Hi, On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 6:12 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset@hotmail.com> wrote: <snip>
Please also consider the underlying VM technology involved. The other day someone had issues with their VM, and it turned out they had OpenVM and the node they had in question was a problematic one (probably because all the new people keep getting auto assigned there and overloading it). OpenVM providers tend to also be cheaper. A price difference that could mean the difference between an upgrade headache and upgrade ease.
That someone would be me :) The problem was finally isolated to a faulty DRAC. Once the VMs were moved off to another server (non-DELL, same spec and config, except for DRAC and RAID) things quickly fell in place. The main sysadmin is a kick-ass tech who is available even outside their US office hours. Only catch, he is usually available only over irc. In my case, once I actually got hold of him, he fixed the issues within 15 mins. FWIW, I'm paying US $7 /mo for a 4096MB/60GB/3TB on OpenVZ. It is my test box, one that fits my budget. -indra -- Indranil Das Gupta Phone : +91-98300-20971 Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net Twitter : indradg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - http://www.documentfoundation.org