Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:50 -0400 From: thomas@zaph.org To: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com>, cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: JohnCompanies and RootBSD (was Re: FreeBSD based web hosting?) Message-ID: <20080619173550.GA2694@zaph.org> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750806181937y232d5b1dg5f84a66e81697b68@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080619003131.GF51002@dereel.lemis.com> <20080619032726.0603654b@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <26ddd1750806181937y232d5b1dg5f84a66e81697b68@mail.gmail.com>
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* Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> [2008-06-18 22:37:13+0000]: > Is anyone here using RootBSD? I am using both RootBSD and JohnCompanies. > I'm currently with JohnCompanies. Overall, it's been a positive > experience, though I wish they offered FreeBSD 7. Beta testing for it > was supposed to begin last month, but so far no news. Agreed. JC has been fine so far, and I asked them to include me in their FreeBSD 7 beta testing when it opens up. I don't think they have a schedule posted for when that will start. I started out at RootBSD on 6.2, and when FreeBSD 7 was first offered by them (about a month ago), they were nice enough to setup a 7.0 VPS for me, and give me a liberal amount of time for me to move my data over from my 6.2 VPS. > My main concern is disk space; I have 2GB for ~$26 per month. This too is my only gripe about JohnCompanies. For $29 a month, I only get a VPS with 2GB of space -- and they don't allow you to add more diskpace unless you upgrade to a higher ($49/month) plan. Contrast that with RootBSD, where I pay $19 a month and I get 10GB of space. On the JC server, one can easily fill up that 2GB by building various ports (I did it by running "cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick; make install"). The RootBSD box comes with 10GB of space which is more than enough to build almost any port. I am sticking with both for now, only because JC reliability/uptime is purported to be excellent. Granted, I've not had any hardware or connectivity issues with either provider yet, so I've not yet experienced any serious problems firsthand. I should also add that they both have excellent customer service and response times, I've been pleasantly surprised with how good the support from both places are. hth, Thomashome | help
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