Best cheap inux host?

[rexehuk]

Hey guys,

Been with TSOHOST for a while now running a website, and looking to maybe reduce costs, but mainly I want to move to managing the box myself.

Who would you recommend that will give me a linux box (CentOS) for around £5 a month?

I was going to spool up an AWS micro server, but it seems costs have gone up which is very sad to see, was my natural instinct to try first. One year EC2 micro would be £120.00, and if I stuck R53 on top would be an extra £6.

I want full control of the box, so that I can install memcached and so forth.

 

[rexehuk]

Utilise a reserved t2.nano which would cost you $56.94 a year which at current exchange rate would be £38.26 per annum (£3.19pm). Obviously there are costs on top of that, bandwidth etc, but i can't see it hitting £120

That's a good shout, never thought about the pricing scales when you buy upfront.

Only thing I'm not sure of is the RAM, only is a small time website so might be fine.

 

[rexehuk]

I've still got a lot of credit on my Digital Ocean account, if you want to setup a VPS to try for a few months feel free.

You'll essentially get an IP and full root access

Cheers Jim, that's really kind. I don't want to use your credit though, I would feel bad!

For now, just waiting to get new site done. Decided to take the plunge and redo it all with laravel!

Seems tsohost will let me change the root directories, but can't install memcached which isn't really a big deal for now. So will maybe stick with them for a few months before spinning up the Amazon cloud.

 

[rexehuk]

Don't you get a free year with Amazon for the small boxes?

Yup already burnt through one for business, and personal one