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A-KO
Joined: 25 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject: HDD Space |
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I know it's all business but I'm curious why the HD space isn't cheaper than it is currently...
Right now it'd be a travesty to buy a Linode 300 package and add 8G of space ($16/month extra) when for another $4/month you get double ram, double storage, and double bandwidth... |
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kangaby
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Posts: 62
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| It's priced this way to make you upgrade rather than buy extra ram / disk space. That way they get to keep the same size linodes on each server. |
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zunzun
Joined: 18 Feb 2005
Posts: 167
Location: Birmingham, Alabama USA
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: |
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kangaby wrote: It's priced this way to make you upgrade rather than buy extra ram / disk space. That way they get to keep the same size linodes on each server.
Yet still, if I needed something extra for just one or two months I would not be forced to upgrade. As an example, if I needed extra storage for a few weeks while I hosted a large file - a personal video of my child's birthday party perhaps - Linode provides that flexibility without forcing me to upgrade.
James |
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ryantate
Joined: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 47
Location: Berkeley, CA
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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For extra storage, another option is to keep the files on Amazon S3. I mirror my site and backup all my Linode files there.
You can't just SFTP, though, all access to S3 is via a Web services API, scripts (like s3sync) that wrap the API or client programs (like JungleDisk) that wrap the API. |
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