From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 12 20:02:21 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 55F83106564A for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:02:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doverosx@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DED5F8FC08 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:02:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwa36 with SMTP id 36so40534wwa.13 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mQ61nD2Ok8zUrpibmFdeih39iRimyW6ogJLWoDG3q50=; b=c82BBFzwf+PPqihD2pDd59jbSEMOhKQwaWVrpPe5b9+h0CnVWf/mgmn+G/Of+otJrY W/jtJglL5Wle0kP9VxeZKcDLhOF/fVJDKyCxxogEy6MXiCnGrFbI2zUUYs4FdNimLWNt GbMhaK2zUoa1lCkzjG2GnQaPOxVQtrtmMHSEA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=TiElBqdXqyc6/ts1ns9WLjkjYAesyYVxBYm8041M1sCo/g2mEQpls1ywN8pC2NaCzE jWScQMIksGWhDTbqGNX/mKStxZ4ETA6kVV6006nFKNQB3O8rbRdBCzx2W42tKd3PPWLK Vjr7Bu6aLlVnPmCapamXLJyC2Kv5wPnyKUbr0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.17.17 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <7BB44832-271A-457B-A088-93D3F7C3370B@shockergroup.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:02:19 -0400 Received: by 10.216.157.141 with SMTP id o13mr2500937wek.163.1271102539509; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:02:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Brodey Dover To: Garance A Drosehn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Tom Ierna , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: RootBSD? 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: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:02:21 -0000 I haven't any experience with rootbsd.net but my friend and I have dealt with ServerNorth based in Canada if you're interested. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > At 9:04 AM -0400 4/6/10, Tom Ierna wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? >> >> I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, an= d >> they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD suppor= t >> instead of Linux. > > I've been using them for a few years now. =A0What I have with them is a s= ystem > which is meant to be used as a "hot backup" for a system which is here in= my > office. =A0So, the main things I wanted was (1) real freebsd systems, (2) > which were someplace far away from Troy NY. =A0I wanted to be pretty sure= that > any problem which took out my main system would NOT take out my "hot back= up" > system! > > I've had absolutely no trouble with them. =A0The few times that I've had = to > contact them, they've been happy to provide whatever help I needed. =A0On= the > other hand, my main system has been working fine for almost three years n= ow, > so this backup system that I have at rootbsd.net has not seen much activi= ty. > =A0I just rsync the main system to the backup system once a day, and then > every few months I upgrade the FreeBSD that I'm running on the system at > rootbsd.net. > > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn =A0 =A0 =3D =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 drosehn@= rpi.edu > Senior Systems Programmer =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 or =A0 gad@FreeBSD.= org > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Troy, NY; =A0US= A > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >