Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:26:20 -0800 From: Hub- FreeBSD <freebsd@hub.org> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VPS FreeBSD Hosting Message-ID: <EBC312F3-C341-4461-8B52-6FC7414EC159@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <50B341F4.4090500@qeng-ho.org> References: <CAKLcX5xzDK0wc_DtWbBHMpyxL98b5p=0aqHuDVRxFyAZqHSDsQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y70FBJpc=Q2RYuBuFNmoAkeq5682ucSpQX3-G_bHEOo4tw@mail.gmail.com> <50B341F4.4090500@qeng-ho.org>
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For those looking for non-US based servers, we (http://hub.org) have = been proudly offering FreeBSD since '95 =85 On 2012-11-26, at 2:18 AM, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 11/25/12 22:07, Michael Sierchio wrote: >> Top-posting for brevity. I use EC2. You can start with Colin >> Percival's HVM instances - I run a Xen kernel using a modified = version >> of his original scheme - which is to have a 1GB Linux partition >> running grub to boot from a FreeBSD disk. I'm happy to share an AMI >> with you, but you should try Colin's stuff. >>=20 >> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> = wrote: >>> I gave up maintaining my own hardware for providing cloud computing >>> services about 10 years ago and have been using several dedicated = server >>> services with root-access FreeBSD since about 6.0. with good = results. At >>> the time VPS looked like too many problems. >=20 > FreeBSD is now officially supported by Amazon (but still supplied by = Colin) as well as Colin's "defenestrated" FreeBSD AMIs. >=20 > = http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/aws-marketplace-additional-operating-sy= stem-support.html >=20 > = https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00AA25MLK/ref=3Dsp_mpg_product_titl= e?ie=3DUTF8&sr=3D0-2 >=20 > However, these are only on the new 3rd generation of EC2 instances, = which are heavy duty systems. For many uses micro instances are enough, = but you still have to pay the "Windows tax" on those. I don't know = whether Colin is working to change that, or if there are technical = reasons why it's impossible. >=20 > http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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