On dim. 26 mars 03:57:00 2017, Stroller wrote: > Hello, > > In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old > Gentoo installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so > that I can go travelling and access my mail from anywhere. > > I've never used VM's before, but my understanding is that they look > just like a normal machine to the users inside them, and there > shouldn't be any problem with me getting used to them. My current mail > server is an old 700mhz Pentium III (I think), so performance is > unimportant. I guess VM's have some kind of web or VNC console I can > log into for the initial install (and if I screw up remote access)? > > 1. Are these suppositions right? > 2. Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please? > > I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for > years, and find others less intuitive. > > Thanks, > > Stroller.
Hi, 1. Yes, from the user point of view, it’s very similar to a physical machine. You just have to use virtual drivers instead of intel/amd ones. 2. What is cheap for you? I’m part of a non for profit association that rent VMs at 5 € per month for 32G of hard drive, one vCPU and 512M of RAM. https://grifon.fr/services.html -- alarig
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