[OpenIndiana-discuss] Interest in OpenIndiana VPS host?

[Adam Del Vecchio]

On 2012-09-07, at 11:07 PM, Magnus <magnus at yonderway.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Adam Del Vecchio wrote:
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>> Could you perhaps link me to that thread if it was on this list?
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> This was on IRC.

Oh, alright.

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>> But are there providers offering OI at this cost? I understand what you mean, but of course the same is true for any hosting environment or company.
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> Right now I'm paying about $9/month for a CentOS VPS from Interserver. I'd be willing to pay a small premium over that for a similarly configured Illumos zone (OpenIndiana or OmniOS would both be fine).  I'm on an older plan that they don't seem to offer anymore, but for $12/month with Interserver you get 1 virtual core, 0.75GB RAM, 50GB disk, 6Mbps (1.8TB/month).  To be honest, I'm surprised there aren't more low cost Illumos-based options out there.
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> Entic is the only provider that I'm aware of right now selling OI VPS's but the cost is not within the realm of what I'd be willing to spend for a personal use VPS.

Hmm, I see. I think I could implement a better solution than Entic.

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> The opportunities seem so slim that I keep getting this idea in my head of buying a nicely spec'd entry level 1U server, carving out a couple of zones for my own use, and leasing out the rest of the surplus capacity on the box by the slice to recoup the costs.
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> -M

Well, that is what I'm asking! =)

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-Adam