On Oct 21, 2007 2:03 PM, John H. Robinson, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > http://www.vr.org/ > http://serverpronto.com/detail-starter.php
I've compared, and I have some thoughts. 1) Who cares about server ratio? I suppose because if they're telling you their server ratio, that probably means they've oversold capactiy, and they're letting you calculate your risks for your own needs. vr.org tells server ratio (11:1 for the $25 plan), serverpronto.com doesn't tell ratio and says "we promise we have not oversold capacity". 2) Bandwidth overage: 30c/GB/m vr.org, 85c/GB/m serverpronto.com. 3) Setup fee: $5 vr.org, $69 serverpronto.com. 4) Support. vr.org says "yes we have an email help desk". serverpronto.com says "yeah we have one and you get two tickets a month, extra cost $15 a piece". I'm wondering if it's that ratio. Never ever overselling means a lot of capacity going to waste. Could this be how vr.org can offer so much lower prices? I don't expect to generate many support requests (if any), and I don't expect bandwidth overage, but we all know how that goes. The $70 setup fee is a big red flag to me. What would make me want to go with serverpronto.com? I have a general question about virtual servers. Why couldn't somebody install a very very basic Linux (Damn Bare Linux?) and then let the customer pick a distro and install it? These places list what distros they offer. I'm just wondering what the technical considerations are that they have to offer the distro themselves. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
