From ee0b6409a9ed698664b2b8aa060f4f7089b8a0d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ari Archer Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 23:16:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update @ Thu 2 Nov 23:16:41 EET 2023 Signed-off-by: Ari Archer --- blog.json | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- scripts/blog.py | 2 +- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog.json b/blog.json index ef5d956..f4393c1 100644 --- a/blog.json +++ b/blog.json @@ -127,10 +127,29 @@ "top-words": 64, "top-tags": 64, "posts": { + "comparing-hosting-providers-serverariwebxyz": { + "title": "comparing hosting providers for server.ari-web.xyz", + "description": "comparing a few hosting providers for server.ari-web.xyz -- i decided to use contabo", + "content": "update for : i will use contabo\n\nall money will b presented in euro, if its in dollars, will b converted to euro\n\n## scoring\n\nthe score is a number determining how good a service is for me, i assign arbitrary numbers\nto each point depending on my needs and quality of the provided feature, higher is better,\nnegative doesnt mean horrible, treat it as an infinite range rather than a solid score\nout of `n`, higher is better\n\n## providers that i considered\n\nkeep in mind, i looked into many ( and i mean MANY ) more providers,\nbut if i saw its too expensive i didnt even bother\n\n### [hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/)\n\n- great performance +1.8\n- german based +0.5\n- people have reported facing issues with packet loss -1\n- great cost ( 4.51 cheapest ( 1 intel code, 2 gig ram, 20 gig storage, 20 tb traffic ), 6.37 good enough for me ( 2 intel cores, 4 gig ram, 40 gig storage, 20 tb traffic ) ) +1\n - price range 4.38 to 58.06\n- good reliability +0.85\n- extreme handling for pay, if u dont pay they might lock and erase ur server -1\n- people complained about support -0.5\n- they require id verification ( !! ) -2\n- bad customer support -0.1\n- 20 euro if they consider u a 'high risk' -1\n- control and monitoring -0.35\n - extreme handling of abuse reports\n- dictatorship-esque company model, shutdown with no notice -0.4\n- good security practices +0.8\n- good quality in the long term +1\n\noverall score : -1.4\n\n### [contabo](https://contabo.com/)\n\n- bad performance issues, esp with disk and network -1\n- great price +1.8\n - funny prices for add-ons tho, which r useless bc they can b achieved by doing it all urself\n - price range from 4.5 to 31.49\n- generous resources ( for example 8 gig ram, 50 gig nvme or 200 gig ssd and 32 tb traffic ( outgoing, incoming is any ) for just 4.5 euro ) +1.1\n- a lot of downtime, almost daily downtime of 10 mins to 4 hours -2\n- eco friendly +0.6\n- absolutely horrible customer support who dont know anything -0.3\n- unreliable due to maintenance, issues following it and sometimes servers get locked out, and with added horrible support -1.2\n- the company and their policy is described as a 'scam' -1\n- german standards +0.5\n- extremely strict treating of payment, just like dictatorship-esque company model w hetzner, but on meth -0.8\n- issues regarding packet and data loss -0.45\n- ootb ddos protection +0.5\n\noverall score : -2.25\n\n### [ovhcloud](https://www.ovhcloud.com/)\n\n- good price +0.4\n - from 5.39 euro to 34.29 euro\n- questionable hardware for the price -0.2\n - cheapest plan : 1 core, 2 gig ram, 40 gig nvme ssd, 250 mbps, ipv6 access, unlimited bandwidth\n- good uptime -- 99.9% +0.5\n- good performance +0.5\n- horrible support -0.2\n- ddos protection +0.5\n- bloat, but not as much as hostinger -0.3\n- horrible customer experience -0.8\n- common billing issues with no refund or support -1.5\n- europe based ( france ) +0.1\n\noverall score : -1\n\n### [alphavps](https://alphavps.com/)\n\n- fine price and good selection of plans +0.3\n - from 3.99 to 63.99\n- fine hardware for the price +0.3\n - for example 8 euro a month for 2 cores, 8 gig ram, 45 gb nvme ssd and 4 tb bandwidth\n- great performance +1\n- bad, or even non-existant ddos protection, false advertisement -0.5\n- good refund policy +0.5\n- small storage -1\n- europe based +0.5\n- overcharge on attacks instead of shutting down the server or notifying beforehand -0.3\n\ntotal score : 0.8\n\n### [netcup](https://netcup.eu/)\n\n- good deal for the hardware u get +0.8\n - price range is 3.25 to 44.67\n- a great ratio between cost and hardware +1\n - the cheapest plan, 3.25, has 2 cores, 2 gig ram, 40 gig ssd and 80 tb traffic\n- ddos protection +0.5\n- horrible network performance -1\n- overcharge you, dont let u terminate the contract -1\n- good uptime +0.3\n- reliable network and storage +0.3\n\ntotal score : 0.9\n\n### [ssdnodes](https://www.ssdnodes.com/)\n\n- extremely great cost for hardware +2\n- inflexible plans -0.5\n- great performance with some instability +0.9\n- questionable customer support -0.04\n- they dont support stuff like rdns -0.5\n\ntotal score : 1.86\n\n### [hostkey](https://hostkey.com/)\n\n- good prices for hardware +0.5\n - for 5 euro u can get 50 gig ssd, 4 cores, and 4 gig of ram\n- good customer support +0.22\n- stable and reliable +1\n- loads of plans, much flexibility +0.2\n- lack of specific storage options -0.5\n- europe based +0.5\n- frequent downtimes ( once a month ) -1\n\ntotal score : 0.92\n\n### other possible options\n\n- -- seems extremely sketchy but the prices tho\n\n## considering\n\nwell, before