On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 12:23 -0400, Jim Popovitch via Mailman-Users wrote: > On Mon, 2018-10-08 at 11:01 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > > > > > > I've generally had good luck with Linode. Their tech folks are real > > geniuses and technically their service really rock. > Next time you're on one of their nodes do this: > > egrep "(MHz|model name)" /proc/cpuinfo > > For less $$ you can get newer/faster hardware elsewhere (and some > even > come with pure SSD RAID10 storage) All I'm saying is that it pays to > shop around. > > model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v6 @ 3.70GHz > cpu MHz : 3695.998 > model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v6 @ 3.70GHz > cpu MHz : 3695.998
My linode has a quad: model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz cpu MHz : 2800.000 Not as fast, but speed isn't everything, and the speed is quite adequate for my small email and web hosting business. I _did_ shop around, and when I settled on Linode back in 2014 it was recommended by people in the IT business whom I trust. As I said, I've been quite impressed with their technical skills and the quality of their support. On top of that, I'm using their DNS services for probably 90 domain names (with programming for several facilities in place which leverages their DNS API), and have an IPv6 /56 assigned to me from them, routed through a VPN to our SOHO LAN. On top of that, my wife and I are up against some major medical issues which are occupying all of our available time which I'm NOT spending on trying to keep FMP's customers' mail service open to the full Internet. Switching virtual server providers at this point is NOT an option. I'm 77, _should_ be retired, and am stressed to the breaking point with dealing with all the crap coming down the pike at us. Thanks for your comment, though. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The first casualty when FMP Computer Services | war comes is truth." 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com | -- Hiram W Johnson ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org