Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 00:39:10 +0200 From: Nikola =?utf-8?B?UGF2bG92acSH?= <nzp@riseup.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downtime! Downtime! Downtime! I want FreeBSD! :-) Message-ID: <20120516223910.GA84641@sputnjik.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20120516145115.GD22790@mule.podro.com> References: <20120516145115.GD22790@mule.podro.com>
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On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 09:51:15AM -0500, Jamie wrote: > Hello FreeBSD-Chat, > > I've got a dedicated freebsd box in the US, the thing is rock solid, > in 4 years time, I think it's been down maybe 3 times and in all those > cases, it was a bone-head mistake on my part... I like FreeBSD.. a lot. > > Anyway, my FreeBSD box is located in the US and doesn't offer the > bandwidth I need... so I went to the dark side and tried out a couple > Linux VPS type of deals. > > Here are the applications I need to run (reliably): > > . icecast > . shoutcast > . nginx > > I need this to be outside the US, preferably Europe or Canada, > doesn't matter. (it's SOCAN licensed, and I just don't trust the > US politicians not to bow down to lobbyists) > > I'll eventually need around 4TB/month of bandwidth if I'm *really* > lucky... but probably not for some time (if ever) > > With Linux VPS's (I tried both KVM and OpenVZ) > > I tried chvps.com and edis.at > > Here's what happened: > > Network errors! every hour or more! it happened with only 6 or so > stream connections, (INCLUDING the incoming ones) > > Obviously, no one is going to become a regular listener if they > get booted off for 4 minutes every hour... this sucks! > > Does anyone know of a place that'll rent out FreeBSD jails, with > 2 IP numbers? (and by that, I don't mean FreeBSD running in a linux > virtualization compartment.. I mean, freebsd running on bare hardware) > Notu sure if this will fit your needs, but I'm quite pleased with http://hetzner.de (I've been with them for a month so far, no objections). There is no "auto" install for FreeBSD, but they offer a FreeBSD "rescue system" (mfsBSD in fact) and you can proceed from there. They even have a help page which can get you started on installing. No technical support for FreeBSD but I guess you won't need that anyway. They offer up to 4 additional IPs, 1 euro/month per IP, or you can get subnets which of course costs a lot more. The only problem you might have is bandwidth, but additional charges when you go over the limit don't seem too bad. -- Condense soup, not books!
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