i considered hetzner, although now its out of my list, here is the things\nim considering from least likely to use to most likely to use :\n\n1. alphavps -- good ratio for the hardware and price, high performance, although low hardware compared to smt like contabo and false advertisement\n2. contabo -- very cheap, great prices, even though the reviews r nothing but horror stories i talked to a couple of ppl who have used contabo srsly before and i think thts the one ill go for server.ari-web.xyz\n3. hostkey -- good prices, good customer support, although frequent downtimes, although tht might as well b the same horror stories as w contabo\n4. netcup -- good prices, but, people have pointed out how sketchy it seems and their resources dont compare to contabo\n5. hostbrr -- extremely sketchy, but attractive prices, i will do anything to avoid this, but i saw positive reviews", + "keywords": [ + "virtual private server", + "chap", + "ovhcloud", + "cheap hosting", + "vps", + "contabo", + "hetzner", + "alphavps", + "hostkey", + "ssdnodes", + "netcup" + ], + "created": 1698952307.813038 + }, "notice-temporary-shutdown-serverariwebxyz": { "title": "notice : temporary shutdown of server.ari-web.xyz", "description": "i am switching from linode to hetzner for server.ari-web.xyz, expect outages from 2023/11/01 to 2023/11/29", - "content": "hello\n\n**notice** the server has been shut down at 2023/10/30\n\ncurrently is hosted on linode and i pay 6.05 dollars ( w tax,\n5 dollars wout tax ) for the following resources :\n\n- 1 gig ram\n- 20 gig storage\n- 1 core\n- 25 gig storage\n\nand i host it in germany, frankfurt to b more specific\n\nand well, i think thts quite a bad deal, esp comparing to other providers, this is where\n comes in, i will get the 5.18 euro plan a month with these resources :\n\n- 2 cores ( amd )\n- 2 gig ram\n- 40 gig storage\n- 20 tb traffic\n- germany ( just as before )\n\nor maybe the 6.37 euro plan which has all the above with the following changes :\n\n- 2 cores ( intel this time )\n- 4 gig ram\n\nanother option i considered was for 6 dollars a month with :\n\n- 2 cores ( amd )\n- 4 gig ram\n- 20 gig storage\n- 1 tb traffic\n\nand i think even though its an upgrade, i chose hetzner for these reasons :\n\n- its a germany-based company, so immediately european and german privacy laws come in place, which r great\n- its cheaper than hosthatch and provides competitive prices meaning good product of a small price\n- provides bare bones -- no bloat, just a server, do whatever u want w it\n- performance -- its known for its high performance and enterprise-level standards\n\nalthough ive heard hosthatch has following advantages :\n\n- more data center locations -- u can have more location options, but i rlly just need germany, nothing else\n- stability -- ive heard tht hosthatch is more stable in pricing and server\n- better customer support -- they respond faster\n\nand the shutdown of the server will happen anywhere from 2023/11/01 to 2023/11/03, the new server is expected\nto go up anywhere from 2023/11/17 to 2023/11/29, dont b surprised if some parts of ari-web ( most major being\ncomments and visitor count ) go down and dont go up for a couple of weeks\n\nenjoy the last few days of the old server til the new one comes up", + "content": "hello\n\n**notice** the server has been shut down at 2023/10/30\n\n**update 2023/11/02** i will use contabo, \n\ncurrently is hosted on linode and i pay 6.05 dollars ( w tax,\n5 dollars wout tax ) for the following resources :\n\n- 1 gig ram\n- 20 gig storage\n- 1 core\n- 25 gig storage\n\nand i host it in germany, frankfurt to b more specific\n\nand well, i think thts quite a bad deal, esp comparing to other providers, this is where\n comes in, i will get the 5.18 euro plan a month with these resources :\n\n- 2 cores ( amd )\n- 2 gig ram\n- 40 gig storage\n- 20 tb traffic\n- germany ( just as before )\n\nor maybe the 6.37 euro plan which has all the above with the following changes :\n\n- 2 cores ( intel this time )\n- 4 gig ram\n\nanother option i considered was for 6 dollars a month with :\n\n- 2 cores ( amd )\n- 4 gig ram\n- 20 gig storage\n- 1 tb traffic\n\nand i think even though its an upgrade, i chose hetzner for these reasons :\n\n- its a germany-based company, so immediately european and german privacy laws come in place, which r great\n- its cheaper than hosthatch and provides competitive prices meaning good product of a small price\n- provides bare bones -- no bloat, just a server, do whatever u want w it\n- performance -- its known for its high performance and enterprise-level standards\n\nalthough ive heard hosthatch has following advantages :\n\n- more data center locations -- u can have more location options, but i rlly just need germany, nothing else\n- stability -- ive heard tht hosthatch is more stable in pricing and server\n- better customer support -- they respond faster\n\nand the shutdown of the server will happen anywhere from 2023/11/01 to 2023/11/03, the new server is expected\nto go up anywhere from 2023/11/17 to 2023/11/29, dont b surprised if some parts of ari-web ( most major being\ncomments and visitor count ) go down and dont go up for a couple of weeks\n\nenjoy the last few days of the old server til the new one comes up", "keywords": [ "hetzner", "hosting", @@ -151,7 +170,7 @@ "comments" ], "created": 1698603449.045732, - 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