Considering that I’ve been building websites for about 20 years, it’s probably not surprising that I’ve used MANY different hosts. If I had to guesstimate, I’d say the total is somewhere around 50. And depending on the type of site, the importance of its uptime, how resource-intensive it is, I’ve used everything from shared hosts, to VPSs, to dedicated servers, and of course cloud providers.
Lately for most of my new sites, I’ve been partial to a 2+ GB RAM, SSD VPS. SSD is pretty much a must … the differences between solid state and spinning disks is night and day. If and when the site starts getting a ton of traffic, signups, etc, then I’ll look into migrating to something more robust, like AWS or Google Cloud.
About a month ago I was ready to launch my latest project – YardYum – and I needed a new server for it. I heard about SSD Nodes on forums like Web Hosting Talk and LEB, so decided to give them a try.
So far I’ve been very impressed. No downtime yet, fast performance, super affordable, and although I haven’t had any official support tickets, I was contacted by Matt @ SSD Nodes who inquired as to if I needed help with anything … great customer service!
If you’re looking for a reliable, affordable, and fast VPS host, then SSD Nodes is definitely worth a look.