| 1 |
On March 26, 2017 4:57:00 AM GMT+02:00, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
| 2 |
>Hello, |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
>In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old Gentoo |
| 5 |
>installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so that I can |
| 6 |
>go travelling and access my mail from anywhere. |
| 7 |
> |
| 8 |
>I've never used VM's before, but my understanding is that they look |
| 9 |
>just like a normal machine to the users inside them, and there |
| 10 |
>shouldn't be any problem with me getting used to them. My current mail |
| 11 |
>server is an old 700mhz Pentium III (I think), so performance is |
| 12 |
>unimportant. I guess VM's have some kind of web or VNC console I can |
| 13 |
>log into for the initial install (and if I screw up remote access)? |
| 14 |
> |
| 15 |
>1. Are these suppositions right? |
| 16 |
>2. Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please? |
| 17 |
> |
| 18 |
>I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for |
| 19 |
>years, and find others less intuitive. |
| 20 |
> |
| 21 |
>Thanks, |
| 22 |
> |
| 23 |
>Stroller. |
| 24 |
|
| 25 |
I use a Dutch VPS provider: |
| 26 |
http://www.vpsdirect.nl |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
They are quite good and reliable (and not expensive either). Don't officially support Gentoo, but they support uploading your own ISO image to boot from. |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
-- |
| 31 |
Joost |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
-- |
| 34 |
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
Archives