Yes, that's pretty much it. 2008/11/27 Steve VanSlyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> OK. Lemme see if I got this right. > > There are two boxes in my living room. One in Larry and one is Curly. > Larry is a shared server and Curly runs some virtual servers. On the > Larry shared server everybody shares all the same apache settings like > memory limits and such, so Mo, Groucho, and Zeppo are kindof in lock > step in some (or many) ways. I guess here that the processor itself has > to manage conflicts and allocate resources > > On the Curly virtual servers, Harpo, W. and Bill C., can "change" the > settings of their virtual server in many more ways. One can have a 500Gb > memory limit for some process and another can limit his to 5K. The > virtual server software manages conflicts and allocates resources. > > Ignoring the probably incorrect examples I've given, is that generally > correct in concept? > > > > Boris Steipe wrote: > > Yes, but that box pretends to be several different boxes all at the > > same time. Each of those is "virtual". > > > > > > On 27-Nov-08, at 10:35 AM, Steve VanSlyck wrote: > > > > > >> I don't understand how any software could run on anything other than a > >> computer I can point at. How is this in any way virtual? There's gotta > >> be a computer somewhere. > >> > >> Matt Browne wrote: > >> > >>> Real hosting is when it's hosted on a physical box. Either a > >>> dedicated > >>> server or a shared server. > >>> Virtual hosting is where a virtual machine hosts your site. So, > >>> your site > >>> would have a dedicated virtual machine, but this virtual machine > >>> is on a > >>> machine that hosts some other virtual machines. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2008/11/27 Steve VanSlyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Wot's the difference between real hosting and virtual hosting? > >>>> > >>>> Troy Wical wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Matt Browne wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Just out of curiosity. Who do people use for hosting their > >>>>>> Mediawiki > >>>>>> sites? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> I've used JaguarPC.com for several years now. Their "gigadeal" > >>>>> package sets the bar in regards to virtual hosting features and > >>>>> cost. > >>>>> Customer service has been top notch and I know several others that > >>>>> have nothing but good things to say about them. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
