From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 03:29:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCC516A40B for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:29:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpp@cloudview.com) Received: from skipjack.no-such-agency.net (skipjack.no-such-agency.net [64.142.114.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0512C13C4B9 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:29:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpp@cloudview.com) Received: from skipjack.no-such-agency.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by skipjack.no-such-agency.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E52732B22E4; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:07:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by skipjack.no-such-agency.net (Postfix, from userid 58) id 988F82B231B; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:07:46 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on skipjack.no-such-agency.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Received: from jpp-desktop.localnet (gatekeeper.no-such-agency.net [64.142.103.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by skipjack.no-such-agency.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98C32B22E4; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:07:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45CA93F5.80103@cloudview.com> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:07:33 -0800 From: John Pettitt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Macintosh/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kelly Jones References: <26face530702071701v2980a87vcf0a3195688b684e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26face530702071701v2980a87vcf0a3195688b684e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AV-Checked: by skipjack Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low-cost dedicated FreeBSD server or non-jail VPS? 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, 08 Feb 2007 03:29:53 -0000 Kelly Jones wrote: > I'm looking to rent a low-cost FreeBSD dedicated server or VPS with > root access. For a VPS, I realize this is really psuedo-root access. > > I once rented a VPS on a FreeBSD box that was split into virtual boxes > using "jail", but wasn't happy with it. So, if it's not a dedicated > box, I'm looking for something like Virtuozzo, Xen, vmware running > FreeBSD as a guest OS, etc. > > The box doesn't have to be super-fast or have lots of disk space: just > looking for something that will let me play around with ports, pf, run > experiments, etc > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > I have a box at sonic.net - their standard co-lo box is Linux but if you ask they will install FreeBSD for you on the understanding that they won't support OS problems. See https://tools.sonic.net/signup/1u/ - the nice thing about sonic is you get to talk to real people if you have support issues - their CEO even answers questions in the sonic.* newsgroups. John I don't work for them - I'm just a happy customer