Looking at Linode, and the service I'd be migrating would fit into a 1080 or 1440 in terms of memory and bandwidth, but we'd need a bit more storage (we've already got ~63gb of media).

["Yes", we should probably using a separate media server at this point, but until we get around to implementing that, local storage will have to do!]

I can't find a pricelist for monthly storage extras, though. Lil help?

On my dashboard, extra storage shows up as $2/GB. Pretty expensive, huh? It would be a lot cheaper just to get another linode, or to upgrade to the next level.

In the meantime, what about http://aws.amazon.com/s3/

You could purchase storage linodes, that brings down the cost to about $1.25 per gig (and bandwidth between your storage linodes and your main one is free, mount it via NFS or what have you and it's like it's local).

Those are really the only three options: Add it to the existing linode at $2 per gig, buy a bigger Linode, or get additional storage nodes.

One option I'm not mentioning is to get your own server in the same datacenter; it'll be fast, but you'll pay for bandwidth on both sides. S3 is even worse, since you'll be paying for bandwidth on both sides, and it'll be slow too. Also, S3 isn't cheap.

I'd agree that Linode should really introduce a NAS/SAN option accessible over the private network, but for now, these options are all you've got.

Where can I get more info on storage linodes please?

Guspaz just meant that you should buy more Linodes and use them as file servers.

Or upgrade your current Linode, I guess; pricing should be the same.

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Ah, I see. Thanks.

To clarify, by "upgrade your current Linode" he means "resize". He doesn't mean to add extra storage, since that costs more.

Guspaz, do you mean the OP could get a 1440 and a 360 and then add the disk resources from the 360 to the 1440? If so, is it also possible to add the BW and RAM resources from the 360 to the 1440?

Thanks

All your Linodes in same datacenter* contribute their BW amount to common pool, and any one can use it. So, if you get a 1440 and 360 you have 800+200=1000GB BW, and your 360 could use as much of that amount as it wishes, if the 1440 wouldn't. RAM, CPU, and disk space is per-Linode. You confugure a linode as "storage" by setting up a link between it and the "public-facing" one using the private IP feature, and exporting the disk over the network using NFS or similar.

*or is it across datacenters now?

It's across data centers.

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