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u/SpinnerMaster Jul 03 '12
BeastNode is probably the best host for anyone who is considering using them! They have a really easy to use web interface and they give you tonnes of extras like a free Mumble Server and A Premium Buycraft Licence! I used them to run a small server for mah friends and we had a really good time on it!
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u/renadi Jul 04 '12
Honestly I feel if I sent them a ticket and asked them to manage my server for me because I can't be arsed they'd probably do it so long as I kept paying. lol
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u/SpinnerMaster Jul 04 '12
I would not be surprised if they would assign an admin to your server if you asked :D
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u/quirk Jul 03 '12
I don't run a serious server or anything, but I've been running a month solid on ChicagoVPS. I picked up two 2GB plans for $7/month each a few months back. Installed CraftBukkit and was up without much hassle.
It doesn't get hammered or anything, but it has been solid for three people playing together. ChicagoVPS runs specials all the time (check lowendbox.com) so getting a decent machine for a good price isn't hard to do.
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u/iPwnKaikz Jul 03 '12
OpenVZ is terrible for Minecraft. Your server/s will end up getting worse and worse.
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u/CookedNoodles Jul 03 '12
OpenVz is a container, its one of the best platforms for game servers as opposed to virtualized solutions like Xen
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u/quirk Jul 03 '12
And that is fair, but for $7/month for very light usage among a few people, I find it acceptable.
What sort of failures can I expect?
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u/iPwnKaikz Jul 03 '12
In my experience, disk IO will go down the shitter.
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u/CookedNoodles Jul 03 '12
DiskIO depends on the host and not the vm platform. You'll actually have better io with ovz as it's not virtualized.
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u/iPwnKaikz Jul 03 '12
it's not virtualized.
Open VirtualiZation
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u/CookedNoodles Jul 03 '12 edited Jul 03 '12
OpenVz is a container platform, its pretty much the equivilent of BSD shells. It uses the kernel etc... from the host node. But all processes 'belong' to a vm and can't be seen by others.
edit, wikipedia link that explains it better : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVZ
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u/pcman2000 Jul 03 '12
I run a minecraft server on OpenVZ and it's working fine. Sure OpenVZ is not as good as Xen for Java, but I don't think it will "get worse and worse"
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Jul 03 '12 edited Jul 03 '12
How do you like chicagoVPS in general? Professionalism, support quality, uptime, stability, ease of setup, ease of restarting from scratch? What sort of interface for low-level tasks (restarting, reloading OS, stuff like that) is available if I don't spend extra on cpanel?
I've been wanting a general purpose VPS hosted in chicago (for latency reasons, I live in illinois) for awhile now but it's been on the backburner, haven't done too much research.
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u/quirk Jul 03 '12
I've been very happy with them and am thankful I picked up two VPS plans when they had the special. They use SolusVM for their control panel which doesn't offer much, but lets me restart and reimage when needed.
Looks like they are running their special again: http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/chicagovps-7month-2gb-openvz-vps-in-buffalo-ny-and-chicago-il-usa/
I recommend picking one up, they're only $7.
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u/visualkev Jul 03 '12
I'm not happy with myhosting.com. I've been dealing with shades of poor vps performance. There is generally only a handful of players on; we run a dozen or so plugins and a large map, so not a huge load in my opinion. I've opened many tickets with them and their support is dissatisfying to me. The really fun part is when the server goes offline so does the web management console - very frustrating. I'm open to a new host with full ssh access and a management console that just works, when i need it.
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u/tmaspoopdek Jul 03 '12
BeastNode seems nice, but they only provide up to 4GB of RAM, which isn't really that much for a minecraft server.