[nylug-talk] [SPAM warning] I found a cool hosting facility <$10/month gives you 500GB Online storage.

[Chris Knadle]

On Thursday 25 October 2007, Clark Sims wrote:
> I think this is an interesting email, and an interesting site.
> I think it illustrates how vitalization is going to be a driving force in
> server pricing. Is this a full Linux account with root access, and your own
> virtual machine?

   "Full Unix shell" access is included.  They discuss it helping with 
webmastering, although "root" isn't specifically mentioned.  That's a key 
question to ask.

   Note that the base price doesn't include a unique IP, which is an 
additional $4/mo.  Also take note of the $50 one-time setup fee unless you 
pay for 12 months in advance.  They don't mention how much dedicated RAM each 
VPS gets; that's important to know, since responsiveness goes way down when 
programs go to swap.

> Two think I don't understand about vitalization are: 
>    1) when you run top from a virtual machine,  does it access the real
> machine? does it represent a fraction of what the virtual machine is using

   On the VPS I'm currently been working on [not on DreamHost], top shows the 
whole machine, not the local VPS.  I had to make a script that adds up the 
output of 'pmap' on individual PIDs to try to get an idea of local VPS RAM 
usage.

> ? 2) what does nice do when you run it from inside a virtual machine?

   Works as normal; prioritizes processes within the VPS.

> I also didn't quite understand if this allowed putty access, and what
> flavor of Linux they are using.

   Says Debian in the "what's included" section.  "All DreamHost plans come 
with SSH", which should answer your putty question.

> Can you install your own services, like SVN?

   SVN is specfically included.

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
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