Linode review

Monthly Update – May 2022

During May, Linode Hosting:

• Performed scheduled LISH, Weblish, Glish Console emergency maintenance.
• Had a service issue with Lassie.
• Had service issues with multiple data centers.
• Had a service issue with its Object Storage service.
• Performed scheduled network maintenance on its Tokyo 2 data centers.
• Had issues with IPv6 on its Newark data center.
• Performed scheduled maintenance on the Linode Kubernetes Engine.
• Performed scheduled network maintenance on its Mumbai data center.
• Performed scheduled emergency network maintenance on its Newark data center.

Linode was developed with the intention of helping users simplify their cloud infrastructure through Linux virtual machines alongside a robust set of tools to develop, deploy and even scale modern applications on a faster scale. The company believes that virtual computing has to be accessible to all and simple to understand.

Linode was founded by Christopher Anker in 2003, making it a well-established company. With over 200 employees and decades in the industry, let’s see how they stack up and if they actually deliver on their promises and goals.

When it comes to their products, they offer shared hosting, dedicated CPU, high memory, GPU, bare metal, Kubernetes, block storage, object storage, backups, cloud firewalls, DDoS protection, a DNS manager, NodeBalancers, VLAN, and a lot more.

Keep in mind that Linode even offers a 1 week free trial on GPU High-Performance Cloud computing, which will allow you to test things before making a commitment to the service.

There’s also a unique referral program, where if someone signs up using your referral URL, you will receive a credit of $20, but the person has to remain an active customer for 90 days and spend at least $15 for you to receive this credit.

To test things out, I’ll go through the shared hosting route to see just what kind of an experience even the newest users that want to engage in online hosting will receive.

Getting Started With Linode

Making an account, and connecting everything is actually quite enjoyable as well as a simple process at Linode.

All you have to do is open up the official website and find the Sign-Up button on the screen’s top right corner. Alternatively, you also have the Create Account button somewhere along the middle, which is always convenient. You can even sign up with GitHub if that is your preferred way.

You’ll need to create an account.

Here, you’ll need to enter your email, username, and password.

They’ll send you an email.

Next, you’ll need to log into your account and once you find the email, click on confirm.

After that, you’ll just need to enter your billing information.

And that’s about it, now you can click on the Go To Cloud Manager button to get started.

Setting Things Up at Linode

Once you log in, you’ll be greeted by this screen.

Let’s see what we can do on the left navigation bar.

You have:

• Linodes – these are essentially the servers you’ll be using. You can create shared CPU, Dedicated CPU, and high memory or GPU servers here to fill your specific needs.

Here you can modify a few things, and we’ll get into the pricing later on, but basically, for the testing phase, I’ll be using the Nanode 1 GB, which is the cheapest option.

When it comes to the operating systems, you have a lot of options, and by default, Debian 10 is selected. You also have Ubuntu, and so on, but for my testing, I’ll be using my favorite, CentOS 7.

In terms of region, I’ll select Frankfurt as it’s the closest server to my specific geographic location, but pick one that’s based on either your location or the location of your target visitors for the best results.