We are happy to announce our participation in GitHub's Student Developer Program. This will give students free access to top-notch development tools from the biggest names in our industry. The beauty of the program is that it gives students a centralized place where they can access all of these great services, free of charge, so they get a hands-on, professional experience that allows them to learn by doing. For every student that signs up for the program, DigitalOcean will provide $100 in hosting credit. The pack itself also includes special student accounts for GitHub, Atom, NameCheap, Sendgrid, and other awesome companies looking to give back in some way. Here at DigitalOcean, our mission is to make developers' lives better and we believe strongly in creating a sense of community. As developers often get their start while in school, where cost can be a limitation, it's a privilege to have the opportunity to provide support for their education. You are entitled to participate in the program if you are 13+ and enrolled in a degree or diploma granting course of study. For more information about the pack, and how to apply, check the GitHub website: https://education.github.com/pack. Love, The DO Team P.S. If you've already applied a credit to your account, just open a support ticket with the promo code and we'll get you set up.

Just to let you know that WeLoveServers will be ending their 6GB Power VPS offer in just 4 days time, so now could be your last chance to order at this very low price. Power VPS 6GB 80 GB Disk Space Storage 10 TB Bandwidth 6GB Guaranteed RAM + 6GB vSwap 1 IPv4 Address SolusVM Access Full Root Access Choice of Linux OS's Self Managed Just $19 P/M or $189 Annually Pay annually get 2 months free! CLICK HERE TO ORDER

  Today, it's been 365 days since VPSDime started its journey. VPSDime's foundation was laid on Low End Talk soil. Fellow members made this brand what it is today. All your patronage is sincerely appreciated. To give back to the community and celebrate our birthday, we have decided to deploy some E3 nodes in our flagship datacenter provider, Incero in Dallas, TX and make a crazy sale. We love you guys! The Plan Specs: OpenVZ Container Virtualization 1 vCPU (E3 1230v2) 512MB Memory 256MB vSwap 7GB Pure SSD Space (RAID1) 1 IP Address (IPv6 to be added this week) 2TB Traffic 1Gbit Port speed The Order Link https://vpsdime.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=43 The Catch Mail ports are blocked. So, you'd need to use a third party API to send emails like Mandrill. Mandrill comes with free 12K emails per month. We do not allow BitTorrent TOR Public VPNs/Open Proxies MineCraft Servers CamFrog Digital Currency Mining Teamspeak IRC Chobots Runescape Bots llegal activity (SPAM, Port Scanning, DoS, etc.) We do allow Other gameservers such as TF2, L4D and other non-resource intensive game servers Private VPN/Proxy ZNC within cloaked IRC networks Legal Adult Content Anything else legal in the US and not listed above.

Vultr is the next provider in my series of surprise posts! They technically have been featured before in the 2014 Q1 Top Provider Poll, where they came in ninth, but I felt they needed to be in the spotlight just a tad more. Vultr has SSD-based cloud servers starting at $5/month in multiple locations across the globe. Last week they got stock back in their London location. In addition to that, they currently offer services out of New Jersey (NJ, USA), Dallas (TX, USA), Los Angeles (CA, USA), Atlanta (GA, USA), Chicago (IL, USA), Tokyo (Japan), and Sydney (Australia). If you think that’s a long list, keep in mind that their Frankfurt (Germany) and Paris (France) are currently out of stock and will be available again in the future. Contrary to some other “cloud” providers, Vultr offers you the option to deploy any distribution you like by uploading your own ISO, which gives this service a real nice edge. Vultr uses modern hardware with latest generation Intel CPU and pure SSD drives. The bandwidth varies per location, but I see a Level3 and an nLayer logo on their website, so I think they are at least used heavily in the USA and Europe! If you give them a shot, or already have, please share your experiences with us! As a limited time promotion, Vultr doubles all the payments you make up to $100! SSD KVM VPS   768MB RAM 1 CPU core 15GB SSD space 1TB bandwith 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address KVM/Custom $5/month USA (New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas,…

