[mtarnovan]

Oh come on. Linode 2880 is ~100 EUR/month and you get far less computing power for your money.

You can also ask for a KVM over IP console to be attached to your server (for free for 2 hours) though this would only be needed when you have an emergecy (i.e. machine not reachable over SSH). There is no bandwith limit (you're capped to 10 Mbit if you exceed 2TB/month).

Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

[jedsmith]

From that description, KVM over IP doesn't sound free to me -- it looks like 149€ to set up and 19€ a month. Furthermore, even if what you say is true, what is the benefit of going with a provider who nickel and dimes you over something as simple as out-of-band console?

$dayjob has 24x7 free out-of-band console access, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a VPS provider that doesn't. The only way these dedicated providers keep margin as they do is by shanking you on little things like KVM over IP ($220 to set it up?).

You are wayyyyy better off sharing the cost of a colo'd 1U with others to offset your cost, in almost every case.

[mtarnovan]

Well for a VPS, KVM over IP is as simple as running some piece of free software, as opposed to having the same thing on a real server where you need expensive equipment. This explains the cost. And as I said, the console is indeed expensive if you want it permanently, but is free for 2 hours and we seldomly needed it more.

Now if you are set with the computing power provided by a 20$ VPS that's another thing, I'm just saying, if you need more you should consider a dedicated server or maybe collocation.

[daleharvey]

and how many people use the 2880 plan?

I would guess > 90% of linodes users are on the $20pm plan, and look towards other areas when they start growing anywhere near 2880

[commx]

Linodes give you four Xeon cores, and frequently outperform many low to mid-range dedicated servers.