[Disclaimer: Linode dev here]<p>I see a few people^W^Weveryone here talking about security. If you didn't read the whole blog post, you might not have noticed the new Linode manager that we're working on being mentioned. Check it out, it's open source: <a href="https://github.com/Linode/manager" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Linode/manager</a><p>If you haven't been present in other discussions about Linode security, one of the major factors (in my opinion) is the current manager. It's a large and old ColdFusion codebase, and it's hard to maintain. The new manager is backed by the new Python API and the whole system is significantly easier to reason about with respect to security. I think that the new manager should help ease some concerns, and it's going to be pretty great in other respects too. Hit me up with any questions you have, I'll do my best.<p>In other news, I run a bunch of Linodes myself and I'm stoked to see these upgrades, even though I get my Linodes for free ;)
Congrats Linode. I have been a customer for many years.<p>Why could there not be a $5 1 GB plan? I have quite a few instances for which I don't need even 1 GB, let alone 2.<p>Doubling the RAM is great but what about storage? Why is RAM and storage still coupled? It's a pay for what you don't use system, having to upgrade to a 24 GB, 8 core box just to get some decent drive space. Ridiculous.<p>I have been with Linode for many years now but it's lack for even some basic modularity will see me leave to AWS soon.
Linode has been a monumental disappointment. I signed up with them in 2005, when they were 2 years old and AWS didn't even exist. They were reliable and the support was phenomenal. The Linode Manager was powerful and yet simple to use. I used them for all my personal and professional hosting needs.<p>In 2013, the support started going downhill. Then there were a series of security breaches, with absolutely abysmal responses from Linode. I now expect to be off of Linode by the end of 2016 (mostly to AWS, with some DigitalOcean), even though in many aspects I still prefer Linode.
I'm gun-shy of Linode's many security issues, but hopefully this further drives down RAM prices of competitors. I'd love a $10 2G DigitalOcean instance.
Vultr.com seems to be the new guys coming after Linode.<p>Does any [Linode users] have any experience with them?<p>For a company so new they have a surprisingly amount of more features than Linode (eg BSD support, more data centers, dedicated instances, etc)<p>Note: I'm no way affiliated with either company.<p>Edit: adding clarity and intent. My edit is in brackets. I'm no shill :)
Well, RIP my 1 year of uptime: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/3PYrKtx.png" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/3PYrKtx.png</a><p>The migration took 2 minutes and 10 seconds, by the way.
I have not checked lately, but there have been two major features lacking in Linode that have compelled me to move away to AWS:<p>1. Managed firewall service, such as AWS Security Groups. I really do not want to have to manage hundreds of iptables scripts.<p>2. Easy point and click, yet advanced private network management such as AWS VPC. Last I checked, I had to run OpenVPN on top of my Linode setup, which really was not ideal.<p>Have these things been improved lately on Linode?
I really Hope Linode could improves its <i>image</i> on security.<p>On other front, Why is it the bigger the instance the small the "upgrade" discount. On lower level you essentially get double the Memory. On Higher end you get 30 - 50% only.<p>And any plan to upgrade to Xeon-E5 v4?
I would love to see Compute and Memory Instances.