Item: Akamai Cloud Computing
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Linode

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We run a bunch of Docker images on a Linode to handle both static and dynamic websites. A single small instance runs 10 domains including nginx, PHP and MySQL. A haproxy runs in its own Docker container on the same node and exposes websites to the internet. All other nodes are only accessible from haproxy.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Self-service computing resources.
Stable environment for virtual servers.

Cons

Minor gripe: The DNS manager should communicate how long it will take for information to update. UX of that tool could be better.

Return on Investment

Reliable uptime has us not worry about missing customers.

Alternatives Considered

For other jobs I worked with both AWS and GCP and they both are mind-boggling complex in comparison. You have a running machine on Linode by the time you just started reading what services you need to activate for your project in AWS / GCP. This also makes the pricing of Linode very transparent and simple to understand.

Support Rating

I only needed to contact support once, and that was years ago. The reply was quick and helpful. Linode communicates actively and well in advance when they e.g. need to move my node to a different machine and warn me of the short downtime.

Other Software Used

Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Storage

Likelihood to Recommend

Linode seems a very good choice if you need your own server but don't want to spend lots of money or dig into the complexity of things like AWS or google computing cloud. You simply get your virtual Linux box with web access that has a very reasonable capacity.

I would not recommend Linode if you are no developer and want a managed version of e.g. WordPress or some other standard application.

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Perfect if all you want is a reliable virtual server for a cheap price