New Virtual Host
Since I last wrote on the topic, Into the world of Virtual Hosting, I’ve split my server into two with this part being on a new virtual hosting operation. I chose RapidXen because it has IPv6 support, and is cheap. I’m using a 128M RAM/10G disk package for \$83/year, which is about the same as my 64M/2.5G package over at VPSLink.
- The RAM change is a little deceptive, the RapidXen box is a 64 bit
machine, so a good part of the extra RAM just goes to cover that
bloat.
- The RapidXen machine is many times faster.
- The VPSLink machine has become much slower as time has gone on. I can’t tell if they are loading the machine more heavily, or if some IO pig has moved into my server, but life is not as good as it used to be.
- RapidXen is a smaller operation, I had to wait for a human during the setup.
- My IPv4 address at RapidXen was pre-blocked as a spam source by AT&T, but no other black lists I could find. Sometime worth checking when you get a recycled IP.
- You apparently have to open a trouble ticket and ask for console access to your server at RapidXen, I haven’t completed that yet. At VPSLink it is available by default with a Java based SSH client.