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Gen 2 Self-Serve Virtual Hosting
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Aug 2018
Found a crazy deal at Lots of Low End Box, with X4Servers (and and there are more - I have not looked closely yet).
Note this uses these often use OpenVZ ... which previously had trouble with Java but I think as of now (Aug 2019) it's better and depends on the hosting provider setting limits on memory / not overselling too. Also restricted to Ubuntu supported by OpenVZ base image which is 16.x at the moment.
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2GB-SSD-VPS
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These are crazy cheap very inexpensive prices and there's further discount if you pay for the full year up front! However, keep in mind this is VPS hosting which can end up oversubscribing resulting in a very slow system.
Feb 2012
I spent some time to look for cheaper alternatives. This is still best bang for the buck despite Gen 3 Cloud services.
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