We run Linux, not BSD
There are a large number of virtual server providers who deliver
virtual system service based upon BSD. BSD is a very useful sparse resource
system. However, virtualized BSD has the following limits that Linux does not
have.
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Many tools and applications are
not designed to run on free BSD. For instance, many databases support a
Linux variant, but do not have support for a BSD variant. |
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The BSD approach does not give you real root access. As a result, it
is not possible to do things like configure fire walls, insert specialized
versions of Perl, or make similar customizations. Our Linux approach gives
you real root access, and your own copy of the operating system, which
you can modify through the installation of any packages and package upgrades
you want to install.
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BSD servers are frequently over-committed.
For instance, in many such offerings, reference is made to memory, which
is often 80% or 90% swap space. Our approach gives you not just memory,
but an explicit amount of RAM and swap space, as well as a committed proportion
of any machine. This gives you practical performance, rather than only performance
when no one else is doing anything. |
The core point is that with a Linux machine, whether physical
or virtual, you can do pretty much anything you want to do.
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