Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-09 Thread René Seindal
Sam Watkins wrote (09-01-2005 19:57): On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:09:00PM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:04:34PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: The hosting provider I mention above offers 600 MB space and 25 GB/month (for the $70 plan) or 800 MB space and 35 GB/month (fo

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-09 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 05:57:56AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > I also use Linode, Linode is great, I have no complaints! They have a > forum (quite like fastmail.fm's one) where you can get help from other > users and the developer of Linode, and they use a special kernel hack to > prevent other p

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-09 Thread Sam Watkins
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:09:00PM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:04:34PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > > The hosting provider I mention above offers 600 MB space and 25 GB/month > > (for the $70 plan) or 800 MB space and 35 GB/month (for the $100 plan). > > That s

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 16:45 -0500, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:17:35PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > I just recently obtained a VPS from Tektonic > > Me, too. > > > and they have been great. My first night I flubbed and messed up the VPS > > t

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:04:34PM -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The hosting provider I mention above offers 600 MB space and 25 GB/month > (for the $70 plan) or 800 MB space and 35 GB/month (for the $100 plan). > That should be plenty for most any organization. Since I wanted root access, I go

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:17:35PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > I just recently obtained a VPS from Tektonic Me, too. > and they have been great. My first night I flubbed and messed up the VPS > twice. They were helpful and prompt on answering my trouble tickets.

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Steve Lamb
Rich Rudnick wrote: 1. Reputable providers: Who do you use that you would recommend? UML seems acceptable, since our load will be almost minuscule to begin with. At least one static ip is a must. I just recently obtained a VPS from Tektonic and they have been great.

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Quoting Rich Rudnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So here are the first few questions. Direct answers, pointers to > relevant FM's and better questions welcome: > > 1. Reputable providers: Who do you use that you would recommend? UML > seems acceptable, since our load will be almost minuscule to begin

Re: 'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 10:12:19AM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote: > 1. Reputable providers: Who do you use that you would recommend? UML > seems acceptable, since our load will be almost minuscule to begin with. > At least one static ip is a must. My (parent's) church has a website hosted on www.1and

'Virtual Private Servers' - Advice, recollections and recommendations requested

2005-01-07 Thread Rich Rudnick
Thru no fault of my own, I've been given a possible budget for a server - this is for a small decentralized non-profit that is still paper driven, and has been for decades. Over the years, each branch has kind of grown it's own record keeping system, and currently some are using OpenOffice, Lotus,