--- Log opened Mon Dec 07 00:00:49 2009
11:59 < mightybyte> I recently found a new VPS hosting provider that may be of interest to Happstack users.
11:59 < mightybyte> http://prgmr.com/
12:01 < mightybyte> The biggest cost in my Happstack hosting has been driven by memory usage.  This particular hosting company offers substantially more RAM per dollar than any other provider I have seen.
12:02 < mightybyte> A Linode box with one gig of RAM costs $60 / month.
12:03 < mightybyte> One gig of RAM with prgmr.com costs $20 / month.
12:03 < mightybyte> (And even less if you buy for 6 months or 1 year up front.)
12:37 < sm> mightybyte: that is interesting, thanks!
12:37  * sm pays $70/mo for 1G on slicehost
12:38 < mightybyte> You're welcome.
12:38 < mightybyte> I had noticed that just about all the hosting providers offer a lot more disk space and bandwidth than I need, but not enough memory.
12:39 < mightybyte> prgmr seems to have proportions that fit my needs much better
12:47 < gwern> disk is cheaper, after all
12:47  * gwern cannot be fashed to work out the exact ram/hdd ratio
12:48 < burp> wouldn't it be cheaper to buy an old server and house it?
12:52 < mightybyte> burp: If you don't mind maintaining them, then it might be.
13:10 < mightybyte> burp: Although a commercial host provides reliability that will be difficult to achieve on your own.
13:39 < burp> hm, maybe
13:39 < burp> if you pay enough :>
14:26 < mightybyte> prgmr guarantees 99.5% uptime
15:20 < burp> do you know the owner and/or can you simply recommend it? ;)
15:21 < mightybyte> I ran across their website the other day.  That's all I know.
15:21 < burp> ok
15:22 < mightybyte> But I do plan on checking them out.
15:22 < mightybyte> $8 is pretty appealing.
15:23 < mightybyte> Shared hosting prices with VPS power and flexibility.
22:53 < gwern> mightybyte: what's the guarantee?
22:54 < gwern> we'll give you a few dollars back if you can prove it and whine enough?
23:13 < mightybyte> gwern: Yeah, it used to be 100% back, but now it's 25% for outages that are legitimately their responsibility.
23:29 < gwern> that's pretty pathetic
--- Log closed Tue Dec 08 00:00:48 2009