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What do you guys actually check before buying a VPS?
iamstrangemind
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I'm starting to realize that just looking at something like 4 vCPU / 8GB RAM / NVMe doesn't really tell you much.
Two VPSs can have basically the same specs and still perform completely differently.
So when you guys are looking at a new VPS, what do you check first?
CPU? Disk? Network? Location? Provider reputation? YABS? Reviews? Something else?
And what's one thing you used to care about when choosing a VPS that you don't really care about anymore?
I'm curious what experienced users here look for that isn't obvious from the provider's website.
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The price
I mean, the past has shown us that it shouldn't be the only thing we look at...
anyways, @itsTomHarper / @VeloxMedia do you have a sale right now?
Why the price ?
How else do you plan to pay for the service?
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We run MTR traceroute to the IPv4 and IPv6 address.
We also check a map of our existing servers, so that we don't buy duplicate/overlapping servers.
Money in my wallet!
Thanks for this info
YABS, hardware, looking glass, ASN, upstreams, price, payment methods, virtualization type, obviously reviews and provider reputation
I've learned to almost never buy without seeing the yabs beforehand. 8 vCPUs can still be painfully slow.
I generally will try one small VPS (less than $25/year) with a provider and see how it goes. The opposite problem is that when you find a provider you really like, you start putting too many eggs in one basket, and when they do something like change the hypervisor or migrate you due to some issue, if you have multiple VPSes with them, it compounds the cleanup needed.
So, definitely yabs to see just how fast that processor allotment is, a bit of checking to see what others say about the provider, but otherwise, it's just a small gamble for each.
I use VPSes for a very specific purpose (Tor relays), so I check:
Whether they allow exit relays. I used to only host exits but have diversified to non-exits as well.