I have several VPSs, and would like to consolidate them. It is very difficult because I feel like they are cheap and am getting a good deal if I ever want to use them. However they mostly sit idle, so my $7 here and $6 there every month adds up. And I want to keep the best service for what I want to do. Right now I want to learn about Linux, run a VPN, a WWW server, and a MySQL server to archive some historical weather data. Stability is also important. I hate it when some of the VPSs randomly reboot or even just shutting them down without a warning.
I ran a 'dd' benchmark command several times at random periods over a few days this past week and averaged the times and disk speed. Surprisingly my cheapest VPS was the fastest, and my most expensive was the slowest.
These benchmarks alone tell me that I should cancel the bottom two, but I also like the huge amount of storage and memory that are provided if I ever need them. My question is, if I ever run an application or set of services that consume a large amount of memory (1.5-2 GB) could this be a violation of some providers' acceptable use?
I am very new to the world of VPSs. And LowEndBox.com is like my Slickdeals.net of VPS. I see things that are good deals and buy them, even if I never know what to do with them!
Thank you for the advice.
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/2gb.dat bs=8k count=256k conv=fdatasync
Provider (Memory / Storage / Monthly Cost)
SemoWeb (256MB / 20GB / $1): 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 3.74051 s, 574 MB/s
RamNode (512MB / 50GB / $3): 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 4.89003 s, 439 MB/s
ChicagoVPS (3GB / 100GB / $6): 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 10.2702 s, 209 MB/s
EO Reality (2GB / 30GB / $7): 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 18.7394 s, 115 MB/s
Iniz (Storm) (3GB / 100GB / $7): 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 32.5445 s, 66.0 MB/s