1. RamNode (139 votes) RamNode wins yet another Top Provider Poll. I must say, they are quite unbeatable having held the top position for quite a while now. Nick and his team have been running a stable business for a while now and have continued to do so the last quarter. They have recently expanded to New York City, bringing their total number of locations up to four. They also recently overhauled their offering, increasing disk space and lowering their prices (and no more coupons). To share his love, though, Nick sent in this new special (or well, regular actually, but it’s special because it’s new) offer which we’re able to feature first: 2 CPU cores 1024MB RAM 256MB vSwap 60GB SSD space 2TB traffic 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 16x IPv6 OpenVZ/SolusVM Price: $7/month Order in Atlanta This offer will be available in NYC and Seattle soon! 2. Prometeus (111 votes) Prometeus, who doesn’t know them by now? Or better yet, who doesn’t have a server with them? While they already have various brands that complement each other and iwStack (the affordable cloud), Salvatore added Xen Power to the mix late 2013 to broaden their empire of awesomeness. Another Top Provider Poll with Prometeus in the top 3 means that are doing it right (I can personally attest to that!)! To share some love, Salvatore has sent in this special offer to celebrate their second position in this poll: 2 CPU cores 512MB RAM 25GB SAS2 disk space 2TB traffic 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 /64 IPv6 KVM/SolusVM Coupon code: 2Q2014LEB Price…

Today we are thrilled to announce that developers can now launch Droplets in our newest region, London, United Kingdom. Our community has been requesting a UK region for a while now, and we’re excited to announce that it is now available. It is through our users’ support that we have now been able to expand to five regions globally. London is experiencing a boom in tech and entrepreneurship that looks very similar to NYC’s own tech expansion a few years ago, and we want to provide innovative companies in the United Kingdom with the infrastructure they need to grow and succeed. Additionally, we want to ensure that UK developers can comply with data privacy regulations by having a native facility, this way they can do an online background check in more efficient way. IPv6 and private networking are available for Droplets deployed in the new London region. We are excited to see what is developed in the London datacenter and look forward to offering more DigitalOcean regions around the world as we continue to grow. No more waiting. Spin up a Droplet in LON1!

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XenPower L BARGAIN! 40%OFF, €28.8/year 200GB DISK! Use the coupon code XPLBARGAIN on the annual billing cycle to get 40% OFF for life LIMITED SLOTS AVAILABLE.!!!!   CPU: 1 Core RAM: 1GB Hard Disk: 200GB RAID 6 disks IP addresses: 1 IPv4, Dedicated internet bandwidth: 2000 GB OS: Linux Control Panel: SolusVM Virtualization: XEN Type: Unmanaged More info here    

Oktay is back once again, this time with some offers for his brands VPSDime andWinity.io. Recently, VPSDime expanded to introduce some high-storage offers which give you storage at Backupsy pricing but with more RAM. Winity.io has expanded to Los Angeles since we last featured them. Oktay and his brands are known for the custom control panel they all utilize, always fully integrated into the billing area. No double logins and no SolusVM to have to fool around with. VPSDime nodes have a variety of configurations but they each have 384GB of RAM, at least 8 drives in RAID10, and either dual Intel Xeon E5 2620 or dual Intel Xeon X5660/L5640 CPUs. SSD caching is available in Dallas only. Disk space in Los Angeles is full SSD. The storage nodes for VPSDime are configured with dual Intel Xeon X5650 CPUs, 128GB RAM, and 12x 4TB hard drives. VPSDime offers come with a free MySQL offloaded account in Dallas, where you’ll get 20GB of space, and free daily backups with an option to self-restore. Winity uses host nodes with redundant power and network, dual Intel Xeon E5 2660v2 CPUs, 384GB RAM, 8x 4TB hard drives in RAID 10 for strage, and 4x 128GB SSDs for caching. A full, legal, non-trial Windows license is included in the price. Reviews are predominantly positive. As always, please share your experiences with them in the comments! VPSDime High Memory   6GB RAM 30GB disk space 4 vCPU cores 2TB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address IPv6 in Dallas/LA OpenVZ/Custom Panel Dallas, New Jersey Los Angeles $7/month Order here VPSDime High…

