AutomatedVPS – $5 512MB Hyper-V VPS
Via this WHT offer. AutomatedVPS is VPS provider that specialized in Hyper-V and Windows 2003/2008 virtual servers. Due to the cost of license this kind of providers do not usually show up on LowEndBox.com, but they are now running a special on WHT with their new data center of unknown location (I am assuming to be in New York City as well), which has a package that fits my listing criteria. So for $5/month you get
- 512MB memory
- 50GB storage NO RAID
- 50GB/month data transfer
- CentOS 5
Quite a bit of restriction to combat fraud, which includes 1 special per client, telephone validation, cell/mobile phone validation with SMS, SMTP port blocked by default & needs explicit permission to unblock, you have to email to order. Any Linux distro other than CentOS might also need to provide URL to ISO for installation. Does not sound “automated” at all.
Interesting offer I guess — I would rather get 1/4 of memory but on instant activation, RAID10 drive, and Linux on Xen by a good provider. But I guess some of you here might be more adventurous