Ask HN: Affordable dev server solution

[pixiez]

I need to hire a linux dev server so that I have a consistent setup although I might need to use multiple machines for my personal project - I know there is plenty cloud solution like Digital Ocean but I am concern about whether their spec is being too low - it should really faster than my Macbook. is there any affordable but efficient solution out there? thanks

[Turing_Machine]

I assume you've looked at Amazon EC2? They offer VMs at a wide variety of price/performance points.

There are cheaper options, but they all involve a lot more work, IMO (especially if you may need to deploy and remove servers regularly, as it sounds like you might).

Edit: they have a free tier, which may be enough to get you started.

[pixiez]

ideally I want to keep it running forever - so it need to be cheap enough

[selckin]

The "cloud" ones are very expensive, some cheaper alternatives are like hetzner.de ovh.com online.net soyoustart.com but they may not come with the same level of support/uptime.

[steve_taylor]

Don't overlook DigitalOcean too soon. They charge by the hour, so you can snapshot and destroy your server when you're not using it.

[pixiez]

this is a good point, although does not provide large hard drive with cheaper price - I might need to mix it with other solution.