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Cheap VPS in EU + US or in two different DCs
Hi folks!
I'm looking for a cheap VPS provider that can offer me a low-end VPS in EU and another in US, or in two different data-centers. I want to host a small WHM DNSOnly server so 256mb RAM would be enough.
XEN would be appreciated, but OpenVZ is ok.
What's your recommendation?
Thanks!
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Why do you need it to be one provider for both locations? Anyway burstnet has both EU and US locations, but i think they deal under different company name in EU and US so i am not sure if you can get one invoice for both services (if that is what you want).
You got my thought. I want a single invoice, as printing 10 invoices for 50 bucks services is not a good thing...
Later edit: if not two different countries/continents, at least two different data-centers/locations.
The idea is that I cannot host my DNS servers on a single location. If that location fails...my entire DNS will go down, which sucks.
You can get two or three of the cheap yearly deals from different providers and then you only have to print two or three invoices per year
edis.at has several VPS locations around Europe but i have no idea how their invoicing system works and if you would get one or multiple invoices for multiple services.
Check out the recent thread from James at Quality Servers, they have UK and US vps nodes and have also recently started offering specific DNS packages. www.qualityservers.co.uk
The idea of paying yearly is interesting as I don't have monthly headaches. But this will imply the fact that I know/trust the provider, it's stable, etc.
So, do you have any recommendation for two providers that offers yearly packages and it's stable/cheap?
Quickweb does both locataions. Europe is covered by Germany and I believe they have a couple locations in the US:
http://www.lowendbox.com/tag/quickweb-co-nz/
edit: Not sure what their polices are with WHM.
Check http://ionvm.com
Locations:
Chicago, US
London, UK
Amesterdam, NL
their 128 MB is for $34/year however you can get it for $28.90/year after promo code "15OFFNOW"
I got two boxes at their UK and NL nodes.
PS: You can get double RAM for free just create a ticket after signup.
http://hostigation.com
Locations: Rock Hill, South Carolina and Los Angles, California
Check out: http://lowendstock.com
I've got annual deals for 128mb/256mb burst VPSes with Hostigation (Rock Hill, SC and Los Angeles - $20), SpotVPS (Chicago - $15) and UptimeVPS (France - $7, yes, $7).
All three run well. Hostigation is well-regarded, SpotVPS apparently is the budget brand of a larger provider, and UptimeVPS ... uh ... costs $7 a year.
Until now http://uptimevps.com/specialoffers.html looks the best. They have two locations and the price is a bargain.
Now the last two questions would be:
1) are they reliable? Does anybody has any experience with them?
2) will 384MB be enough for a DNS Only server?
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
I'm running a DNS+Webserver+Mailserver on a 128MB RAM VPS. So it should just work fine.
Damn I knew a host who could deliver a VPS in the EU and USA, but they were in the same datacenter =[
My 2 DNS boxes use around 20mb RAM, but since cPanel DNS only uses BIND you will need 192mb ram to run and 384mb to install on a OpenVZ VPS (unless it uses vswap, then you will need less).