Cheapest 256mb VPS running on SSD? (any virt type - world wide)

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  • vyasvyas OGRetired
    edited December 2020

    512 MB opens up lot more options as well- not just in terms of pricing, but also variety - geography, combination and specs.

    Maybe the cap should be on the price instead?
    or
    maximum RAM at 152 which seems to be the consnsus or heading in that direction.

  • Years ago 128MB costs are around $15 USD.
    Now I can get 512MB for $6-12 USD so there is no reason for 256MB anymore.

  • 512MB is more the sweet spot, 256MB was the old one.
    I collected a ton of these on BF, otherwise deals on these are very rare.

    When I am talking deals I mean 4-8$/y, with v4.

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    ok I am big enough and ugly enough to realise I made a booboo

    I wanted to keep the ram tight to force myself into some extreme tweaking but I guess that is pointless if the majority of people would be looking for 512mb anyway and from a business perspective I have to agree a lot of what was said makes sense.

    As it is simple to find a good 512mb deal it kind of makes this thread redundant so I have span one up myself on IH infrastructure but because I hate things being easy I am doing it on FreeBSD instead.

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  • @Ant You've got too much time on your hands. I need to find another awkward migration for ya! :p

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  • vyasvyas OGRetired

    Alpine Linux
    +
    Caddy
    +
    WordPress
    +
    Beer

    Just because I borked it last time. The install not the beer. That would have been disastrous

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    @AlwaysSkint said:
    @Ant You've got too much time on your hands. I need to find another awkward migration for ya! :p

    lol, these are just side projects, unlike my VPS's I dont like idle time :)

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  • edited December 2020

    @AnthonySmith said:

    512mb seems to be the new LE standard when talking small.

    Linux will run happily with only 4 MB of RAM, including all of the trolls such as Windows 98, Vim, and push-ups. (M. Welsh & L. Kaufman, Running Linux, 2e, 1996, p. 32)

    Therefore, 4MB should be the low end minimum.

    @angstrom said:
    I think that as of the end of 2020, non-NAT 256 MB RAM VPSes are generally viewed as antiquated.

    I had a 64MB OpenVZ6 from SecureDragon for $4.99/year. They failed to upgrade to OpenVZ7 before EOL so I canceled that box. I just checked a 256MB at SecureDragon now costs $29.90/year.


    The smallest SSD box I have is Virmach Buffalo 384MB for $4/year from Black Friday 2019.

    Virmach sells 256MB still, at $12.50/year. They don't recommend it though.
    50% vCPU, 10GB disk.

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  • I believe I saw many russian providers still offering 256.

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  • I want to see munin charts, if/when you get it running!

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  • Saw this offer from "Another side"

    Dedipath

    512MB RAM SSD OpenVZ VPS
    10GB SSD Disk Space
    1 x CPU Cores
    512MB RAM
    1Gbps Unmetered
    1 x IPv4
    1Gbps DDoS Protection
    Normally $20/Yr
    Use Coupon Code: 12days5020
    $10/Yr

  • 1x vCPU Core
    17 GB PURE SSD RAID-10 Storage
    1 GB RAM
    3000GB Monthly Premium Bandwidth
    1Gbps Public Network Port
    Full Root Admin Access
    1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
    KVM / SolusVM Control Panel - Reboot, Reinstall, Manage rDNS, & much more
    LOCATION: San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Atlanta, or Ashburn
    JUST $10.98/YEAR - WOW!!

    @AnthonySmith I'll show myself out..

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  • vyasvyas OGRetired
    edited December 2020

    Wow :-)

    Is a giveaway.
    @SmallWeb ? Lol

  • Maybe a better way to think about this would be to flip it on it's head. Set up a dedi and give yourself the resources you want running Proxmox or similar. It would cost a lot more money but it'll be exactly what you want/need.

    Cheap dedis are my drug, and I'm too far gone to turn back.

  • I thought most people use shared hosting for basic wordpress. Is that so terrible? BuyVM has that with a dedicated ipv4 for $8/year. Lots of other places have it cheaper with shared ipv4. If shared ipv4 is ok, then NAT seems worth the slight added complexity if you're trying to go super cheap.

  • @vyas said:
    Wow :-)

    Is a giveaway.
    @SmallWeb ? Lol

    Whenever I see a WOW!! post, I just close my browser tab...

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  • @willie said:
    I thought most people use shared hosting for basic wordpress. Is that so terrible? BuyVM has that with a dedicated ipv4 for $8/year. Lots of other places have it cheaper with shared ipv4. If shared ipv4 is ok, then NAT seems worth the slight added complexity if you're trying to go super cheap.

    Agree with that, for a 256MB VPS, how about play with some jamstack cms? You know, Cloudflare page in coming soon.

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  • @chocolateshirt said:

    @vyas said:
    Wow :-)

    Is a giveaway.
    @SmallWeb ? Lol

    Whenever I see a WOW!! post, I just close my browser tab...

    Then how can wrote this post? Lol.

  • vyasvyas OGRetired
    edited December 2020

    Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
    I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
    Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
    Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.

    Server Monitoring - install via WordOps.Screenshot by A Vyas, December 2020
    Server Monitoring installed by WordOps

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    @vyas said:
    Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
    I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
    Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
    Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.

    Server Monitoring - install via WordOps.Screenshot by A Vyas, December 2020
    Server Monitoring installed by WordOps

    If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.

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  • mikhomikho AdministratorHosting ProviderOG

    When stock is available. I offer 256mb KVM @ $3,50/quarter.

    https://clients.mrvm.net/cart.php?gid=21

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  • vyasvyas OGRetired
    edited December 2020

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @vyas said:
    Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
    I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
    Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
    Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.

    Server Monitoring installed by WordOps

    If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.

    Cool. Let me do that on the current setup over the weekend. I have the HDD option. Maybe an identical setup with the SSD (you had posted the SSD offer during CM I think)
    The 4 vcpus help. In case someone is considering woo commerce or a membership site or similar. ( not my cup of tea).

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    @vyas said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @vyas said:
    Since the RAM threshold was upped to 512 MB,
    I ended up using the 512 MB RAM Plan from Inception Hosting . this is the BF offer so does not quality per OP rules,
    Installed WordOps (I have referenced it in Part II of the WordPress .. blog series) even though I had to clean up a lot of the additional (optional) applications such as the monitor below. Dashboards etc might work better at 1 GB RAM, not 512 MB . Kind of liked this one though!
    Also, did a stock WordPress install and replaced it with ClassicPress.

    Server Monitoring installed by WordOps

    If you want to run a benchmark pre and post 1GB ram I can give you a temporary bump.

    Cool. Let me do that on the current setup over the weekend. I have the HDD option. Maybe an identical setup with the SSD (you had posted the SSD offer during CM I think)

    If it looks good, maybe a similar setup (512 MB RAM)

    Sure, just drop me a PM with what you need and when.

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  • NeoonNeoon OG
    edited December 2020

    "Kinda" ok, best match yet.
    Fuckign IPv4 included ok.

  • @Neoon said:
    "Kinda" ok, best match yet.
    Fuckign IPv4 included ok.

    I believe that's limited, so doesn't count as general purpose.

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  • @FAT32 said:

    @Neoon said:
    "Kinda" ok, best match yet.
    Fuckign IPv4 included ok.

    I believe that's limited, so doesn't count as general purpose.

  • vyasvyas OGRetired

    @FAT32 said:

    @Neoon said:
    "Kinda" ok, best match yet.
    Fuckign IPv4 included ok.

    I believe that's limited, so doesn't count as general purpose.

    Tough crowd! :-)

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