[ale] VPS providers

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 20:45 -0500, James Sumners wrote:
> Linode uses Xen for their virtual machines. It looks like Fivebean
> uses OpenVZ. Fivebean states in their FAQ that you cannot compile a
> custom kernel for your VM. Is this possible with Xen VMs?
> 
> Some of the language on Fivebean's site puts me off. And their
> technical support is by email only. Seems dodgy to me.

You can not run any kernel in a VZ host but the kernel that is in the
host it's self.
> 
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Ben Coleman <oloryn at benshome.net> wrote:
> > Did you get a chance to look at Fivebean (www.fivebean.com)?  I just got
> > a couple of VPSs over the a couple of days ago.  Prices are good (at
> > least while the discount holds, and if you sign up while the discount is
> > on, you get to keep it for the lifetime of the account), and support
> > seems to be responsive.  I found myself thinking today that they remind
> > me somewhat of early Mindspring.
> 
> 
> 



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