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What do you look for in buying a VPS ?
darknessends
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Hello guys,
Question is more for customers and not providers. What do u look for other than cost and specifications of a VPS in making your final decision on buying one.
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Reputation? If the host is a complete scam, I wouldn't even pay $1 for a 2GB VPS because I know i'll never get it.
I like to get the impression the host has a track record and knows what they are doing, I usually open an account and drop a support ticket in at some random time to test them.
When is your hosting company starting?
Also wondering this.
I'll read through all of their policies, then do a WHOIS on their domain name, look up the people in the WHOIS, then do searches for the company on LET/WHT. I guess a host background check sort of thing.
Whether the provider a) owns their own hardware and b) is (relatively) local to their primary datacenter.
When i buy some vps i go looking for:
Support! I'm request some custom support question, before buy vps, i ask about test ip (if i not find it), i ask about hardware what used, and node speed, i ask about (hey guys, my services not dangerous, but anyway, if i get ddos, what will be happed) and only good providers tell me true about nullrouting etc things, and what they will do.
And i really respect providers who say true!
I am using just-ping.com services to know what ping from different countryes.
That's all.
Anyway, not for advesrting. but i was surprised by IperWeb services. It's really have all:
I think many providers here must get in example Iperweb services.
P.S. sorry for my worth english.
own hardware
own ip
lots of good reviews
owner knowledgeable and carries himself well
With the current IPV4 situtation, it will be really difficult for startups to get their own IPv4s and getting them from DC is easier as well.
+1
@seriesn It'll be easier in July when ARIN lower the fees.
There's still plenty of options out there.
Sounds like an utopia?
The quarterly polls on LET.
Finally.
that i understand. but its a big plus
Gotcha.
With all of that said, I'm still a big sucker for cheap yearly VPSes, especially 512MB ones. If it's cheap enough, I'll bypass a lot of that, though I do have some companies with a mental AVOID sticker stuck on them. (ChicagoVPS, mostly.) The reason I can bypass number one in these cases is that these are precisely the type that LEBers buy and leave idle the whole time, so even though it's oversold I'll probably get decent performance.
As to keeping me as a customer, if I get good support times, friendly support, and a "personal" feel, you've got me hooked.
I research the host on Google, WHT and here. Then I look for instant activation. I want my server NOW, not in an hour or two when you get good and ready, NOW!!
I don't have any problem with non-instant activation, at least if it's intended to prevent fraud. Of course, then there's the type of activation that doesn't happen, but that's a different story. Still, most of the providers I've been with have just happened to have instant activation, so that's fine by me.
That's it.
Yep - high correlation between arrogant jerkhood and deadpoolery.
lots of templates too. sometimes its nice to learn installing things, but sometimes you just don't have time and want certain template (e.g. gitlab) and be done with it. very convenient.
Why having own ips is a big plus? Can someone tell me?
Everything mentioned above, plus 24/7 customer support is big deal for me.
means provider is bigger, and more invested into the business. it means less likely fly by night
It also means that they are not tied to a datacenter. They have the ability to move to a new one and have their IPs re-announced.
I just aim for a provider in the same timezone as me, so in all likelihood they will be awake doing support at the same time as I am. But really, are your problems that pressing? Are your VPSes mission-critical, as in, if they go down you will lose substantial amounts of money? If so, 24/7 support or no, you shouldn't be on a LEB.
@jcaleb, How would you know if they rent the IPs from a broker with their info listed on the IP whois?
+1 which is another reason I love the forums being too misanthropic is never a good thing and has swayed me already