[arch-general] VPS hosting with Arch

[Aaron Griffin]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Roman Kyrylych
> <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> I am looking for hosting that support Arch.
>> Most probably this will be a VPS hosting (because of price),
>> so official Arch Linux support is required.
>>
>> So far the list include:
>>  http://www.slicehost.com/
>>  http://vpslink.com/ (a subsidiary of http://www.spry.com/)
>>  http://www.vpsville.com/arch-vps (also .co.uk and .co.ca)
>>  http://www.linode.com/
>>  http://lylix.net/
>>  https://www.sevenl.net/ (they have donated a server for Arch,
>>    and provide a dedicated hosting with Arch too)
>>
>> If there is someone who has experience with these providers
>> - I would be very thankful for information.
>>
>> Also if someone knows about other providers that could join the list
>> - let me know.
>>
>> --
>> Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
>
> I've been managing a client's Linode 360 (running Arch) for the past 8
> months or so. I can honestly say that they provide an excellent, very
> stable and packed with features [1], service. I've never had any
> issues with their Arch template either and they also made an Arch
> 2009.02 template available for installation recently.
>
> I've heard good things about Slicehost as well, but I don't have any
> personal experience with them.

I use slicehost and haven't had any issues. Their over-the-intertubes
recovery console is great.

Aside, though, I believe Linode is just slightly more for your money though