Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

vps suggestions



Seth Gordon wrote:
> I use Linode right now, and while I had some flaky experiences when I 
> started out (when they were just starting to use Xen hosting...
>
> The only reason I dropped openhosting.com was because at the time,
> they only offered CentOS, and I pined for Debian.

Which, if any, VPS providers let you load your own image, as opposed to
picking an OS from a menu?

That would seem to be the more powerful way to go. That way you could
easily port your setup from an in-house server to vendor A, or vendor B,
etc.

With the availability of open source Eucalyptus[1] I would have expected
more of these VPS providers to cross over into offering services to
compete with Amazon's EC2.

1. http://www.eucalyptus.com/

 -Tom

-- 
Tom Metro
Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA
"Enterprise solutions through open source."
Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/






BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org