[sclug] Virtual server hosting

[Matt]

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On 20 May 2005, at 19:50, Tom Chance wrote:

> Ahoy,
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for virtual server hosting? My
> requirements are as follows:
>
> - Must only use free software
> - Priced around ?100-?150 per year
> - A decent disk space and bandwidth allocation
>
> I've so far come across the following:
> http://www.ukfsn.org/uml/
> http://www.mythic-beasts.com/vds.html
>
> However, the UKFSN service is currently (by their own admission) too
> unreliable for them to promote it publicly, and the Mythic Beasts  
> service
> gives half the bandwidth allocation for a higher price (I'd get a  
> discount
> from UKFSN).
>
> Any other suggestions are welcome :)

I'm happily using the Mythic Beasts service. It was a bit wonky  
before I got the right kernel on there, but now it seems to be  
working fine and what little support I've needed has been promptly  
sorted.

One thing the Mythic Beasts chaps mention when billing for bandwidth,  
they'll only take the larger of the incoming or outgoing bandwidth  
into consideration, not the total, so it really depends on what  
services you were planning on running. A backup MX has probably more  
balanced bandwidth usage than a webserver, for example.

Matt
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