VPSie.com VPS Cloud Server Hosting BEATS both DigitalOcean and Vultr !!

I'm a current active customer of both DigitalOcean and Vultr - Digitalocean started about 2 years ago and was a pioneer in the automated KVM VPS offering model then a year and half after Vultr has blindly copied the model and even the website was a complete copy of DigitalOcean site..
Also DigitalOcean has changed the site design and guess what again Vultr did a complete blind copy of the new interface which I see shameful for them.

I wonder why DO didn't sue them for copyright violations - here are some archived screenshots:

Vultr site April 2014 : Here
DO site on April 2014: Here

Vultr site October 2014  and DoO site October 2014 combined in this link back to back:) Here

 I was invited recently by couple of my friends to a cloud provider called VPSie.com - Based on the invitation received I was entitled to $24 in free credit "Had to verify my billing info by entering my credit card".

I noticed that they only allow new users by invitation and they claim that this is to control and maintain client based quality however I think this is a smart way of growth control.

I'm Impressed!! Really VPSie has provided the best of both DO and Vultr - here is why:

1- Very nice / Fast interface. - as compared to ugly one in Vultr and good one in DO.

2- Spin up time for a linux machine is 26 seconds. as compared to 5 minutes in Vultr and 55 seconds in DO.

3- SSD disk speed ~670MB/s ( stunned) as compared to ~430MB/s Vultr and ~240MB/s with DO.

4- Starting price is $4/month to give 1 CPU Core / 512M memory and 10GB SSD storage as compared to 1CPU core , 768M memory and 15GB SSD for $5/month @ Vultr and 512MB 1 CPU core for $5/month @ DO.

5- Ability to resize on the fly - without reboot - You can resize any component Disk , CPU or Memory which is great for flexibility.

6- They support ISO upload same as Vultr and DO lack of this feature.

7- Windows spinup time is 3 minutes as to 15 minutes compared to Vultr - DO doesn't support Windows platform.

8- Premade apps like cPanel, GitLab and many more - as opposite to none on Vultr and similar on DO side.

9- I have been with them for about 2 months (Almost) and  uptime has been 100% so far as compared to high latency on Vultr and ongoing issues with DO network.

10- Usage graphs for Vultr is as ugly as it gets (only Bandwidth) - DO did a nice job there but VPSie seem to still beat them on the beauty of the graphs.

11- Restore option takes almost half what it takes with DO and a fraction of the time with Vultr.

12- They offer live support by chat and phone and helpdesk tickets,  Yes 24/7 support... unheard of with this model, My ticket got a response after 12 minutes as opposite to 1 day with Vultr and 3 days in DO.

Based on those factors I can foresee that they will have a good share in the market if they sustain the same quality level.

Conclusion: I think DO started but now failing due to degrading service quality - Vultr offered low quality since day one with no innovation however they have many locations - and now VPSie seems to be the right choice to recommend for anyone would be interested in a reliable hosting.


I have 2 invitations left that I can share to my blog users.

Protect your kids from porn websites in 2 minutes!

We all worry about what may our kids may see online, To make it short and quick lets protect them now (little background and then the instructions so you know what you will be doing not just following :-)

DNS :

Whenever a domain name (website address) is typed you are taken to that particular site. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address which is very hard-to-remember. This process will be carried out by various DNS (Domain Name System) servers around the world .

While this conversion occurs in the background it is vital for your Internet speeds.The communication between user’s computer and the DNS server is carried out by your browser which acts as a DNS client. Yet, despite being largely transparent, the DNS system is not without its problems.

If your ISP’s (Internet Service Provider) DNS server is down then you can’t access that website unless you know its ip address.So instead of relying on our ISP’s DNS server we can switch over to Open DNS , a more reliable and a secure service.

OpenDNS :

OpenDNS is a free DNS resolution service.OpenDNS offers DNS resolution for consumers and businesses as an alternative to using their Internet service provider’s DNS servers. By placing company servers in strategic locations and employing a large cache of the domain names, OpenDNS usually processes queries much more quickly, thereby increasing page retrieval speed.

OpenDNS is today used by millions of users around the world.It has integrated some advanced features such as webcontent filtering, anti phishing.

Setting up Open DNS:

To use OpenDNS all you have to do is some minor tweaks.

Using Xp:

1. Select Control Panel from the Start menu.


2. Click Network Connections from the Control Panel choices.


3. Choose your connection from the Network Connections window.


4. Click Properties button.


5. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.


6. Click the radio button “Use the following DNS server addresses” and type in OpenDNS addresses in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields as 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

Done!

Using Vista :

1. Click the Start Orb, then select Control Panel.


2. Click on View network status and tasks.


3. Click on View status.


4. Click the Properties button.


5. Vista may ask for your permission to make changes. If so, click the Continue button.


6. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click the Properties button.


7. Click the radio button “Use the following DNS server addresses” and type in OpenDNS addresses in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields as 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220


8. Click the OK button, then the Close button, and the Close button again. Close the Network and Sharing Center window.
   

Done!

That’s it now you are an OpenDNS user.

For detailed instructions and for router configuration click here.

Video Tutorial : http://www-files.opendns.com/videos/getstarted_video.flv

Don't forget to try to access a porn website to test the change...

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