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Unique small providers?

Anyone using smaller providers doing niche stuff at good prices? Example provider giving 6tb no raid single disk for 9usd.

I remember seeing a provider sharing Intel nucs as vps and never managed to find them again, was wondering what other ideas were out there :)

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  • Petey_LongPetey_Long Member
    edited January 20

    I have nothing but great things to say about @Cam / Gullo's Hosting

    NAT Niche - https://hosting.gullo.me/pricing

    Pleasant, upstanding guy that provides absolutely rock solid service at low price. Very happy with Cam!

    Thanked by 3Cam admax vicaya
  • ralfralf Member

    I used to have a couple of servers with Max at Server Factory. They were great - dedicated CPU, very fast, decent RAM, decent amount of SSD, decent bandwidth and very solid uptime. The first few offers were incredible value. I ended up doing a giveaway with them when I bought my Hetzner dedi and didn't need them any more.

    He hasn't advertised much recently, I think he maybe found his niche at a comfortable size without much user drama and settled there.

    Thanked by 1tumble
  • gksgks Member

    @ralf said:
    I used to have a couple of servers with Max at Server Factory. They were great - dedicated CPU, very fast, decent RAM, decent amount of SSD, decent bandwidth and very solid uptime. The first few offers were incredible value. I ended up doing a giveaway with them when I bought my Hetzner dedi and didn't need them any more.

    He hasn't advertised much recently, I think he maybe found his niche at a comfortable size without much user drama and settled there.

    I am trying to find dedi on daily basis based on need from @GTHost . If you taken one dedi, a chance of failure is too high, is not you may need another dedi Or VPS? In my case I need system with high ram. Else I will try to fall back on hetzner cloud shared VPS.

  • If you are looking for a small provider, I would recommend @RickBakkr
    Underrated and great to work with.

    Thanked by 2cosmossofa RickBakkr
  • ralfralf Member

    @gks said:

    @ralf said:
    I used to have a couple of servers with Max at Server Factory. They were great - dedicated CPU, very fast, decent RAM, decent amount of SSD, decent bandwidth and very solid uptime. The first few offers were incredible value. I ended up doing a giveaway with them when I bought my Hetzner dedi and didn't need them any more.

    He hasn't advertised much recently, I think he maybe found his niche at a comfortable size without much user drama and settled there.

    I am trying to find dedi on daily basis based on need from @GTHost . If you taken one dedi, a chance of failure is too high, is not you may need another dedi Or VPS? In my case I need system with high ram. Else I will try to fall back on hetzner cloud shared VPS.

    I have backups and spare capacity for everything I need to run should I lose a dedi. But in any case, I'm not too worried about my dedis failing - these are my dedi's uptimes:

    Uptime: 383 days(!), 22:32:15
    Uptime: 760 days(!), 22:33:28
    
  • gksgks Member

    @ralf said:

    @gks said:

    @ralf said:
    I used to have a couple of servers with Max at Server Factory. They were great - dedicated CPU, very fast, decent RAM, decent amount of SSD, decent bandwidth and very solid uptime. The first few offers were incredible value. I ended up doing a giveaway with them when I bought my Hetzner dedi and didn't need them any more.

    He hasn't advertised much recently, I think he maybe found his niche at a comfortable size without much user drama and settled there.

    I am trying to find dedi on daily basis based on need from @GTHost . If you taken one dedi, a chance of failure is too high, is not you may need another dedi Or VPS? In my case I need system with high ram. Else I will try to fall back on hetzner cloud shared VPS.

    I have backups and spare capacity for everything I need to run should I lose a dedi. But in any case, I'm not too worried about my dedis failing - these are my dedi's uptimes:

    Uptime: 383 days(!), 22:32:15
    Uptime: 760 days(!), 22:33:28
    

    Ooh nice, that is long up time. Mine going to be short lived like 5 days to 12 days, based on my course to students.

  • AvaHostingAvaHosting Member, Patron Provider

    Hi,

    You are looking only for dedicated servers?

