Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Frank Sorenson
On 08/17/2010 09:09 AM, Merrill Oveson wrote: > Pluggers: > > I've got a linux gentoo box that keeps crashing. I've fought and > fought with it, but I'm losing the battle. When you say "keeps crashing", are you saying it panics? Hangs? Reboots without warning? And this is definitely a syste

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Jon Jensen
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > I have had access to VMs at both slicehost and linode. Between the two > slicehost out-performs linode in terms of disk IO throughput and network > performance. Linode has more management and automation features. > Slicehost tends to be more expensive

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Ryan Simpkins
On Tue, August 17, 2010 09:59, Matthew Walker wrote: > I haven't used slicehost, but I've been on Linode for almost a year now, and I > love > them. Their support is amazing, and they don't over-subscribe their boxes. Nor > do they > complain if you use a lot of CPU for extended periods for whateve

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Matthew Walker
On Tue, August 17, 2010 10:19 am, Stuart Jansen wrote: > Here's an example of what Stephen's talking about: > > http://blog.linode.com/2010/06/16/linode-turns-7-big-ram-increase/ > > Over the years, I've woken up to this sort of announcement in my inbox > several times. Always fun. :-) That was a

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:59 -0600, Stephen Shaw wrote: > I second linode.com. I know there are several others around here and > others that I work with all over the US that love using them. Plus > they give or take give out free upgrades. The last one was a bunch of > memory. Here's an example

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:59 -0600, Matthew Walker wrote: > I haven't used slicehost, but I've been on Linode for almost a year now, and > I love > them. Their support is amazing, and they don't over-subscribe their boxes. > Nor do they > complain if you use a lot of CPU for extended periods for w

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Matthew Walker
On Tue, August 17, 2010 9:55 am, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:06 -0600, Merrill Oveson wrote: >> I have no control over the hardware. It's on slicehost. www.slicehost.com > > This is more of a long term target than a fix for your current problem, > but I recommend you check ou

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Stephen Shaw
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:55, Stuart Jansen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:06 -0600, Merrill Oveson wrote: >> I have no control over the hardware.  It's on slicehost.  www.slicehost.com > > This is more of a long term target than a fix for your current problem, > but I recommend you check out

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 09:06 -0600, Merrill Oveson wrote: > I have no control over the hardware. It's on slicehost. www.slicehost.com This is more of a long term target than a fix for your current problem, but I recommend you check out Linode. I've hosted with both Slicehost and Linode. My experi

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Matthew Walker
Hmmm. Yeah... my first suspicion is hardware. Can you ask them to migrate you to another host? On Tue, August 17, 2010 9:06 am, Merrill Oveson wrote: > I have no control over the hardware. It's on slicehost. www.slicehost.com > > So, I guess it could be the hardware. > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Merrill Oveson
I have no control over the hardware. It's on slicehost. www.slicehost.com So, I guess it could be the hardware. On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:09:15 -0600 > Merrill Oveson wrote: > >> I've got a linux gentoo box that keeps crashing.  I've fough

Re: I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:09:15 -0600 Merrill Oveson wrote: > I've got a linux gentoo box that keeps crashing. I've fought and > fought with it, but I'm losing the battle. > > I've got authorization to bring in help. > > If you're a real linux gentoo genius, and you can help Is it in fact a

I need help!

2010-08-17 Thread Merrill Oveson
Pluggers: I've got a linux gentoo box that keeps crashing. I've fought and fought with it, but I'm losing the battle. I've got authorization to bring in help. If you're a real linux gentoo genius, and you can help Please reply to me off list, with your availability, rates, etc. Thanks Me