Re: [SLUG] Co-lo, UML & Dedicated servers

[Piers Wren <piers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've got 2 UML machines around the place. one on tektonic.net and one on
redwoodvirtual.com.

TekTonic are the better of those two, I seem to get more available CPU.
Ping time is a bit of an issue, but once connected the speed is good.
Support is reasonable but nothing special.

I use redwoodvirtual for my personal server. I'm on the $10/mo plan
which gives me 20Gb/mo bandwidth. It's far from quick (CPU), but
reliable enough (current uptime is 143 days) and capable of running
apache/postfix/spamassassin/bind as long as the load isn't high.
Download speed is enough to saturate my connections. Support on redwood
is pretty ordinary - email them and they get back a few days later.

If you're considering UML, check out www.usermodelinux.org. Click the
'Commercial' link on the right hand side of the page to get a list of a
few UML providers around the place.

My general experience with UML has been great. Just don't expect to run
anything diskspace or memory intensive as it quickly gets expensive.

Cheers,
-Piers.


On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 12:04 +0200, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Dan Treacy">
> 
> > Just after some recommendations on the above probably in that order.
> > 
> > Machines don't need to be overly powerful but reasonable traffic allowance
> > would be good.
> 
> www.linode.com -> bloody fantastic
> 
> - Jeff
> 
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