From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 17:53:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB892106566B; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@zaph.org) Received: from zaph.org (zaph.org [208.86.224.136]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A248FC21; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@zaph.org) Received: by zaph.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 96B4746803; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:50 -0400 From: thomas@zaph.org To: Maxim Khitrov , cpghost , Greg 'groggy' Lehey , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20080619173550.GA2694@zaph.org> References: <20080619003131.GF51002@dereel.lemis.com> <20080619032726.0603654b@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <26ddd1750806181937y232d5b1dg5f84a66e81697b68@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750806181937y232d5b1dg5f84a66e81697b68@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Subject: JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:53:29 -0000 * Maxim Khitrov [2008-06-18 22:37:13+0000]: > Is anyone here using RootBSD? I am using both RootBSD and JohnCompanies. > I'm currently with JohnCompanies. Overall, it's been a positive > experience, though I wish they offered FreeBSD 7. Beta testing for it > was supposed to begin last month, but so far no news. Agreed. JC has been fine so far, and I asked them to include me in their FreeBSD 7 beta testing when it opens up. I don't think they have a schedule posted for when that will start. I started out at RootBSD on 6.2, and when FreeBSD 7 was first offered by them (about a month ago), they were nice enough to setup a 7.0 VPS for me, and give me a liberal amount of time for me to move my data over from my 6.2 VPS. > My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. Contrast that with RootBSD, where I pay $19 a month and I get 10GB of space. On the JC server, one can easily fill up that 2GB by building various ports (I did it by running "cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick; make install"). The RootBSD box comes with 10GB of space which is more than enough to build almost any port. I am sticking with both for now, only because JC reliability/uptime is purported to be excellent. Granted, I've not had any hardware or connectivity issues with either provider yet, so I've not yet experienced any serious problems firsthand. I should also add that they both have excellent customer service and response times, I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the support from both places are. hth, Thomas