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Looking for a cheap cloud/VPS/VDS

Hello! I'm looking for a server.

Purposes: 1-2 small private Minecraft servers + site + some programming experiments
Price: $16 or less. I want to pay monthly with prepaid/subscription model. Don't want any surprises.
RAM: 8GB or more
Disk space: 60GB or more (SSD/NVMe preferably)
CPU: at least 2 cores with good clock speed
Traffic: at least 100Mbps
Bandwidth: enough
OS: Linux. I think that Ubuntu 18.04 is good
Virtualization: KVM

For now I'm looking at Hetzner's CX31 with it's very good reputation and QoS. Is there any better offer?

Comments

  • If you increase your budget by just $4/mo you can go fully dedicated in Los Angeles or Miami.

    MIA
    i3-2130 (Dual core, quad thread 3.4GHz)
    8GB RAM
    1TB HDD
    10TB @ 1Gbit
    $20/mo

    LAX
    i3-530 (Dual core, quad thread 2.93GHz)
    16GB RAM
    1TB HDD
    10TB @ 1Gbit
    $20/mo

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  • SmartHostSmartHost Patron Provider, Veteran

    This should work for your needs:

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    40GB NVME SSD Disk Space (+$4/month to upgrade to 80GB)
    8GB RAM
    2TB Bandwidth
    4 vCPU Threads
    1 IPv4 Address ($1/Per Additional IPV4)
    1 IPv6 Address* (Free Additonal IPv6 upon request, up to /64)
    SolusVM Control Panel
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    CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Fedora, & more...or ISO install.
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  • If you haven't already, check out our flash sale page https://hostdochost.i.ng/pricing/ where I think you can find something suitable. Plans can be stacked/combined and we also have resource pools in your budget which aren't on the promo site.

    Thanked by 1HostDoc
  • vimalwarevimalware Member
    edited October 2019

    Since you mentioned Minecraft, what is your physical location?
    That Smarthost 8GB limited offer is no-brainer if you're looking for a US location. Go for it. 👍

  • vimalwarevimalware Member
    edited October 2019

    If you can fit your use case into 4GB ram SSD KVM with 75(+10)GB of disk, take a look at the yearly ultravps cloud specials in my sig (discount code integrated in affiliate link)
    They are premium provider IMO.

    If it's quality high ram NL/DE servers you need, wait another 25 days, and there is a very good chance that Ultravps.eu might offer this again for Black Friday : https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/157098/special-offers-2-vcpus-4-gb-ram-100-gb-hdd-3-33-eur-4-vcpus-8-gb-ram-200-gb-hdd-6-66-eur/p1

    The SAS-Zfs variant is very well designed and you wouldn't be able to 'tell' the difference from an SSD array for 99% of application. (nvme ssd write caching magic)

    Thanked by 2cybertech UltraVPS
  • @vimalware said:
    Since you mentioned Minecraft, what is your physical location?

    Unfortunately, it is Russia. More specifically, Saint-Petersburg, so Finland or EU would be better. Hetzner DCs are in Finland and Germany, so geographically it's better.

  • cybertechcybertech Member
    edited October 2019

    @solomax said:

    @vimalware said:
    Since you mentioned Minecraft, what is your physical location?

    Unfortunately, it is Russia. More specifically, Saint-Petersburg, so Finland or EU would be better. Hetzner DCs are in Finland and Germany, so geographically it's better.

    http://lg.ams.nl.ultravps.eu/

    Use this to check. Leaseweb is quite good. It might be <40ms to St. Petersburg

    Edit: might wanna try Lithuania
    http://lg.sqq.lt.ultravps.eu/

    Thanked by 1UltraVPS
  • Well, for now Smarthost's offer sound pretty good, but idk about location. But still I can test it. Gonna buy approx. at November 6th, I think

  • SmartHostSmartHost Patron Provider, Veteran

    @solomax said:
    Well, for now Smarthost's offer sound pretty good, but idk about location. But still I can test it. Gonna buy approx. at November 6th, I think

    We will have stock still available then for that flash sale, as we still setting up nodes for this, as we sell thru them.
    Currently Available: NY, CA, TX, NJ
    Coming next week: NV & IL
    After that: TBA if adding any of these to our other locations
    .

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker
    edited November 2019
    • Where? Europe? East coast? West coast? Asia?
    • If Europe then I'd recommend Nexus-Bytes current promo. I benchmarked it and it's about the best that's currently available in Europe (result and review avail. here at LET).
    • Alternatively you could look for a VDS (with *dedicated resources) with your budget. I have a netcup VDS and am happy with it.
  • @solomax said:
    Hello! I'm looking for a server.

    Purposes: 1-2 small private Minecraft servers + site + some programming experiments
    Price: $16 or less. I want to pay monthly with prepaid/subscription model. Don't want any surprises.
    RAM: 8GB or more
    Disk space: 60GB or more (SSD/NVMe preferably)
    CPU: at least 2 cores with good clock speed
    Traffic: at least 100Mbps
    Bandwidth: enough
    OS: Linux. I think that Ubuntu 18.04 is good
    Virtualization: KVM

    For now I'm looking at Hetzner's CX31 with it's very good reputation and QoS. Is there any better offer?

    We can do the following for you:

    8GB Ram
    2 Cores
    60GB NVMe disk
    10Gbps port
    KVM
    $16/month

    Please contact us to set it up for you.

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