Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-08 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:55:40AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: > On Dec 5, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Gyepi SAM wrote: > > >The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands > >which > >require real root privileges. For instance: iptables does not work and > >init > >is really a fake

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-08 Thread Drew Taylor
Andrew Langmead wrote: On Dec 5, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Gyepi SAM wrote: The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands which require real root privileges. For instance: iptables does not work and init is really a fake init which cannot be controlled. Thank you for pointing that

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-08 Thread Andrew Langmead
On Dec 5, 2004, at 2:26 PM, Gyepi SAM wrote: The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands which require real root privileges. For instance: iptables does not work and init is really a fake init which cannot be controlled. Thank you for pointing that out. I assumed that I

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:27:55PM -0500, David Meyers wrote: > I looked into using a VPS and the thing which kept me from going > with it was the lack of backups. Any backing up of one's server > had to be done by oneself. Mine claims to backup every night. I have not had to test it and I also

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread James Linden Rose, III
While we're on the topic, this lurker would like to know if there is anything better for running multiple websites than a BHCOM.com virtual server (I pay $59 per month for the virtual server, and $25 per month to be able to host up to 25 domain names (total $84). All of my websites have the

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Peter Wood
I just visited www.tektonic.com, and they appear to be an acquisitions/holding company... do you have a direct link to information on their services? > After years of using shared hosting services, I switched about a year ago to a > UML based VPS with tektonic.com and am quite happy with it. > >

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread David Meyers
Gyepi SAM wrote: On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 01:11:00AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: Does anyone have any experience with any companies providing "Virtual Private Server" (also called "Virtual Dedicated Hosting")? The main disadvantage I have found is that you cannot run commands which require

Re: [Boston.pm] more on hosting and email suggestions, any experience with VPS?

2004-12-07 Thread Gyepi SAM
On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 01:11:00AM -0500, Andrew Langmead wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with any companies providing "Virtual Private >Server" (also > called "Virtual Dedicated Hosting")? After years of using shared hosting services, I switched about a year ago to a UML based VPS