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to Misfit on Sat Aug 13 08:59:00 2016
    Misfit wrote to All <=-

    I've seen other posts from folks utilizing VPS services
    and was wondering what others mainly use them for as
    I'm trying to get an idea what to do with mine.

    My VPS runs quite a lot - a 10 channel IRLP reflector, with 3 Echolink capable channels, 3 D-STAR reflectors, basic web server, can't recall what else. :-)


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  • From DaiTengu@VERT/ENSEMBLE to Misfit on Sat Aug 13 01:23:00 2016
    Misfit mumbled to All.. <=-

    Hello,

    I've seen other posts from folks utilizing VPS services
    and was wondering what others mainly use them for as
    I'm trying to get an idea what to do with mine.
    I just subscribed to a free year on Amazon's AWS,
    which includes on the free tier 350 hours per month
    of a running GNU/Linux or Windows instance. Curious,
    I did a speedtest on an instance and got 600/400 Mbps,
    a hefty improvement over my home 300/30.
    It would be nice to put my Plex stuff on there, but thats
    not feasible on the free tier. Just curious what other
    folks do with theirs.

    I have a windows machine on AWS that hosts my Tradewars Game Server. I long
    ago used up my "free tier" stuff, but the same level runs me about $20 a
    month.

    My BBS runs off a $40 Linode (www.linode.com) as does a server that handles
    all my e-mail and websites.

    I have another dozen or so boxes between Linode and Digital Ocean for my
    business.

    You can get a 1-cpu, 512MB VM with 20GB SSD storage and 1TB of transfer for
    $5 a month on Digital Ocean.


    Mike "DaiTengu" Miller
    War Ensemble BBS
    warensemble.com

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  • From Misfit@VERT/EMERALD to DaiTengu on Mon Aug 15 19:14:28 2016
    Re: Re: VPS
    By: DaiTengu to Misfit on Sat Aug 13 2016 01:23 am

    Cool, thanks for the tip on Digital Ocean. I will definetly check them out, especially after my year with Amazon AWS draws to a close.

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  • From Fireball@VERT/FBEX to Misfit on Thu Aug 18 05:57:47 2016
    Re: Re: VPS
    By: DaiTengu to Misfit on Sat Aug 13 2016 01:23 am

    Cool, thanks for the tip on Digital Ocean. I will definetly check them out, especially after my year with Amazon AWS draws to a close.



    You can also head over to webhostingtalk.com and check out the deals being offered
    there. Not only that, but reviews on different VPS providers too! My BBS runs off a
    $2/month 1GB RAM, 100GB disk space, Linux VPS. My Windows 2008 32-bit VPS is 1.5GB,
    20GB SSD, and 1TB bandwidth for $10.99/month. I've been with both hosts now for a
    couple of years, and I can say I'm happy with them. :)

    -=Fireball=-

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  • From Mro@VERT/BBSESINF to Fireball on Thu Aug 18 16:42:59 2016
    Re: Re: VPS
    By: Fireball to Misfit on Thu Aug 18 2016 05:57 am

    You can also head over to webhostingtalk.com and check out the deals being offered
    there. Not only that, but reviews on different VPS providers too! My BBS runs off a
    $2/month 1GB RAM, 100GB disk space, Linux VPS. My Windows 2008 32-bit VPS


    lowendbox is also one of my favorite haunts.
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