I'm disappointed that blogs and podcasts keep promoting Linode. I currently maintain about 30 Linodes and I have been doing so for the past 2 years.
Some things I noticed:
* The internal network is not private. But people don't realise it. You share a /16 with other Linodes. So many open databases, file shares and other services in there.
* Block storage performance is really poor, around 100 iops. Same as a SATA disk from 10 years ago.
* No proper snapshot / image functionality.
* Linode Kubeternetes Engine was based on Debian Oldstable when it launched.
* Excessive CPU steal, even on dedicated cores. 25% CPU steal is considered normal. Over 50% happens a lot.
* Problems with their hosts. I can only guess what the reason is but 4 to 8 hours of unannounced downtime of a VM happend to me 6 times in the past 2 years.
Yes, support is friendly. But my international phone bill is huge because the fastest way to get them to do something is to call.
Some things I noticed:
* The internal network is not private. But people don't realise it. You share a /16 with other Linodes. So many open databases, file shares and other services in there.
* Block storage performance is really poor, around 100 iops. Same as a SATA disk from 10 years ago.
* No proper snapshot / image functionality.
* Linode Kubeternetes Engine was based on Debian Oldstable when it launched.
* Excessive CPU steal, even on dedicated cores. 25% CPU steal is considered normal. Over 50% happens a lot.
* Problems with their hosts. I can only guess what the reason is but 4 to 8 hours of unannounced downtime of a VM happend to me 6 times in the past 2 years.
Yes, support is friendly. But my international phone bill is huge because the fastest way to get them to do something is to call.