Linode
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32 votes
Linode virtual servers provide all the performance and flexibility of dedicated servers but at shared hosting prices. We manage the hardware, the networks, and the services and you get to do what you do best -- develop your applications, host your web sites, be the master of your domain name.
Super helpful support staff and django users in IRC channel, built by developers for everyone!
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arcf21 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I've been using Linode for about 2 years and I'm very satisfied. The support staff is very professional, and no other hosting provider has a so big number of available and up to date distros. I'm running 3 boxes, one of these with Ubuntu 7.10/Django/Apache 2.2/mod_python & MySQL.
Onno 1 month ago
This one I'm using also besides slicehost... I havn't had any complaint and am very happy with them
viniciusfs 1 month ago
I'm running a Linonde virtual server and I don't have any complaint about it. I'm running Django and Web.Py applications.
graham 4 weeks ago
I've been using Linode for almost three years now, and I love it. - The Linode team (now 3 people) are very fast, very good, and nearly always on IRC. - They give us free memory / disk upgrades every so often! - This probably applies to other providers too, but being on a virtual server means you add more memory / storage really easily, and migrate to a different physical machine in the event of hardware failure. - Xen servers. - The Linode forum has been very helpful. - A range of extra services, such as auto-reboot if your box hangs, a floating IP address for high-availability setups, private IPs so two Linodes in the same datacenter can talk with using your bandwidth allowance, reverse DNS, etc.
I'm running Django with Apache, MySQL on a Gentoo box, and currently setting up Perlbal, Django/Apache and MySQL on a new Ubuntu box.
I have no connection to Linode other than as a customer.
fepekyewnu 2 weeks ago
too expensive
mschurter 6 days, 4 hours ago
I've been using Linode on & off for a few years, and I've yet to find a more reliable hosting provider. My current account isn't quite a year old, but I have yet to reboot (or have the host server rebooted).
I run Django (+ mod_wsgi) & CherryPy (+ mod_proxy) apps behind Apache2. I use both SQLite and PostgreSQL databases, and have a couple of SSL protected sites. My sites are fairly low traffic, but Linode gives me plenty of room to grow.
My one tip to new users would be to not host your e-mail on a Linode unless its only a handful of users. For a time I was hosting over 100 accounts, and filtering the flood spam & viruses through spamassasin and clamav just wasted all of my Linode's resources. Thats just my experience though.