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DigitalLinux – $5 OpenVZ VPS with 128MB

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , — September 26, 2008 @ 1:21 am

Found this shop on WHT as well. DigitalLinx’s Basic VPS plan costs $4.99/month, and you get

128MB guaranteed / 384MB burstable
5GB storage
100GB monthly data transfer
CentOS, Debian, Fedora Core, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu and Slackware

It’s OpenVZ/HyperVM based so you can run LxAdmin on it. Domain has existed for a while and currently registered by someone in Pakistan. [...]

FranTech – $5 Virtuozzo VPS

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , — September 23, 2008 @ 2:59 pm

Via this WHT offer. FranTech might not even have its own website, but it has WHMCS and it’s selling VPS For $5/month, you get

64MB memory
2.5GB storage
30GB monthly data transfer
CentOS/Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu

It uses Virtuozzo 4 so I assume it’s using SLM (which is much better than user bean counter). Severs are in Chicago at Steadfast [...]

CheapVPS – 2.38 GBP “Part-Time” VPS

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , , — September 21, 2008 @ 12:11 pm

Via this WHT offer, CheapVPS.co.uk is offering some very interesting product — part time servers, starting from a low &pound2.38 (around USD$4.37) per month, and you get:

128MB RAM
10GB storage
150GB monthly data transfer
CentOS/Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu/Gentoo/OpenSuse/Slackware
OpenVZ/HyperVM

UK or Dallas servers (if I remember correctly).
Now, the trick is that they are supposed to be “part time servers”. From their description [...]

BSDShellz – $5 Linux/FreeBSD VPS with 64MB

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , — September 17, 2008 @ 1:03 am

UPDATE: Domain still registered but IP does not resolve. FAIL.
Got tired and sick of the fat penguin that pretends to be Unix? How about some real Unix like, hmm, FreeBSD? BSDshellz has some cheap FreeBSD VPSs starting from $5/month. You’ll get:

64MB memory
5GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer

You can choose between 32 or 64 bit FreeBSD [...]

DataHostDirect – $5.95 OpenVZ VPS with 128MB

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , — September 15, 2008 @ 12:47 am

Via this WHT offer. DataHostDirect.com has this “TinyVPS” that costs $5.95/month. It uses HyperVM based panel and I suspect it uses OpenVZ as virtualization layer. This is what you’ll get with $5.95:

128MB memory
5GB storage
50GB monthly data transfer
CentOS / Debian / Fedora / Gentoo / OpenSuse / Ubuntu

It claims to have 365day 24/7 support. Their [...]

Getting Rid of A in LAMP for Your Low End VPS

Software — Tags: , , , — September 11, 2008 @ 2:13 am

Got your dirt cheap VPS with only 64MB guaranteed memory on OpenVZ? Want to move your WordPress blog from some insanely oversold shared hosting to your shining low end box? If you follow the “traditional way” of setting up a Linux web server — installing Apache, MySQL and Mod_PHP — you will soon find that [...]

aa.hosted – $2.50 OpenVZ VPS with 64MB

Low End Virtual — Tags: , , — September 6, 2008 @ 3:16 am

UPDATE: It appears that while the domain was still registered, hostname no longer resolves. FAIL.
Via this WHT offer, aa.hosted’s Basic VPS deal is probably too good to be true. For $2.50/month ($30/year payment required), you get:

64MB memory
5GB storage
50GB/month data transfer
Ubuntu Server

Main website traces to Dallas.