    For VPS we have a good deal in exotic location, 11.00€ yearly vps
    https://ava.hosting/vps/vps-nano/

    If you also look for Shared Hosting, it starts 1,99€ monthly. B)

    Best Regards,
    Ava.Hosting

  • ralfralf Member

    @lazee486 said:
    I remember seeing a provider sharing Intel nucs as vps and never managed to find them again, was wondering what other ideas were out there :)

    Maybe that was @DataIdeas-Josh ? He does a lot of raspberry pi stuff and maybe SFF too?

    Thanked by 2DataIdeas-Josh admax
  • Petey_LongPetey_Long Member
    edited January 20

    @ralf said:

    @lazee486 said:
    I remember seeing a provider sharing Intel nucs as vps and never managed to find them again, was wondering what other ideas were out there :)

    Maybe that was @DataIdeas-Josh ? He does a lot of raspberry pi stuff and maybe SFF too?

    Josh and @jfreak53 both do MicroColos (Pi, NUC, etc...) would definitely consider that unique.

    Thanked by 1DataIdeas-Josh
  • @lazee486 said:
    Unique small providers?
    Anyone using smaller providers doing niche stuff at good prices?

    THIS 💯 ↓

    @Petey_Long said:
    I have nothing but great things to say about @Cam / Gullo's Hosting

    NAT Niche - https://hosting.gullo.me/pricing

    Pleasant, upstanding guy that provides absolutely rock solid service at low price. Very happy with Cam!

    These days true low-end is already a niche.

    The provider is small and the stability is unique, considering how good the prices are.

  • @DataRecovery said: These days true low-end is already a niche.

    You're absolutely right. @Cam is the true embodiment of "Low End" without being garbage.

    Thanked by 3DataRecovery Cam sh97
  • ralfralf Member

    @DataRecovery said:
    These days true low-end is already a niche.

    Yeah, I was actually thinking about that and wondering if I did the provider poll wrongly. I put the not-so-much low-end players that are established that I'd trust for serious work, and not the little players whose VPS I had fun with but wouldn't risk with production yet.

    Thanked by 1DataRecovery
  • @ralf said:

    @DataRecovery said:
    These days true low-end is already a niche.

    Yeah, I was actually thinking about that and wondering if I did the provider poll wrongly.

    You may still have time to edit the vote - I don't think the count has started already.

    I've been voting for @Cam at least since 202{0|1}:

    Have two VMs with him for no less than 5 years and there's no way I'd cancel those voluntarily.

    Thanked by 1Cam
  • @ralf said:
    I used to have a couple of servers with Max at Server Factory. They were great - dedicated CPU, very fast, decent RAM, decent amount of SSD, decent bandwidth and very solid uptime. The first few offers were incredible value. I ended up doing a giveaway with them when I bought my Hetzner dedi and didn't need them any more.

    He hasn't advertised much recently, I think he maybe found his niche at a comfortable size without much user drama and settled there.

    He's rebranded as Heartbeat IT - https://my.heartbeat-it.com/products/

    He's still great :-)

    Thanked by 2ralf vicaya
  • @PulsedMedia for nuc's

    Thanked by 1PulsedMedia
  • DataIdeas-JoshDataIdeas-Josh Member, Patron Provider

    @Petey_Long said:

    @ralf said:

    @lazee486 said:
    I remember seeing a provider sharing Intel nucs as vps and never managed to find them again, was wondering what other ideas were out there :)

    Maybe that was @DataIdeas-Josh ? He does a lot of raspberry pi stuff and maybe SFF too?

    Josh and @jfreak53 both do MicroColos (Pi, NUC, etc...) would definitely consider that unique.

    Good day,
    Yes, we have our Micro Colo (RPi's NUCs. mini Dell PCs etc.) Basically if if can take a wifi or ethernet connection we will colo it.
    ~Josh

  • Micronode by @natvps_uk: When you purchase a 1024 MB RAM resource pool, you can split it into smaller instances, such as 512MB × 2 or 64MB × 16, and deploy them across multiple locations.

