Re: [gentoo-user] Online hosting recommendation - VMs?

[Alex Thorne]

You could also check out Scaleway, who offer a dedicated ARM server for 3
EUR/month. And DigitalOcean which offers simply priced VMs (starting at
$5/month) targeted at individuals/developers rather than big organisations
(in contrast to AWS). Haven't used Linode so not sure how these compare on
price.

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 at 13:29 Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote:

> * Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> [170325 22:57]:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old Gentoo
> installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so that I can go
> travelling and access my mail from anywhere.
> >
> > I've never used VM's before, but my understanding is that they look just
> like a normal machine to the users inside them, and there shouldn't be any
> problem with me getting used to them. My current mail server is an old
> 700mhz Pentium III (I think), so performance is unimportant. I guess VM's
> have some kind of web or VNC console I can log into for the initial install
> (and if I screw up remote access)?
> >
> > 1. Are these suppositions right?
> > 2. Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please?
> >
> > I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for
> years, and find others less intuitive.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Stroller.
>
> Hi Stroller,
>
> I use Linode for my cloud web and email server.
>
> It was very easy to set up and has not had any downtime since it was set
> up (a year or so ago.)
>
> I don't use the web gui for access much (generally only for DNS
> management which they do well also.)
>
> Though I've used the lish console accessible from the GUI.
>
> I recommend them!
>
> Todd
>
>