Yep, virtual servers and cloud computing, the next big thing - except this time it really works! My needs are far less than the potential on tap. And for the moment I like having full control over my own servers. But I realize that at some point it may make more sense for me to outsource the processes I run to cloud computing. But for now I am having fun, and making serious progress, in my own little world. I need to learn more about what it is RackSpace (and others)have to offer with respect to what my needs will end up being. For now I am still playing around, and once again preparing to dip into the VFP9/LinuxWine/Crossover Office world so I can slay the silly ass Windows OS fees once and for all. Once things settle down I may just have to choose between that approach, or rewriting in open source within a Linux natively. I hate to give up on The Fox, but the reality is the day is closer than I really want to admit. Did anyone hear "Dabo" whispered? Or Python? Or both? Heh-heh...
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] VMware ESXi Server, and other VMware virtualization > solutions > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 9:36 PM, Gilbert M. Hale wrote: > > >> Why are others looking into virtual? $$ or copy paste to new > device? > > > > I have saved over $40k going to this architecture thus far, and had > > I needed > > to license VirtualCenter it would have only added maybe $3k more. > > You should also look into Cloud Servers, which are virtual servers > hosted by Rackspace (http://www.mosso.com/cloudservers.jsp). It's like > having a server that you manage via remote access: exactly what I'm > doing in effect with the leafe.com and dabodev.com server, now that > I'm half a continent away. It costs pennies per hour; an average size > server is about $40/month, and the cheapest is around $12/month, and > you have full root access to it. Best of all, if you get a spike in > traffic, it automatically expands to handle that extra bandwidth, and > you only pay for what you use. Contrast with physical servers that you > house on-site: if the traffic to them spikes, you either a) lose > business or b) pay a lot for extra capacity up-front that you may > never need. > > BTW, every email from this list passes through my cloud server. If > you are a Dabo user, every web update call runs through it, too, as > well as all the browserless web app traffic. It was a cheap way to get > a fixed IP address that I can use as a relay, and a very cheap way of > getting much more reliability than I can get from my personal > RoadRunner account. I'm slowly moving more and more of the services on > my physical box to the cloud server, with the goal of shutting down > that server before we sell the house. > > Know what else is cool? Let's say you want to make a major change > to > your current server without worrying about screwing things up. All you > do is make a backup of your current server (takes very little time; > about the same as making a VMWare snapshot), create a new server from > that image, and then play around with the cloned server to test the > changes you have in mind. If you mess things up, you delete the clone > and make another from the backup image, and try again. When you are > confident that you can make the change, you do it on your main server, > and delete all the clones. You only pay for the time that the clones > were in existence; you can create and destroy them quickly, and you > only pay for the time that they are in existence. IOW, you could have > a completely separate instance of your server to test with for, say, 4 > hours, destroying and recreating it as needed, and you'd only pay > about 25 cents for that!! > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
