I previously wrote a post about mikrovps.eu, concluding that it’s a very good host. Unfortunately, everything changes over time, and this was true here as well. I don’t know the background, I can only guess. I assume the owner took advantage of OpenVZ’s characteristics, and oversold the number of VPS instances on a node to the point where it became unstable, and my TF2 server on it was constantly lagging. I reported this to the operator, and they supposedly moved me to another node, but the problem persisted there too, so I decided to try the szerverplex.hu KVM package. Everything worked right away, setting up the system was simple, you can install pretty much anything on it, and I get unlimited data transfer (supposedly) on 100 mbit. I also set up the TF2 server today, and so far the feedback is that it’s perfect, no lag at all.

I’ve tried many VPS and dedicated servers worldwide (mainly in Europe and the USA) and was mostly satisfied with them. Naturally, I had some bad experiences, but you learn from your own mistakes. Currently I have VPS instances with most of the major “LowEnd” providers, but my issue with them was always that they weren’t close enough to me, meaning my ping to them was worse than if they were in Hungary.