On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, csnyder wrote: > I like virtualization a lot for simple things like proxys and mirrors, > which I'm happy to let somebody else host. There are a lot of folks > doing VPS. My advice is to find a host that allows you to build your > own images
Im using linode.com to host a vitual mail/webmail server (they use UML for virtualization). Their control panel allows you to build a disk image from among 10 Linux distributions and then boot it as a VPS. You can then ssh into it and build your server software as normal. You also have console access by ssh'ing into the host server for your VPS where you're connected to the virtual console via a screen session. Disk space, memory and IP address upgrades are managed through software that upgrades your VPS (which you can then reboot through the control panel). I thought this is a nice way to run your own server without the hardware worries. Just passing on my positive experience. -- Aj. _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
