OK guys.. help me out. I need to find a managed hosting provider with the following requirements:
1. Dedicated gigabit backend.
2. Debian 3.1 with Linux > 2.6.12.
3. Opteron (which means a Debian Alioth install)
4. Ability to start small with just a few machines but grow to a larger cluster (12 machines or so) by the end of the year.
5. XFS filesystem (though if I have a dedicated disk I can mkfs this myself).
6. Needs to be inexpensive.
7. Needs to be setup fast.
These are of course pretty crazy requirements. Right now Serverbeach has been my only option but they’re not on Debian 3.1 and are on kernel 2.4.x. They also won’t give me a dedicated gigabit backend to other machines in my cluster so I have to go through my frontend interface which obviously isn’t fun.
I could of course buy my own hardware and build my own OS but this violates rule #6.
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September 29, 2005 at 4:33 am
It won’t solve your gigabit problem, but upgraing Debian from Sarge to Woody and then from a 2.4 to 2.6 only takes maybe 2 hours, and most of that is spent watching download progress bars.
That being said, if you find an answer to your question please post it so it shows up in your feed. Thanks.
September 29, 2005 at 4:39 am
Rr, obviously, that should be TO Sarge FROM Woody and from a 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel. Need coffee.
September 29, 2005 at 10:20 am
I’ve got almost exactly the same requirements, except for #3. So far ServerBeach has been a good host, though the lack of gigabit is a big issue. Upgrading to Debian 3.1 and a 2.6 kernel was quick and easy on their AMD boxes. You also have to pay $20/month extra for a 100Mbps port.
ev1servers has many more networking options, but no Debian. Prices are a bit higher than ServerBeach, but not terrible. I wonder if they might let you run Debian through their private rack program?
James