RamNode 128MB RAM VPS Review

I suddenly developed an urge for a backup VPS where I could store data. I have a number of websites which are scattered across a number of VPSs. I prefer to do a manual backup of the website files and database using the simple technique detailed here. I transfer the backup files to one of

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Ramnode VPS Review

RamNode is one of the newer budget VPS providers who have stormed the scene by offering quality equipment at rock-bottom prices. They have three locations you can choose from: Netherlands, Seattle and Atlanta. The reason I was interested in RamNode is because they offer pure SSD and SSD cached hard drives which are supposed to

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Speed Test (Upload & Download) Of VPS

There are multiple ways to check the upload and download speed tests of a VPS. One way using the python tool is set out here. The other way is given in a LET post. It requires you to run this command: wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash Here are the results of my RamNode VPS:

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How To Check Upload & Download Speeds Of VPS

There is a simple speedtest script that will help you check the upload and download speeds of your VPS: Download the speedtest script onto your VPS with the command: wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py Chmod the script to make it readable chmod +x speedtest-cli Run the script python speedtest-cli Here are some speedtest results of the

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VPS In India

If you want a VPS in India, you have a wide choice. Let’s look at the options. VR.org offers VPS at the Netmagic datacenter in Chennai. Let’s look at the performance of the VR.org Chennai VPS CPU model : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHzNumber of cores : 2CPU frequency : 2000.000 MHzTotal amount

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Digital Ocean VPS vs. RamNode VPS

  If you are looking for an unmanaged VPS, then Digital Ocean and RamNode are both worthy contenders. Both offer SSD hard drives that are supposed to be faster than the conventional hard drives. Both are reputed to own their own hardware and co-locate with well known datacenters. The pricing of both is very reasonable.

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