{"id":125,"date":"2005-07-27T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/?p=125"},"modified":"2005-07-29T02:14:23","modified_gmt":"2005-07-29T09:14:23","slug":"discover-your-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredatom.com\/blog\/2005\/07\/27\/discover-your-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Your Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Linode Kyung got me hooked on Linode<\/a> a while ago. The company offers a virtual private server<\/a> (aka virtual dedicated server<\/i>) service that’s actually pretty amazing. It basically takes a server, divide it up into multiple mini-servers and provides root access to its customers within the perimeter of the VPS. Unfortunately I only know of services that provide Linux-based VPS for public use. Linode stood out for me because it offers a good variety of Linux flavors to choose from. For Windows, I believe VMWare<\/a> or Microsoft’s newly acquired VirtualPC<\/a> do similar tricks for enterprise level operations.<\/p>\n

Linode is probably the best way for to really have a stab at Linux. Its installation process takes literally minutes. So that means, if I ever screw up the server, I can simply reinstall everything within minutes instead of hours usually associated with home-built machines.<\/p>\n

Another unique thing about Linode is that it’s based on User Mode Linux<\/a> (open source) as opposed to Virtuozzo<\/a>, which is a more popular (but not free) platform.<\/p>\n

There are several companies that offer VPS. However, a few were getting a lot of buzz when I was researching for a good VPS service:
\nDinix<\/a>
\nJVDS<\/a>
\nRimuhosting<\/a><\/p>\n

I believe the above services are Virtuozzo based and do not have as many variety of Linux installs to choose from. I am sure there are at least a dozen more companies out there. But based on what I’ve read at the time, the above companies came highly recommended via several forums. <\/p>\n

I eventually had to stop using Linode because of resource issues. The plan I was able to afford didn’t come with enough resources for me to sustain a fairly high load. But otherwise, Linode was great. If anyone ever wants to build a home-grown “Linode”, tutorials can be found here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wish there was a company that offered VPS for Mac OSX though. This is one of those times when being a Mac user sucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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