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Subject: Re: Low-cost dedicated FreeBSD server or non-jail VPS?
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> 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?

Not sure if it's low-cost, but I've had a box at layeredtech.com for over 
a year now and been pretty happy with them...