Prometeus is one of my favorite VPS providers who continuously provides high-end VPSes with low-end pricing. This time, they released their NEW XenPower Storage Plans in Milan, Italy. XP-L (100 Available) XenPower.com CPU: 1 Core RAM: 1024MB Hard Disk: 200GB (raid 6) IP addresses: 1 IPv4, 2 IPv6 Dedicated internet bandwidth: 2000 GB OS: Linux Distribution: debian, ubuntu or centos Control Panel: SolusVM Virtualization: XEN PV Type: Self Managed Location: Milano, Italy $15.99 Quarterly$53.30 Annually   XP-XL (47 Available) XenPower.com CPU: 2 Core RAM: 2048MB Hard Disk: 400GB (raid 6) IP addresses: 1 IPv4, 2 IPv6 Dedicated internet bandwidth: 4000 GB OS: Linux Distribution: debian, ubuntu or centos Control Panel: SolusVM Virtualization: XEN PV Type: Self Managed Location: Milano, Italy $20.05 Quarterly$66.83 Annually   XP-XXL (25 Available) XenPower.com CPU: 4 Core RAM: 40968MB Hard Disk: 800GB (raid 6) IP addresses: 1 IPv4, 2 IPv6 Dedicated internet bandwidth: 6000 GB OS: Linux Distribution: debian, ubuntu or centos Control Panel: SolusVM Virtualization: XEN PV Type: Self Managed Location: Milano, Italy $40.10 Quarterly$133.66 Annually

Oktay from VPSDIME also as known as the CEO of one of the most popular backup VPS service providers, Backupsy, has launched his new product line in Los Angeles. Their new nodes are built even more powerful than before with pure SSD RAID10 arrays. Meanwhile, Oktay would like to offer even a more special deal for all VPS MATEs. With this special Coupon CODE, you will get a FREE upgrade from 30G SSD to 50G SSD in Raid 10 and the $5 installation fee is waived. CPU :X5660 6GB Memory 30GHDD = > 30GB SSD => 50GB SSD in Raid 10 2TB Traffic Limit 1Gbps Uplink 1 IP Address $5Installation Charge VPSMATE -> 50% recurring discount Free installation Charge & 50G SSD FREE UPGRADE With this special coupon, it provides you a FREE UPGRADE on storage to 50G SSD. BUY LINK root@testip:~# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/simfs 50G 1.7G 49G 4% / tmpfs 615M 24K 615M 1% /run tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /run/shm root@testip:~# Memory Oversale Test Allocated: 6544M Allocated: 6545M Allocated: 6546M Allocated: 6547M Allocated: 6548M Allocated: 6549M Allocated: 6550M Allocated: 6551M Allocated: 6552M Allocated: 6553M Allocated: 6554M Allocated: 6555M Allocated: 6556M Allocated: 6557M Allocated: 6558M Allocated: 6559M Allocated: 6560M Allocated: 6561M Allocated: 6562M Allocated: 6563M Allocated: 6564M Allocated: 6565M Allocated: 6566M Allocated: 6567M Allocated: 6568M Allocated: 6569M Allocated: 6570M bash: line 3: 8463 Killed ./a.out Simple I/O & Network Bench Fetching System Informaion _,met$$$gg. root@testip ,g$$$$$$$$P. OS: Debian ,g$P"" """Y$.". Kernel: x86_64 Linux 2.6.32-042stab088.4 ,$P' `$$. Uptime: 48m ',$P ,ggs. `$b: Packages: 203 `d$' ,$P"' .…

Backupsy is considered as one of the cheapest storage VPS these days in webhosting market. I have had a 500G storage VPS from them for more than 8 months. It's been running smooth with decent uptime. The support is  fast and helpful. I would like to share this hidden offer to you guys. At the moment the biggest coupon you can get is 50% (code: happybirthday) which will bring you $10/mo for a 500G VPS. However I managed to get this following link for you, which only costs you $7/mo to get a 500G VPS. Enjoy. Storage VPS - KVM500LEB 1 vCPU Core 512MB RAM 500GB RAID50 Diskspace 2000GB Bandwidth 1 IPv4 Address KVM / Custom Panel $ 7.00/Month | Buy Link Chicago: http://204.145.72.4/1000MB.test Dallas: http://69.12.95.3/1000MB.test Orlando, FL http://198.49.79.4/1000MB.test Denver: http://162.213.216.131/1000MB.test Los Angeles: http://162.217.135.4/1000MB.test New York: http://204.145.81.4/1000MB.test Netherlands: http://192.71.151.4/1000MB.test UK: http://185.38.46.4/1000MB.test US Locations are allowed to run software / OS that assists backing up, owncloud, private VPN / Proxy, development, monitoring and other light CPU and IO intensive applications except Torrents, TOR and Game Servers. NL & UK Locations are allowed to run anything except Digital Currency Mining, Torrents, TOR, Game Servers, Public Proxies and anything illegal.

