{"id":50233,"date":"2013-05-24T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=50233"},"modified":"2020-11-12T17:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:18:47","slug":"digitalocean-a-new-amazing-cloud-vps-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/digitalocean-a-new-amazing-cloud-vps-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"DigitalOcean\u2014a New Amazing Cloud VPS Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/digitalocean-a-new-amazing-cloud-vps-hosting\/#DigitalOcean_capabilities\" >DigitalOcean capabilities<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/digitalocean-a-new-amazing-cloud-vps-hosting\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DigitalOcean_capabilities\"><\/span>DigitalOcean capabilities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/digital-ocean-logo-4x3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/digital-ocean-logo-4x3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-50234\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">DigitalOcean<\/a> is a cloud hosting service that offers a comparatively affordable pricing, starting from $5 per month, and bills hourly. This combines with ease of use: all you need is to get a dedicated IP and root access to your server, and you can start working. The control panel is plain and simple. DigitalOcean uses SSD hard drives and a fast network that provide speed to servers\u2019 work. Furthermore, the service boldly promises a 99.99% uptime around network, power, and virtual server availability.<\/p>\n<p>Being pretty cheap and easy to use, DigitalOcean can become one of the solutions that may interest startups, small and fast-growing projects.<\/p>\n<p>However, are there any pitfalls? For more detail, please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/digitalocean-new-amazing-cloud-vps-hosting-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a comprehensive DigitalOcean overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platforms-scalable-cloud-computing-hosting-with-gogrid\/\">Cloud Platforms: Scalable Cloud Computing Hosting with GoGrid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platforms-amazon-ec2-extremely-scalable-cloud-computing-environment\/\">Cloud Platforms: Amazon EC2\u2014Extremely Scalable Cloud Computing Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-platforms-windows-azure-ideal-cloud-architecture-for-net-developers\/\">Cloud Platforms: Windows Azure\u2014Ideal Cloud Architecture for .NET Developers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>The post was written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/olga\/\">Olga Belokurdkaya<\/a> and edited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a>.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DigitalOcean capabilities<\/p>\n<p> DigitalOcean is a cloud hosting service that offers a comparatively affordable pricing, starting from $5 per month, and bills hourly. 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