Free Cloud Credit and Discounts - The Promo Code / Specials thread.

[jsheed_sa]

Hi,

I'll be posting coupons / discount codes for popular services like Digital Ocean, Linode and others here.

Linode: 
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PROMO CODE: bootstrapped20 [B][U]($20)[/U][/B]

Digital Ocean:
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REGISTRATION URL: https://m.do.co/c/c421fbaf1e5a
PROMO CODE: lowendbox [B][U]($15)[/U][/B]

Host1Plus (HAS ZA PRESENCE @ INTERNET SOLUTIONS IN JHB):
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REGISTRATION URL: https://affiliates.host1plus.com/ref/jeromeza.html
PROMO CODE: VPSZA75 ([B][U]75% off[/U][/B] - should work on anything >256MB RAM plans on 3 / 6 / 12 month billing cycles)

NOTE: These are referral links.
You can opt to use them or not - but please consider giving back and using my referral links if this post has helped you.

 

[jsheed_sa]

Introducing Arubacloud.

Arubacloud is an Italian ISP / host / cloud provider thats been around since 1994. They're one of the bigger players in Europe and probably the biggest in Italy.

All VM's are powered by VMWare and they've got DC's in France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom.

They provide a lot of bang for buck on their smallest plan:

1 core - Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
1 GB RAM
20 GB SSD STORAGE
2 TB bandwidth transfer monthly

All this for only 1EU a month. It's a steal - especially in the pricier locations like Czech Republic, Italy and the UK. You won't be able to beat the price.

https://www.arubacloud.com/

 

[waylander]

Introducing Arubacloud.

Arubacloud is an Italian ISP / host / cloud provider thats been around since 1994. They're one of the bigger players in Europe and probably the biggest in Italy.

All VM's are powered by VMWare and they've got DC's in France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom.

They provide a lot of bang for buck on their smallest plan:

1 core - Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
1 GB RAM
20 GB SSD STORAGE
2 TB bandwidth transfer monthly

All this for only 1EU a month. It's a steal - especially in the pricier locations like Czech Republic, Italy and the UK. You won't be able to beat the price.

https://www.arubacloud.com/

Nabbed one of these, thanks!

 

[Thor]

Introducing Arubacloud.

Arubacloud is an Italian ISP / host / cloud provider thats been around since 1994. They're one of the bigger players in Europe and probably the biggest in Italy.

All VM's are powered by VMWare and they've got DC's in France, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom.

They provide a lot of bang for buck on their smallest plan:

1 core - Intel Xeon E5-2650L v3
1 GB RAM
20 GB SSD STORAGE
2 TB bandwidth transfer monthly

All this for only 1EU a month. It's a steal - especially in the pricier locations like Czech Republic, Italy and the UK. You won't be able to beat the price.

https://www.arubacloud.com/

Also nabbed one now... Thanks.

 

[waylander]

Also nabbed one now... Thanks.

hf navigating their **** website

 

[jsheed_sa]

hf navigating their **** website

Yeah thats the downside - but once you realise what panel does what its ok.

Can't beat that price for some of those DC's though.

 

[waylander]

Yeah thats the downside - but once you realise what panel does what its ok.

Can't beat that price for some of those DC's though.

Yeah, up and running and it's a good deal!

 

[Genisys]

What is the performance like? TUP working?

 

[jsheed_sa]

What is the performance like? TUP working?

TUP?

 

[waylander]

TUP?

tun/tap

Doesn't seem like it, might be able to enable via the web interface

 

[The_Donkey]

Sure he's referring to TUN/TAP

 

[Genisys]

tun/tap

Doesn't seem like it, might be able to enable via the web interface

^

Thanks. Still a bargain.

 

[jsheed_sa]

tun/tap

Doesn't seem like it, might be able to enable via the web interface

They use VMWare, not OpenVZ. Hence you have your own kernel.

So it's up to you to allow those options or not... Not for the host to set them.

 

[The_Donkey]

Am I allowed to grab more than one?

 

[waylander]

Am I allowed to grab more than one?

ya

 

[jsheed_sa]

Am I allowed to grab more than one?

Yep and in multiple locations too.

The problem comes in when you want more resources. The 2GB plan costs 6.5EU.

The 1GB plan is how they lure you in

 

[jsheed_sa]

Also you should be able to ask them to remove VAT as we're outside of the EU.

Hence it would be even cheaper. If anyone gets that right be sure to comment back

 

[The_Donkey]

Yep and in multiple locations too.

The problem comes in when you want more resources. The 2GB plan costs 6.5EU.

The 1GB plan is how they lure you in

I want to set up a cluster so the Smalls are perfect

 

[jsheed_sa]

I want to set up a cluster so the Smalls are perfect

Out of interest what are you planning to setup?

 

[The_Donkey]

Out of interest what are you planning to setup?

Cassandra. Thus is also why I asked about the LPIC earlier