Over the last year, and very feverishly over the past five months, we’ve been working on a really big project: a revamp of the Linode plans and our hardware and network – something we have a long history of doing over our past 11 years. But this time it’s like no other. These upgrades represent a $45MM investment, a huge amount of R&D, and some exciting changes. SSDs Linodes are now SSD. This is not a hybrid solution – it’s fully native SSD servers using battery-backed hardware RAID. No spinning rust! And, no consumer SSDs either – we’re using only reliable, insanely fast, datacenter-grade SSDs that won’t slow down over time. These suckers are not cheap. 40 Gbps Network Each and every Linode host server is now connected via 40 Gbps of redundant connectivity into our core network, which itself now has an aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gbps. Linodes themselves can receive up to 40 Gbps of inbound bandwidth, and our plans now go up to 10 Gbps outbound bandwidth. Processors Linodes will now receive Intel’s latest high-end Ivy Bridge E5-2680.v2 full-power server-grade processors. New Plans We’ve doubled the RAM on all Linode plans! We’ve also aligned compute and outbound bandwidth with the cost of each plan. In other words, the number of vCPUs you get increases as you go through the plans. And on the networking side, Linodes are now on a 40 Gbit link, with outbound bandwidth that also increases through the plans. Inbound traffic is still free and restricted only by link speed (40 Gbps). Plan RAM…

Not long ago Crissic re-launched KVM, which runs on the same type of hardware as their OpenVZ nodes and hosted at GoRack in Jacksonville, Florida. Here are three KVM package you will probably find interesting. OpenVZ deals are further down, this time with doubled disk space. KVM1024 (Limited Stock) 1GB RAM 3 vCPU cores 50GB Disk 3TB Bandwidth KVM/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: 16 1Gbit port $7/Month Order here KVM768 768MB RAM 2 vCPU cores 40GB Disk 2,5TB Bandwidth KVM/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: 16 1Gbit port $6/Month Order here KVM512 512MB RAM 2 vCPU cores 25GB Disk 2TB Bandwidth KVM/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: 16 1Gbit port $4/month Order here   Crissic has been featured three times before, once during the Christmas specials and twice before that. Still being in their first year of business Crissic has accomplished more than many other providers. Own network AS62639 and owns all hardware.  Later in April, Crissic will celebrate their anniversary by launching their own 10G network directly with Atrato. Although the hardware is in Jacksonville, Florida, Crissic is based in Springfield, Missouri. Here are the OpenVZ offers (with doubled disk space) and below are the TOS/AUP information and network test listed. OpenVZ 512MB 512MB RAM 512MB vSwap 3 vCPU cores 100GB Disk 2TB Bandwidth OpenVZ/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: Up to 200 1Gbit port $15/yr Order here OpenVZ 1024MB 1024MB RAM 1024MB vSwap 4 vCPU cores 150GB Disk 3TB Bandwidth OpenVZ/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: Up to 200 1Gbit port $4/Month Order here OpenVZ 2048MB 2048MB RAM 2048MB vSwap 4 vCPU cores 200GB Disk 4TB Bandwidth OpenVZ/SolusVM IPv4: 2 IPv6: Up…

