Web Hosting Talk : Web Hosting Main Forums : VPS Hosting : Renting a VPS for OpenVPN only

[hybridized]

Hi, thanks for the help guys. I've been researching and found the following host and packages to be closest to my requirements:

http://www.cirrushosting.com/vpshost...-canada-2.html (VPS 1)

http://www.caratnetworks.com/vps.php (Basic or Plus)

http://www.ubhosting.net/vps.html (VPS 1 or VPS 2)

http://myhosting.com/virtual-server-...vps-plans.aspx (Linux Base Plan)

http://www.openvz.ca/openvz-vps-plans.php (Small or Medium)

http://www.vpsville.ca/vpn-vps ( Village or Town)


Now only VPSVille has OpenVPN installed by default so I will be up and running almost instantly. Whereas with the other hosts I will have to install and configure OpenVPN myself. So I'm leaning towards VPSVille right now more than the others.

What host and package would you guys suggest if I were to just use the VPS for OpenVPN / VPN.

As you can tell my budget is $10-$20 / month

Thanks in advance!

[tanphe]

the best is use Xen or KVM for OpenVPN, don't use OpenVZ, it don't support good.

[hybridized]

@tanphe

That's the virtualizing software the host uses for the VPS right? Would you know the minimum specs required to run OpenVPN smoothly for a single connection?

Thanks

[tanphe]

@hybridized: a single connection, I think you only need a VPS with 256MB RAM - 512MB RAM, Xen or KVM virtualization

[hybridized]

So if I were to signup for a Village of Town plan by VPSVille, OpenVPN would not work properly with that? Considering OpenVPN would be the only thing installed on the VPS and nothing else.

[elvis1]

Originally Posted by tanphe

the best is use Xen or KVM for OpenVPN, don't use OpenVZ, it don't support good.

thats not true.

cat /dev/net/tun

cat: /dev/net/tun: File descriptor in bad state

[Lincxu]

Do you have to go with VPSVille? If not, you can find a lot of quality vps servers and configure vpn by yourself.

[hybridized]

So what are you saying none of the hosts I linked have quality servers?

I need a Toronto based server so those were the only good hosts I could find.

[elvis1]

Why pay extra for a VPN vps?
id even consider paying a single installation fee .

[hybridized]

Because that would be the cheapest Toronto based VPS I would get anyways even if nothing was installed on it.

Kindly link me to a cheaper option if you can

[hybridized]

C'mon guys tell me out of the host+packages I've listed in my first post, which one should I go with?

Thanks

[96mb]

Just for VPN, it really does not matter, any of the specs above would work, I think the only differences it would make is how good the services/support would be in this case, try sending them some pre-sales ticket, asking questions like do they enable tun/tap if they are OpenVZ and/or how much it would cost for additional bandwidth, and see how knowledgeable/fast support is.

[hybridized]

Well the thing is I am leaning towards the Town package by http://www.vpsville.ca/vpn-vps just because it has OpenVPN pre-installed and configured and the lazy bum I am it would be perfect for me to just start using it after they set it up.

However, at the back of my head something's bothering me that if I am going to pay $15/month for a VPS just for OpenVPN can I get a better package for the same cost or less from one of the other hosts mentioned in my first post and then install OpenVPN myself. It shouldn't be that hard now now would it?

The thing is I am new to this VPS stuff so I don't know as well as the more experienced users here would so that's why I need your help in getting the best package for that cost.

Thanks

[LVPSHosting]

VPN will work with OpenVZ too if you know how to configure it. Also. please make sure to ask for the hosting provider to enable the TUN/TAP interface for you, and at the end OpenVZ VPS is much cheaper that KVM VPS.

p.s. we do not use OpenVZ for our virtualization so I'm not making any commercial here!

[Jamson]

I'd probably go with Carat. Lots of bandwidth and one of the cheaper ones. It'd only take 5-10 minutes to install OpenVZ, so i'd spend the time and pocket the savings.