NYCPHP Meetup

[Ajai Khattri]

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, csnyder wrote:

> I like virtualization a lot for simple things like proxys and mirrors,
> which I'm happy to let somebody else host. There are a lot of folks
> doing VPS. My advice is to find a host that allows you to build your
> own images

Im using linode.com to host a vitual mail/webmail server (they use UML for 
virtualization). Their control panel allows you to build a disk image from 
among 10 Linux distributions and then boot it as a VPS. You can then ssh 
into it and build your server software as normal.

You also have console access by ssh'ing into the host server for your VPS 
where you're connected to the virtual console via a screen session.

Disk space, memory and IP address upgrades are managed through software 
that upgrades your VPS (which you can then reboot through the control 
panel).

I thought this is a nice way to run your own server without the hardware 
worries. Just passing on my positive experience.


-- 
Aj.