Alex, from Fliphost, is back with a nice load of offers! While they usually come up with KVM offers, this time it’s OpenVZ’s turn! There’s four normal SSD-based OpenVZ VPS offers and three “normal storage” OpenVZ VPS offers with unlimited bandwidth. The storage offers are only available in Dallas, while the other offers are also available in Buffalo. Fliphost were founded in June 2011 and have since been purchased by Query Foundry. They do run as an independent brand in the Query Foundry “family of brands”, with Query Foundry having recently acquired LiquidHost and GetDedi a bit before that. Fliphost have featured several times before and their offers are usually quite popular. They have also had a populardedicated server offer a while back. Alex informs us that the servers they run are Dual E5-16XX’s with 128GB RAM and 8x Intel 520 SSDs in hardware RAID10 with the LSI 9266/9271 card. Feel free to share your experiences with Fliphost in the comments. Storage50 256MB RAM 256MB vSwap 50GB disk space Unlimited bandwidth 50Mbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM $18/year Order in Dallas SSD128 128MB RAM 128MB vSwap 5GB SSD disk space 500GB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM $13.50/year Order in Dallas Order in Buffalo SSD2 1024MB RAM 512MB vSwap 20GB SSD disk space 1TB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM $6.50/month Order in Dallas Order in Buffalo Note: All prices are prorated, so the checkout price may appear less than the recurring amount. More offers inside! Storage100 256MB RAM 256MB vSwap 100GB disk space Unlimited bandwidth 100Mbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM $2.62/month Order in…

Oktay is back with some offers for his brand VPSDime. This is the fourth time we’re featuring VPSDime, so the label ‘new’ can be taken off by now since VPSDime has been around for over six months now.  The label ‘new’ cannot be taken off of their new New Jersey location, for which stock will be added onMarch 26! Oktay and his brands are known for the custom control panel they all utilize, always fully integrated into the billing area. No double logins and no SolusVM to have to fool around with. VPSDime nodes are dual E5 2620′s with 384GB RAM and 8 x 10K RPM Hard drives in RAID10. The VPSDime hardware is rented from Incero in Dallas. Their Los Angeles location is with ColoCrossing. I am unsure about New Jersey. SSD caching is optional for all these offers for a small fee and this can be selected while ordering. I’ve found a review for VPSDime and it’s positive one at that! Please share your own experiences with us here. VPSDime 6GB 6GB RAM 60GB disk space 4 vCPU cores 2TB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/Custom Panel $7/Month Order here VPSDime 2GB 2GB RAM 50GB disk space 2 vCPU cores 1TB bandwidth 1x IPv4 address 1Gpbs uplink OpenVZ/Custom Panel $48/Year Order here VPSDime 128MB 128MB RAM 5GB disk space 1 vCPU core 250GB bandwidth 1x IPv4 address 1Gpbs uplink OpenVZ/Custom Panel $48/Year Order here More offers after you click ‘Read more’.   VPSDime 1GB 1GB RAM 40GB disk space 2 vCPU cores 1TB bandwidth 1x IPv4 address 1Gpbs uplink OpenVZ/Custom Panel $30/Year Order…

Chris, from ChicagoVPS, is back with three offers! These offers are all available in six locations across the USA! This time, Chris sent us SSD-cached offers, including two annual deals. ChicagoVPS is using host nodes with dual CPUs and Intel 520 SSDs for caching. Orders will be set up instantly, so you can get started right after ordering! Customers have been quite positive about ChicagoVPS lately. If you sign up, or are already a customer, feel free to leave a review in the comments. 128MB SSD-Cached 128MB RAM 10GB disk space 100GB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM Coupon: none $12/year Order here 1GB SSD-Cached 1GB RAM 30GB disk space 1.5TB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM Coupon:LEBProfessional $3.5/month Order here 2GB SSD-Cached 2GB RAM 50GB disk space 2TB bandwidth 1Gbps uplink 1x IPv4 address OpenVZ/SolusVM Coupon:SAVEBIG $30/year Order here ChicagoVPS accepts payments via major Credit Cards, by personal check, cashier’s check, PayPal, electronic check, or money order. Their refunds policy states that “Refunds are subject to approval by ChicagoVPS on a case by case basis”. ChicagoVPS guarantees a 99.9% uptime with all services. Free central backups, free automated weekly node backups and free DNS hosting are all included. For more information, take a look at their Terms of Service. Network Information Los Angeles, CA, USA Test IPv4: 198.23.128.127 Buffalo, NY, USA Test IPv4: 75.127.3.3 Chicago, IL, USA Test IPv4: 206.217.137.110 Atlanta, GA, USA Test IPv4: 198.46.150.130 New Jersey, NJ, USA Test IPv4: 199.188.100.34 Dallas, TX, USA Test IPv4: 172.245.57.2