Linode recently replaced the AjaxTerm based web console with a Shell-in-a-box version. Also you can always access the console using SSH to the host instead of the web version.

Linode storage comes bundled with a virtual machine! The more you pay, the more RAM, network transfer quota, and better CPU contention you get - without any extra costs. It's hardly an apples to apples comparison.

No, that's not correct. EC2/EBS and Linode are actually almost the same pricing model: you get a base configuration with some amount of cpu/memory/storage, and can add extra storage on a per-GB basis. Amazon just happens to bill by the hour instead of the month for this stuff.

EC2 and Linode instances are actually pretty comparable in capability and price. But storage is way out of whack: again we're not talking about Linode being a little more: it's a full order of magnitude more. That's just not acceptable to me.

I used to have my camera archives on Linode until they outgrew the 20G instance. At this point they're going onto EBS (or S3, if I'm willing to write some code) as soon as I get the opportunity to do it. I don't see any value beyond inertia to staying with Linode.

There's no such thing as a "cloud server" that sits atop a cluster of machines and pools resources together like RAM into a single instance. VPS and Cloud Servers are identical. It's just marketing. TO THE CLOUD!

Any virtualized Linux instance boils down to a VM running on a single host server. This is true at Linode, Amazon, Rackspace Cloud Servers, etc.

Xen and KVM instantiate a virtualized kernel per VM. Virtuozzo is a container/enhanced jail and runs under the host's kernel.

backup is not a verb

FWIW, one can swap/move IPs between Linodes within the same facility, too.

Submit a ticket and we'll help you out.

All fine now on all my 'nodes. Thanks (to all)!

Linode provides 512 all the way to 20G instances, fwiw.

You're right, I meant 0.5-14GB, I hadn't noticed their new 16 and 20GB instances.

http://status.linode.com/ had updates all throughout the issue.

> This means DNS queries will not resolve for government employees if they point to Linode hosted machines.

This is total FUD. Please check your statements for accuracy.

I agree. I work in a govt agency and while linode.com is blocked, I can still access my site that is hosted at linode as well as the linked site below in comments. Searching us-cert for linode, turns up the following: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-055A.html

I work for a gov agency and both linode and hosted sites work for me.

Not FUD. Verified for multiple cases in which a CNAME points to a linode XXX.members.linode.com address.

I'm guessing the variance is due to different agencies implementing different security stuff. Again, 3x verified & no intent of FUD --- I love linode.

It's pro-rated to the day - so if you add a Linode for the month but remove it after one day, you've ended up being credited back all but $0.67, in the case of a Linode 360.