Virtual Server Vendor Recommendations?

William Muriithi william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Jun 8 16:16:43 UTC 2012


William

On 8 June 2012 11:59, William O'Higgins Witteman
<william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I currently serve web pages and email from my home server.  The traffic
> seems quite low, but I never check how low, because it never mattered.
>
> Now, I am looking to move this server offsite, preferably in Canada (for
> latency/legal reasons (hosting in the US (the land of the Free TM) is
> not acceptable)).  I'd rather not spend much money, but I far prefer
> full control over the machine, but not necessarily the hardware.  To me
> that says renting a Virtual Private Server somewhere.
>
> So, how do I estimate traffic, RAM, CPU usage so I know if I need a fast
> machine?

Cacti.  Don't use the default template for memory though, google for
Linux specific one for better accuracy

Cacti offer amazing system visibility I always wonder how people
survive without it


>
> Also, who do you recommend as a vendor of VPSs?
>
> Thanks!
> --
>
> yours,
>
> William
>
William
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