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Currently we are using Linode VPS with 512 MB RAM however that was quite insufficient for us. We are looking for a VPS solution that does not exceed $25/mo (that's true, since we're just students in a developing country) and offer >=1 GB RAM and at least dual core processor. We looked at Hetzner.de VPs solutions, which are recommended by many people however they offer single core processor virtualizations.

Can HN recommend us a good option that we can use for prototyping in short term?

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VPS - http://www.intovps.com/plans.html

$20/mo - 1 GB RAM Guaranteed, CPU Burst: 4 X 2.67 GHz Their support is very fast and knowledgeable.

You might be able to use Kimsufi dedicated servers @ $17/mo:

2 GB RAM, 1 TB storage, single core Atom processor: http://www.kimsufi.co.uk/ Based on reviews: Their servers are great, unless you need the company to do something on their end. Their support has mixed reviews.

http://alienvps.com/vps-hosting/

2 GB RAM 4 cores 100 GB disk

$19

It's $12 during their holiday sale: http://alienvps.com/vps-hosting-specials/

You can get regular sales info. at: http://www.lowendbox.com/?s=alienvps

Their support seems mixed judging from reviews. Here is one example: http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/537/alienvps-las-vegas-...

The VSwap might not be stable for production systems. I suggest asking to move you to a different node without vswap if it gives you trouble.

Seems too good to be true. Have you used them? That $19 a year plan is very interesting. [edit] I couldn't help it... On sale for $15, I bought. Seems like a great server to play around with stuff on.

Just to be clear, the $19 a year plan is:

VZ Abduction ~200 MB RAM, 19 GB DISK, 190 GB Bandwidth, 5 Mbps Uplink.

Wow those guys are cheap. My AWS free tier just ended for my play server and I think I know where I'm headed next.

IntoVPS is pretty good, totally unmanaged so the cost is kept down. If you don't want cPanel, it's especially cheap in my opinion. IntoVPS also has availability outside the United States, if you're interested in getting a server in Europe.

http://www.intovps.com/

That actually seems pretty cool. Do you have a server in London or know any that we can measure round-trip time of IntoVPS? How good is their support?

What's your current bottleneck with the Linode 512MB solution? Is it processor, memory, I/O?

I thought I somehow emphasized that, sorry. It is memory. We are running MongoDB and two Java servers (play framework apps) and a Solr server. we immediately reach a full memory and then some of the swap gets being used, which slows down everything. Our processes are mostly RAM-sensitive.

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