From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 16:34:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67D611065696 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:34:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fsb@thefsb.org) Received: from smtp114.iad.emailsrvr.com (smtp114.iad.emailsrvr.com [207.97.245.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A9F8FC1A for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:34:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp41.relay.iad1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BD2012904B1; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:34:21 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: OK Received: by smtp41.relay.iad1a.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: fsb-AT-thefsb.org) with ESMTPSA id DDDED290474; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:34:20 -0500 (EST) User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.1.0.101012 Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:34:15 -0500 From: Tom Worster To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: Thread-Topic: FreeBSD on Rackspace Could In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Rackspace Could 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: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:34:22 -0000 On 11/13/10 8:57 AM, "Wojciech Puchar" wrote: >> different Windowses they offer. >> >> But ultimately their decision will depend on market interest. >> >> Here's the contact info if you want to voice your interest: >> >> http://www.rackspacecloud.com/aboutus/contact >> >> >> A Xen expert says you could order a Windows VM and overwrite it with 64 >> bit FreeBSD and that will work but it's not the ideal solution. >> >the ideal solution is not to use VM-style services at all. >i'm not sure in what country you live but getting a place with usable >network where you can put your own computer isn't even a problem in >Poland which is said to have poor connectivity in my situation, the ideal solution is not dedicated servers. that's what i'm using now and implementing the fault tolerance, high availability and load sharing requirements is very expensive this way. the RS could _appears_ (from my reading of the sales blurbs) to allow me to get much farther down that road within the current budget.