Jim Rippon wrote:
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From: "Laurie Brown" laurie@brownowl.com
Thanks for that, Jim, looks good.
If anyone else has a suggestion for co-lo, please let me have it!
Do you know if they provide usage stats? Bandwidth, CPU, memory etc., for planning purposes?
They provide fairly basic stats for my VPS - bandwidth usage only in essence, but I would expect more is available in the paid-for control panel options (the included SolusVM panel is sufficient for my needs).
I reckon that's ok, and much as I suspected.
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As I understand it, the chief difference is the level at which the virtual machine is isolated from the host. The VPS offering has a shared kernel with the host OS (although you can load your own modules which are specific to your VM) whereas the VDS offering is a fully virtualised system, you run your own kernel within your VM. If you are looking to run Gentoo I presume you have rolled your own kernels so the VDS might a better option.
Yeah, kernel-rolling (and much else) is pretty much a given on Gentoo, so yes, it looks as if the VDS is the one we need.
Many thanks for your help.
Just some local co-lo info needed now!
Cheers, Laurie.