hello
notice the server has been shut down at 2023/10/30
update 2023/11/02 : i will use contabo, https://blog.ari.lt/b/comparing-hosting-providers-serverariwebxyz
update 2024/08/04 : decided to switch away from contabo, see https://blog.ari.lt/b/an-honest-review-contabo-gmbh-cheap-german-hosting-provider/
currently server.ari-web.xyz is hosted on linode and i pay 6.05 dollars ( w tax, 5 dollars wout tax ) for the following resources :
- 1 gig ram
- 20 gig storage
- 1 core
- 25 gig storage
and i host it in germany, frankfurt to b more specific
and well, i think thts quite a bad deal, esp comparing to other providers, this is where https://www.hetzner.com/cloud comes in, i will get the 5.18 euro plan a month with these resources :
- 2 cores ( amd )
- 2 gig ram
- 40 gig storage
- 20 tb traffic
- germany ( just as before )
or maybe the 6.37 euro plan which has all the above with the following changes :
- 2 cores ( intel this time )
- 4 gig ram
another option i considered was https://hosthatch.com/products for 6 dollars a month with :
- 2 cores ( amd )
- 4 gig ram
- 20 gig storage
- 1 tb traffic
and i think even though its an upgrade, i chose hetzner for these reasons :
- its a germany-based company, so immediately european and german privacy laws come in place, which r great
- its cheaper than hosthatch and provides competitive prices meaning good product of a small price
- provides bare bones -- no bloat, just a server, do whatever u want w it
- performance -- its known for its high performance and enterprise-level standards
although ive heard hosthatch has following advantages :
- more data center locations -- u can have more location options, but i rlly just need germany, nothing else
- stability -- ive heard tht hosthatch is more stable in pricing and server
- better customer support -- they respond faster
and the shutdown of the server will happen anywhere from 2023/11/01 to 2023/11/03, the new server is expected to go up anywhere from 2023/11/17 to 2023/11/29, dont b surprised if some parts of ari-web ( most major being comments and visitor count ) go down and dont go up for a couple of weeks
enjoy the last few days of the old server til the new one comes up