On 4/21/25 12:39, jpb wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm doing my once-a-decade survey on hosting providers. Currently
using Netactuate (old RootBSD) and I'm happy with them, but they're a
bit pricey.
I'm looking to compare pricing on a virtual private server (virtual
server, not bare metal) with 4GB RAM and 60GB disk. These are rough
numbers - I'll consider both requirements up some or down some.
MUST be willing to let me run FreeBSD, even -CURRENT.
i have a few opinions (surprise surprise) ;)
I'm currently aware of:
Netactuate
Panix
HiVelocity
i am a current HiVelocity customer with a dedicated server. I
previously had "VDS" which is like a hardware VM with BIOS access (they
build everything on supermicro systems and was pretty sure it was a one
of their "Twin Server" solutions).
I was originally quite happy with them in terms of pricing, network
location and support. they recently got acquired by a larger colo
vendor and support has gotten less reliable. i've also noticed they
have less options in terms of colo locations which doesn't look
promising long term.
For VPS i think you are stuck linux only, VDS I ran free/open bsd with
no issues, same with bare meta. access iKVM, mount iso and you are all set.
Arp Networks
i was a long term customer of Arp networks and really liked Gary over
there. i ultimately left as i was looking for better pricing and
performance on storage. i ran free/open bsd over there and never had
problems, it's a very small shop when i was a customer so support was
fantastic. they also had excellent network connectivity to the main
internet IX here in SoCal. oh and they did a great job with ipv6 too.
and
OpenBSD Amsterdam (not pursuing since they are OpenBSD only)
What else is out there ?
i'd love to learn more too. i'm getting close to the point where i'm
re-assessing my colo needs. Unfortunately NYI has always seemed a bit
too expensive for my one-off requirements, and public cloud almost
always ends up being more expensive than the independent operators.
-pete
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Pete Wright
p...@nomadlogic.org
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