[TriLUG] OT: evaluating a hosting provider

[Pat Regan]

Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> We have one provider in mind (rimuhosting.com) that we currently use
> to run our support system.  We chose them because they offer a variety
> of systems with Java/Tomcat/etc pre-installed, which is what we needed
> for our support system.  They also give us CentOS with full root access
> in a virtual server and offer similar dedicated servers at reasonable
> prices.  Their support has been excellent - yesterday they upgraded our
> system to more memory for free simply because I inquired about how to
> upgrade the system and their current plans offer more than the plan
> we signed up for 6 months ago.

It seem rimuhosting.com uses Xen based virtual machines, and someone
else mentioned linode.com.  I am pretty sure linode.com uses
user-mode-linux for their virtual machines.  You might want to look into
one of the companies that is using Virtuozzo.

I have been using tektonic.net for over a year now and I have been quite
happy so far.  The prices seem a fair bit lower than linode.  There are
plenty of other companies offering virtual machines using Virtuozzo.  I
have seen some a bit cheaper than Tektonic, and I have seen some
significantly more expensive.

I have an older metered plan with a limit of 30 GB per month.  The newer
plans don't have a cap but the throughput is limited.  I am not sure if
that is a good deal for your purposes or not.

Pat

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