On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 11:11 -0700, Nicholas Leippe wrote: > On Thu Feb 19 2009 10:52:06 Andrew McNabb wrote: > > If you want control and cost, go with Linode and Slicehost, like Stuart > > recommended. For $20 or so a month, you get your own virtual machine > > that you can modify to your heart's content. > > You mean less control and more cost, right? Having the box physically present > is going to be more control and less cost in the long run than a hosted > service.
He means as compared to most cheap VPS alternatives where you don't get a real root login. > > Plus it will have a faster and more reliable network connection than > > a server at home would. > > Not if it's a *personal* server for his home lan... his local 100Mb/GigE is > going to outperform anything crossing his DSL/cable connection hands down. If you're building a media server, of course having a local box makes more sense. If you want e-mail, Web, Jabber, etc. then Linode is the better option if you ask me. If you want backups... -- When you tell me I should give proprietary software a fair technical evaluation because its features are so nice, what you are actually doing is saying "Look at the shine on those manacles!" to someone who remembers feeling like a slave. -- Eric S. Raymond /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
