Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Running HTTP and DNS on same machine
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:39:51
Message-Id: CA+czFiB-Co_jGqpdDY9jHKKQ5Ar0kwF-d3ZVxeqJhqdmpG7=vw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Running HTTP and DNS on same machine by Grant
1 On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >> I do run dns with www on the same server (in addition to ftp,
3 >> mail, and a few more things), but each of those services in
4 >> its own vserver-guest...
5 >>
6 >> Jarry
7 >
8 > Are those vserver-guest instances for security?  I didn't know people
9 > used those for each service they run on the same machine.
10
11 If you can do resource allotments, it can be handy to prevent a
12 runaway process on one machine from sucking all the CPU, RAM or disk
13 I/O away from other services.
14
15 --
16 :wq