  • Didn't expect to see so.much love for the small guy :) glad I posted now, littlecreekhosting has been great for me so giving a shout out. I don't have much need but electricity is iffy in my country so most of my homelab is random vps and idlers from black Fridays.

    This post came because I've had some big providers be dodgy(looking at you contabo) and some small providers be rock solid, and it's really hard to google the small guys! Lowend rocks!

  • Try @MannDude for a host who supports privacy, anonymity, and freedom of speech. His prices may not be "low end," but the quality of service and the nicheness of his market makes every cent count.

    Thanked by 1MannDude
  • PulsedMediaPulsedMedia Member, Patron Provider

    also seedboxes -- and the only one in that niche with "full" vertical integration (from networks, to dc, to servers owned and operated by us).

    They are minis, no actual NUCs 4x4" ... yet ;)

  • [@PulsedMedia said](

    also seedboxes -- and the only one in that niche with "full" vertical integration (from networks, to dc, to servers owned and operated by us).

    Your garage doesn't count as a DC

    Thanked by 1fzorb
  • https://backyardbandwidth.com - cheap vps and vpn
    I'd say they qualify as small and unique. I think they have a 2Gbps fiber connection from Verizon. Might be good for IPs that need to look residential?

  • davidedavide Member
    edited January 21

    LowHosting has some proprietary DDoS filters for video games. Currently using it.

  • MannDudeMannDude Patron Provider, Veteran

    @10thHouse said:
    Try @MannDude for a host who supports privacy, anonymity, and freedom of speech. His prices may not be "low end," but the quality of service and the nicheness of his market makes every cent count.

    Thanks for the shout out, much appreciated.

    Thanked by 110thHouse
  • @Calin is in the downtime niche

    Thanked by 3Rubben Void faleddo
  • Kyun
    https://kyun.host

    Entirely self-developed control panel, super easy to use, cheap, ignores DMCA, no KYC.
    Has an actual community on Telegram and Matrix too.

    How this all comes together, I'd say it's a pretty unique experience.

  • ralfralf Member

    @Rubben said:
    Kyun
    https://kyun.host

    Entirely self-developed control panel, super easy to use, cheap, ignores DMCA, no KYC.
    Has an actual community on Telegram and Matrix too.

    How this all comes together, I'd say it's a pretty unique experience.

    That is a really pretty website and seems entirely in fitting with the first thing talking about minecraft servers. Nice recommendation.

    Thanked by 1naphtha
  • @ralf said:

    @Rubben said:
    Kyun
    https://kyun.host

    Entirely self-developed control panel, super easy to use, cheap, ignores DMCA, no KYC.
    Has an actual community on Telegram and Matrix too.

    How this all comes together, I'd say it's a pretty unique experience.

    That is a really pretty website and seems entirely in fitting with the first thing talking about minecraft servers. Nice recommendation.

    ..can I put my bed next to yours..?

    Thanked by 2ralf naphtha
  • @NewbieInTraining said:
    https://backyardbandwidth.com - cheap vps and vpn
    I'd say they qualify as small and unique. I think they have a 2Gbps fiber connection from Verizon. Might be good for IPs that need to look residential?

    How did you find out about them?

    Very basic site, barely any info. Looks like it's owned by Penetrum LLC (which seems to be owned by some guy called Thomas).

    Servers are in Virginia and VPN is apparently in New York?

  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    @ralf said:

    @Rubben said:
    Kyun
    https://kyun.host

    Entirely self-developed control panel, super easy to use, cheap, ignores DMCA, no KYC.
    Has an actual community on Telegram and Matrix too.

    How this all comes together, I'd say it's a pretty unique experience.

    That is a really pretty website and seems entirely in fitting with the first thing talking about minecraft servers. Nice recommendation.

    Pretty is an understatement. Prem.

    Thanked by 3ralf admax naphtha
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