Is it running slow for you or is it just me? -- Thadeus
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:34 PM, mr.freeze <[email protected]> wrote: > We're back! Sorry about the extended downtime. I ended up going with > FiveBean since their VPS's were more in my price range (promo code > UBUNTU gives you 50% off!). > http://fivebean.com/account/aff.php?aff=161 > Now get to slicin'! > > On Jun 10, 11:26 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: >> I will have to point out. >> >> You can resize slices at anytime you want with no downtime to your server. >> >> You can clone any slice as many times as you want to any size of disk >> you want without taking down the original slice >> >> You get automated backups from daily, weekly, to monthly that are >> exact images of your slice. >> >> You can create a slice based from a backup image >> >> I have never had any of my slices go down or the network become >> unresponsive other than programming errors on my part >> >> You get a web console into the system, I have used several web based >> consoles before and this is absolutely the best I have used. >> >> Slicehost support has always gotten back to me with a response within >> 5 minutes of sending an email. During the middle of the day or the >> middle of the night! >> >> Slicehost has an API in python so theoretically you can have web2py >> control your slice if you so desired. >> >> There is something to say about the simplicity of the slicehost >> management, no fancy graphics making the navigation of the dashboard >> complex, it just has what you need and its perfect. >> >> -- >> Thadeus >> >> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Salvor Hardin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > FWIW, I've had 600+ days of uptime running Debian + Apache + qmail at >> >www.linode.com. It was rebooted recently to switch from uml to xen. >> > I have two nodes there, one Debian (sarge) in Texas and one Ubuntu >> > 10.04 in New Jersey. >> >> > Linode's web-based interface is amazing (I love being able to resize >> > my ext3 disks without losing data, or cloning them or creating as many >> > disks as I'd like. And being able to have multiple distros available >> > to boot. And rebooting as frequently as I'd like.) >> >> > And get this: you can get remote console access (LISH) even when your >> > own SSH server is misconfigured or not running (so you can see your >> > Linux startup/boot messages in real time when you reboot your vps even >> > while your own ssh server hasn't started yet.) >> >> > I'm just a very happy customer/fan. Not affiliated with them in any >> > way. >> >> > On Jun 9, 6:01 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> VPS provider fail. I'm on the hunt for a new provider. I hope to have >> >> it back up tomorrow. >> >> >
