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On dim. 26 mars 03:57:00 2017, Stroller wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> In the next few weeks I need to move my email server (a very old |
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> Gentoo installation) from the closet in my home, into the cloud so |
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> that I can go travelling and access my mail from anywhere. |
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> I've never used VM's before, but my understanding is that they look |
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> just like a normal machine to the users inside them, and there |
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> shouldn't be any problem with me getting used to them. My current mail |
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> server is an old 700mhz Pentium III (I think), so performance is |
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> unimportant. I guess VM's have some kind of web or VNC console I can |
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> log into for the initial install (and if I screw up remote access)? |
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> 1. Are these suppositions right? |
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> 2. Any recommendations for cheap / reliable hosting providers, please? |
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> I expect to use Gentoo because I've hardly used any other distro for |
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> years, and find others less intuitive. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Stroller. |
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Hi, |
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1. Yes, from the user point of view, it’s very similar to a physical |
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machine. You just have to use virtual drivers instead of intel/amd ones. |
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2. What is cheap for you? I’m part of a non for profit association that |
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rent VMs at 5 € per month for 32G of hard drive, one vCPU and 512M of |
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RAM. https://grifon.fr/services.html |
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