Via this offer on WHT, VPSRepublic has some some amazingly cheap VPS deals, starting at $3.50/month (!!). You get
128MB guaranteed / 256MB burstable memory
1GB storage
75GB monthly data transfer
OpenVZ
Debian / Ubuntu / CentOS / Fedora / Gentoo / OpenSUSE
Their standard plan also fits into the criteria at $5.50/month with 256MB/512MB of memory. Their servers are at [...]
One aim for running this website is to find the cheapest root you can find on the Internet (legally, of course For me I just want to have my own little box that I can do whatever I want, and install whatever software I want on it. I do not have a big budget [...]
When you go and find a cheap low end Linux virtual server, the criteria usually involve price (very important!), location (for low latency SSH access), virtualization (Xen vs. OpenVZ?), etc. However the “bit-ness” is rarely looked at. Most current Intel and AMD processors can run 64bit instruction sets, and many virtual server vendors are also [...]
Via this WebHostingTalk offer, you can now buy 1 year of VPSLink OpenVZ or Xen VPS plans and then get the second year free with coupon code ANNIVERSARY2. That means when you pay $79.44, you get the following virtual server for 2 years (comes down to $3.31/month):
64MB memory
2.5GB storage
100GB data transfer/month
Ubuntu/CentOS/openSUSE/Gentoo/Fedora/Debian/Slackware/Arch Linux
Xen or OpenVZ
VPSLink is [...]
Thanks to abjr (again!) for sending me links to new providers. RapidXen is offering cheap Xen VPS plans in either Chicago or Fremont (although at this point of time, Fremont CA is not available). For $5/month you can get a low end VPS wit the following spec:
64MB memory
256MB virtual memory (swap?)
5GB storage
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, [...]
This site is dedicated to low-end hosting boxes and cheap (and legal :)) way to have your own root account on the net. But why? Why would I want to host my websites on a 64MB $5/month VPS? Here are some reasons:
Because you are cheap. You are a starving student who does not have $50/month [...]
Welcome to LowEndBox.com, a place to discuss running very low end virtual private servers. I will be listing VPS plans that I found on the web that cost less than USD$7 per month, and how to run various services on them.