[wplug-internet] New Linode upgrade available

[Pat Barron]

Good points, all.  I actually wasn't aware that they were planning a 
potential lower-end (and lower-cost) offering; considering that, it 
might be best to hang back for now and see what they do along those lines.

We could certainly move to CentOS 6 or 7 any time we want, with or 
without migrating to a new VPS offering.  Of course, that would mean 
backing everything up that we care about, and several days (at least) of 
migration time afterwards.  On the other hand, CentOS 5 end-of-life 
isn't until 2017, so we have some time, at least as far as ongoing 
support for CentOS 5 is concerned....

--Pat.

On 4/19/2014 8:17 PM, Justin Smith wrote:
> I'd be all in favor of this if they kept the yearly payment discount, 
> but they're not. The last thing we need to do right now is increase 
> costs.
>
> On the other hand, I have to admit that we're probably not doing 
> ourselves by clinging to a 32-bit version of Centos 5. I'm all in 
> favor of stability, but not necessarily at the cost of having to 
> manually compile software to get anything remotely modern. Besides, 
> Centos 7 will have systemd and Docker support! Happy days!
>
> I don't think there would be much of an impact on litecoin mining as a 
> result of the core count change. I have two cores on my digital ocean 
> VPS, and one of those going equals the performance we see from four 
> cores at linode.
>
> I could go either way on this one. I feel like it'd be good to 
> upgrade, but I can see why one would want to leave well enough alone.
>
> On April 19, 2014 5:49:13 PM EDT, Vance Kochenderfer 
> <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
>
>     On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 04:20:45PM -0400, Pat Barron wrote:
>
>         Yet another upgrade ... Price is the same as we're currently
>         paying. Should we migrate?
>         https://blog.linode.com/2014/04/17/linode-cloud-ssds-double-ram-much-more/
>
>
>
>     There are a few downsides.  First, the new VPSes are 64-bit only,
>     so we would have to transition from the current 32-bit setup.  I
>     don't think this is a major problem given that all the software
>     we're using should be available in 64-bit, but there may be
>     unforseen glitches.  If we decide for a new VPS, it would be worth
>     considering deploying something newer than CentOS 5.
>
>     Another issue is the reduction in number of CPUs available.
>     Currently we h
>       ave
>     eight cores available to us, but actual CPU time
>     depends on contention with other VPSes on the host machine.  The
>     new model at Linode is to dedicate two cores to the $20/mo. VPSes.
>     This would impact Justin's litecoin mining, which currently is set
>     to use four cores.  This is more of an experiment than a critical
>     service, but wanted to point this out.  I don't think it would
>     affect web, mail, etc.
>
>     Third, the annual payment discount we are currently getting would
>     disappear with the new VPS.
>
>     However, I am very intrigued by one comment to that post.  Caker
>     hints that there will be a lower-spec plan offered at less than
>     $20/month.  Given that such a VPS would probably offer essentially
>     the same resources we're using now (except less CPU), I think it's
>     worth holding out to see what they come up with.
>
>     Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
>     vkochend at nyx.net
>         |
>     good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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