Provider news · November 2024
What the providers shipped
November's tech theater sees DigitalOcean sneaking in some back-end updates like CLI-based console access and a Heroku-based Node.js buildpack, but it's all shadowed by Linode's GPU plan overkill at the $5 tier and the long-overdue reintroduction of their Database service. Meanwhile, Linode's new Frankfurt 2 Data Center and beta App Platform on LKE show they're still playing catch-up with Kubernetes. UpCloud quietly expanded Managed Object Storage, and finally, they’ve got you covered in Chicago, while also making sure your system-level DB logs can be sent to OpenSearch and Rsyslog. But if you're still waiting for the per-second billing that makes the math nicer (DigitalOcean, where've you been?), then maybe it's time to think about actually switching providers.
DigitalOcean
- Nov 27 App Platform component console via doctl — Access component consoles from the CLI.
- Nov 20 App Platform restart without repo change — Restart apps without a repository change.
- Nov 14 PostgreSQL 12 deprecation — Automatic upgrade scheduled.
- Nov 14 App Platform Heroku Node.js buildpack — New Heroku-based Node.js buildpack.
Linode
- Nov 20 New GPU plans — New GPU infrastructure plan options introduced.
- Nov 18 New Frankfurt 2 Data Center — Additional Frankfurt 2 data center launched.
- Nov 14 Reintroduction of the Database service — Managed Database service restored to the platform.
- Nov 13 App Platform beta launches on LKE — Beta launch of App Platform on Kubernetes Engine.
- Nov 5 Linodes, Linodes in distributed regions, and LKEs support encryption (Limited availability) — Encryption support for Linodes, distributed regions, and LKE in limited availability.
- Nov 5 LKE updates — Improvements to Linode Kubernetes Engine.
UpCloud
- Nov 21 Managed Object Storage in all regions — Expanded to Chicago (US-CHI1), completing global rollout with S3 compat and AES-256.
- Nov 15 Integrations for Managed Databases — System-level DB logs can be exported to OpenSearch and Rsyslog destinations.