abdelhalim asked this question on LowEndTalk beta: I’m interested to get a VPS box to host some git repos + probably mail server in future, and I was looking for ranking for the VPS providers mentioned on lowendtalk, but I couldn’t find any. Can someone points me to that if it exist, or just give [...]
Beta-Testing New LowEndTalk – an OSQA-Powered QA Site
I have posted on LowEndTalk last week, and am now just relaying the same message here on this blog. I am setting up a new LowEndTalk, the community website for this blog. Instead of going with one of well-tested forum software, I was keen on being experimental and set up a site using OSQA instead. [...]
Hosting Provider Tracker Available on Low End Wiki
Because of volatility of budget VPS market, I have been using a simple script to track various web hosting providers that I have posted about here. Basically it is a Python script using TornadoWeb (to do async HTTP calls) and SQLite (to keep a database of providers and logs). The script basically goes through all [...]
Advertisement Situation at LowEndBox.com
August 18, 2010 @ 12:55 am Hi all. This is a “house-keeping” post so please ignore if you are only interested in cheap virtual private server offers :) I am posting here because “advertising” has been a frequently asked question by the hosting providers. LowEndBox.com was started back in early 2008 as I was hunting for cheap VPS boxes for my [...]
Who The @#$% is Load Testing This Blog?! [Updated]
When I checked my Cacti installation just then and spotted the following graph. WTF?!!! About 1.5 hours ago the out bound bandwidth utilization of this low end VPS went from ~50kbps to almost 5Mbps! I thought, hurray I have finally made it to the Slashdot. But then I looked through the logs and spotted something [...]
Show off Your Low End Box
July 23, 2010 @ 1:43 am First of all, I am taking a short break for a week, because work has been really hectic (damn, I have a “real work” to feed my family). Meanwhile, feel free to occupy yourself here and at the new domain of my Low End Box forums — Low End Talk. It is running a current [...]
Moved Again, to QuickWeb/MicroVPS
If you are seeing this blog post, that shows you are now landing on the new VPS that hosts this blog. Yes, Low End Box has moved again, one month since moving from VPSLink to 2HOST. This time to QuickWeb (or their soon-to-be-launched subsidiary MicroVPS) in Dallas TX with Softlayer. Nothing wrong with 2HOST though [...]
Temporarily Moved to 2HOST.com
If you see this post — this page is served by PHP 5.2.6 FastCGI and Nginx on a $5 VPS at 2HOST.com. LowEndBox has been hosting on VPSLink for more than a year now — and thanks to Dan L at VPSLink/Spry for sponsoring this blog so I have not really been paying for this [...]
LowEndBox on Short Hiatus
April 1, 2010 @ 1:08 pm Hey. Just a short notice here that I will be having a short hiatus. I’ve been getting emails almost daily inquiring about this blog, and sorry that I have not been responding. First of all. My computer died. It was no where near low end either (Dell Latitude business laptop), but somehow the hard drive [...]
Find LowEndBox.com on Facebook
I have just added the Facebook widget on the front page. However, it looks a bit sad with 0 fans… Yes. Go ahead and DO IT. I know you always wanted it — be the LowEndBox fanboi/fangal! Here is your chance to show off your support on Facebook :) Update: Now we have 1 fan! [...]