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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/28/2012 12:52 PM, David Smith
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Want your own virtual server with real root access for cheap?
Several friends renting a dedicated server on a server farm are looking
for more participants to share the cost and resources.</pre>
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A word to the wise - don't.<br>
<br>
I managed such a group oh so many years ago (1998-200x for some
small value to x - don't remember the details). It was an actual
shared server, no viable virtualization at the time, called
"fiasco". It lasted for quite a while, but at the end, it dissolved.<br>
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Recently, I broke up a partnership (two people sharing a server),
and went completely solo. At 10€/month
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://giga-international.com/?show=vserver">http://giga-international.com/?show=vserver</a>) I rather doubt you'll
manage to be much cheaper. The headaches of people not paying on
time (and, trust me, this being a friendship powered alliance, you
will not erase a server merely because someone is a couple of days
late) got the best of me. I would rather pay a couple of dollars
extra a month, but know that I am completely master of my own
domain.<br>
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As for the service I'm receiving - CPU's good. Memory is as
advertised. Bandwidth is more than any local connection can
conceivably consume. IO seems a little spotty at times, but none of
my applications are IO intensive, so I'm fairly happy. Please bear
in mind, however, that your setup might end up having the exact same
IO problem, for exactly the same reasons.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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