Linode: We've come a long way. :D
the recent resource-doubling upgrade
In July 2003, a Linode 256 was the highest-priced plan available
Linode 256 in July 2003
Monthly Price: $79.95
Disk Space: 4GB
RAM: 256MB
Bandwidth: 100GB/month
Now, the Linode 256 is the lowest-priced plan
Linode 256 today
Monthly Price: $19.95
Disk Space: 8GB
RAM: 256MB
Bandwidth: 100GB/month
The only downside is the contention ratio - the original Linode 256, being the highest-priced plan, had a contention ratio of < 8:1, whereas the one available now is < 40:1.
For comparison, the lowest-priced plan at the beginning of Linode was the Linode 64:
Linode 64 in July 2003
Monthly Price: $19.95
Disk Space: 1GB
RAM: 64MB
Bandwidth: 25GB/month
How far we've come.
I started with Linode in February 2004. By that time Linode had already given double the amount of space to customers.
Linode really are awesome. The interface is very easy to use and I would wholeheartedly recommend them.
I'd love to hear more about what people remember of their own Linodes, and how long other people have been with Linode.
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The recent resources upgrade is great.
The only substantial down time has been caused by me fixing stuff that wasn't broken - aka 'seeing what happens if…'.
Chris, is that contention ratio really the ratio for that hardware, or is it based on some theoretical CPU that Linode defined?