Thanks all for some great feedback!!! That said, aside from being most likely cheaper, how would you think VPS virtualization compares to hosted VMware ESX linux guests? Can you tell a difference, and, if so, where is one likely to see an advantage of one over the other in practice? I know a little about the core differences (VMWare true CPU emulation versus VPS' "partitioning" (right?), but how does that translate to the real world of needing a "dedicated", hosted linux environment (one versus the other)?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Butler" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 11:26:50 PM Subject: Re: [nlug] Looking for VPS recommendations I don't have any personal experience with linode but several friends swear by it. Just my half a cent. On Sep 20, 2011 8:15 PM, "Michael Chaney" < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > I use Iinode.com for 7 or 8 servers at this point and have never had trouble. > As others have said, their support is responsive and issues are quickly > resolved. They offer a backup service, but I backup to S3 buckets using > duplicity. I also monitor with panopta. > > Anyway, nice, fast, and easy, and reasonably priced. Highly recommended. > > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > [email protected] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
