Low-cost dedicated FreeBSD server or non-jail VPS?

Peter Clark clarkp at mtmary.edu
Thu Feb 8 04:40:50 UTC 2007


Is this up your alley?

http://www.johncompanies.com/jc_vps.html

> Thanks, Derek. I'm not looking to run this machine from home or to
> co-locate an existing box (though I suppose I could do that).
>
> As Jay mentions, I'm looking for something like:
>
> http://tektonic.net/unmanaged.html
> http://www.leeware.com/vps100.html
> http://rosehosting.com/virtserv.html
>
> (all bad examples because none of them offer FreeBSD)
>
> --
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> new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile.
>
> On 2/7/07, Jay Chandler <chandler.lists at chapman.edu> wrote:
>> Derek Ragona wrote:
>> > FreeBSD runs on most i386 based hardware as long as you have 64 MB ram
>> > or more.  So you can recycle an old desktop PC to run FreeBSD and then
>> > have at it.  Or buy a cheap new desktop or refurbished.
>> >
>> >         -Derek
>> >
>>
>> The problem with this approach is that it doesn't get you a static IP
>> with proper rDNS and a host of other things...
>>
>> I'd have interest in the answer to this question as well, as a jailed
>> environment isn't quite what I want either.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jay Chandler
>> Network Administrator, Chapman University
>> 714.628.7249 / chandler at chapman.edu
>> Today's Excuse: Too many interrupts
>>
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