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Provider news · October 2025

What the providers shipped

October 2025 was a month of incremental progress for VPS providers, with DigitalOcean finally getting Kubernetes NFS shares out the door and introducing network file storage for Atlanta. Meanwhile, Linode updated its Kubernetes Engine to v1.34, a move that feels like it should've happened a while ago. On the other hand, Vultr continues its relentless march of GPU overkill with a new eight-GPU multi-node config for DOKS, but it's the storage upgrades that really stand out. They've cranked up NVMe performance to ridiculous levels and added the ability to resize volumes live. The real kicker? They still offer a dizzying array of OS options and are now expanding their Inference API to support agent-style workflows. If this stuff doesn't move the needle for most developers, I don't know what will.

DigitalOcean

  • Oct 31 DOKS multi-node GPU (8-GPU) — Eight-GPU multi-node configs with high-speed fabric, by contract.
  • Oct 29 Knowledge Bases sitemap data source — Sitemap URLs supported for KB ingestion.
  • Oct 29 App Platform Bun buildpack — Bun JavaScript runtime deployment support.
  • Oct 20 Network File Storage GA (ATL1) — Shared NFS storage generally available in Atlanta.
  • Oct 20 DOKS NFS shares GA — NFS shares GA for Kubernetes 1.31+.
  • Oct 1 Usage-based backups (public preview) — Customizable backup plans for regular and GPU Droplets.

Linode

  • Oct 16 LKE now supports Kubernetes v1.34 — Linode Kubernetes Engine adds support for Kubernetes v1.34.

Vultr

  • Increased Performance for NVMe Block Storage — NVMe now 10,000 IOPS/400 MB/s sustained, bursting to 15,000/600 for up to 60s.
  • Block Storage Volumes Now Support Live Resize — Resize volumes without reboot using growpart/extend2fs, eliminating downtime.
  • OS Catalog Expansion — Added Ubuntu 25.10, openSUSE Leap 16, and Alpine 3.22.2.
  • Inference API Now Supports Tool Calls — Inference API supports tool calls via kimi-k2-instruct for agent-style workflows.
  • VCR Artifact List API Pagination Support — Pagination added to the VCR artifact list API for large artifact collections.
  • EdgeUno Local Transit Partnership Across LATAM — EdgeUno transit brings faster, more reliable connectivity across Latin America.
  • Marketplace Update: Refreshed GitLab and cPanel — New deployments ship the latest GitLab and cPanel builds.
  • Fix for Marketplace Images on Small VMs — Prevents crashes/kernel panics for Marketplace images on sub-1 GB VMs.
  • Prepayments Now Displayed on Invoices — Invoice and summary PDFs now show prepayment amounts applied to your account.

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