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I've been very satisfied with RootBSD so far.
Awesome to see a BSD-based hosting service. Are they fairly new? I was looking for one a couple of years ago and don't recall seeing their name.
prgmr.com is very cheap and has worked well for me for the last month (which is when I signed up)
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If it's ruby only, then one obviously doesn't have root access.
On heroku, no (that's the point - it takes a bit to get used to but it's worth it), but on another host, why would you not have root access?
I'd like some kind of virtual private server so I can have root access and customize it to my heart's content.
Which means if heroku is ruby only, as you said, and thus doesn't provide root access, then it doesn't fit the request.
prgmr.com is very cheap and has worked well for me for the last month (which is when I signed up)
Anyone manage to get Gentoo running on there?
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Anyone manage to get Gentoo running on there?
yes, it was simple with images provided on http://stacklet.com/downloads/images/lister/Gentoo/2010-0/x8...
Would you happen to know where I could find detailed instructions on how to install these images?
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On heroku, no (that's the point - it takes a bit to get used to but it's worth it), but on another host, why would you not have root access?
Come on, man. From the OP: I'd like some kind of virtual private server so I can have root access and customize it to my heart's content. Which means if heroku is ruby only, as you said, and thus doesn't provide root access, then it doesn't fit the request.
I have been using OVH to host my main projects They offer dedicated servers for the hobby market, at unbeatable prices ( http://kimsufi.fr , you'll have to look for your local OVH distributor), but also top-level servers at very good price. Plus they're very good (have awesome peering/transit quality, unbeatable prices, 3 datacenters and 10 years of experience). For my own thing, I've got a shared hosting at SurpassH…
OVH are - OK But they have absolutely terrible support, heaven forbid if your server goes down or experiences a hardware failure - its often a battle just to get them to replace hardware. They also throttle FTP traffic. Although, apart from the throttling and assuming your box never dies, yes OVH are good.
And their support may be pretty bad if you have a non-pro offer. That means that if you get a 200€/month box you'll have a pretty awesome, first-class support. But if you have a 20€/month box and your hard drive dies, you'll have to wait one day or two. That seems fair to me.
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OVH are - OK But they have absolutely terrible support, heaven forbid if your server goes down or experiences a hardware failure - its often a battle just to get them to replace hardware. They also throttle FTP traffic. Although, apart from the throttling and assuming your box never dies, yes OVH are good.
I have a pretty good contact with the old-skool OVH community and their administrators. And I can say that they don't throttle any traffic at all! (I'm sure of that) And their support may be pretty bad if you have a non-pro offer. That means that if you get a 200€/month box you'll have a pretty awesome, first-class support. But if you have a 20€/month box and your hard drive dies, you'll have to wait one day or two.…
As for the throttling, that doesn't happen (as far as I'm aware) however they do have poor peering connections to the US so it's pretty normal to get 5kb/s there which is much worse.