Comments on: VPSLink Xen VPS 2 Weeks Review http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review Web Hosting Blog by a Software Developer Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fred Snertz http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review/comment-page-1#comment-773 Fred Snertz Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:58:40 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=136#comment-773 <p>I can vouch for your success. I bit the bullet and purchased 6 months of Link3 Xen service with VPSLink.com and the experience has been a complete success.</p> <p>I was able to find a pre-compiled Fuse module online for the version of the Xen kernel VPSLink is running, so I was spared the pain of having to compile it by hand. The module version I used wasn't exact (2.6.18-53.1.13.el5xen kernel, but the Fuse module package I used was named fuse-kmdl-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5xen-2.7.3-8_9.el5.i686.rpm) but it was close enough to work.</p> <p>Both sshfs and Google's FuseOverAmazon S3 FUSE modules work flawlessly on the VM, as does Hamachi VPN. I've started both Samba and Netatalk daemons on the VM, and my Max OSX and Windows clients at home are able to use their native filesharing protocols across the Hamachi VPN. I've shared out my S3 mount across Samba and Netatalk, so my machines at home have direct access to an infinitely-sized "disk drive" at S3. Exposing my third-party hosting sites' filesystems across SSHFS met with similar success.</p> <p>Using a test 100Mb file, I measured 7Mbps transfer speed between my VM and S3.</p> <p>I started with Link2 service but quickly upgraded to Link3 after hitting a memory ceiling. The only hiccup so far came when VPSLink tried to bill me for Link4 service when I was clearly running Link3. I sent an email over and they quickly fixed the billing problem.</p> <p>Your post initially encouraged me to take the VPSLink route, and I'm glad I did. Thanks for the suggestion!</p> <p>-Fred</p> I can vouch for your success. I bit the bullet and purchased 6 months of Link3 Xen service with VPSLink.com and the experience has been a complete success.

I was able to find a pre-compiled Fuse module online for the version of the Xen kernel VPSLink is running, so I was spared the pain of having to compile it by hand. The module version I used wasn’t exact (2.6.18-53.1.13.el5xen kernel, but the Fuse module package I used was named fuse-kmdl-2.6.18-53.1.21.el5xen-2.7.3-8_9.el5.i686.rpm) but it was close enough to work.

Both sshfs and Google’s FuseOverAmazon S3 FUSE modules work flawlessly on the VM, as does Hamachi VPN. I’ve started both Samba and Netatalk daemons on the VM, and my Max OSX and Windows clients at home are able to use their native filesharing protocols across the Hamachi VPN. I’ve shared out my S3 mount across Samba and Netatalk, so my machines at home have direct access to an infinitely-sized “disk drive” at S3. Exposing my third-party hosting sites’ filesystems across SSHFS met with similar success.

Using a test 100Mb file, I measured 7Mbps transfer speed between my VM and S3.

I started with Link2 service but quickly upgraded to Link3 after hitting a memory ceiling. The only hiccup so far came when VPSLink tried to bill me for Link4 service when I was clearly running Link3. I sent an email over and they quickly fixed the billing problem.

Your post initially encouraged me to take the VPSLink route, and I’m glad I did. Thanks for the suggestion!

-Fred

]]> By: Jesse http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review/comment-page-1#comment-772 Jesse Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:26:09 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=136#comment-772 <p>I don't know how much I'd trust those disk benchmarks. I've found that running under Xen, a DomU mapped to a raw file based disk image will report MUCH higher speeds than even the physical device is capable of. I believe this is due to caching on the host filesystem.</p> I don’t know how much I’d trust those disk benchmarks. I’ve found that running under Xen, a DomU mapped to a raw file based disk image will report MUCH higher speeds than even the physical device is capable of. I believe this is due to caching on the host filesystem.

]]> By: Duane http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review/comment-page-#comment-769 Duane Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:17:01 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=136#comment-769 <p>I meant modifications to scripts that come with xen-tools, not so much what happens after the fact... eg by default Gutsy can't be installed and just work without manually deleting some scripts triggering hwclock stuff.</p> I meant modifications to scripts that come with xen-tools, not so much what happens after the fact… eg by default Gutsy can’t be installed and just work without manually deleting some scripts triggering hwclock stuff.

]]> By: scotty http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review/comment-page-#comment-770 scotty Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:20:25 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=136#comment-770 <p>Well I am happy to say Gutsy runs <em>fine</em> on VPSLink's Xen VPS except there are a few issues that users can fix themselves. SliceHost (where this blog is hosted) has also started offering Gutsy as server images so maybe you want to contact them to compare your a list of stuffs :)</p> Well I am happy to say Gutsy runs fine on VPSLink’s Xen VPS except there are a few issues that users can fix themselves. SliceHost (where this blog is hosted) has also started offering Gutsy as server images so maybe you want to contact them to compare your a list of stuffs :)

]]> By: Duane http://hostingfu.com/article/vpslink-xen-vps-2-weeks-review/comment-page-1#comment-771 Duane Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:06:21 +0000 http://hostingfu.com/?p=136#comment-771 <p>Gutsy is a bit funky to get running under Xen, I have a list of stuff as long as my arm that needs to be tweaked to make it work the same.</p> Gutsy is a bit funky to get running under Xen, I have a list of stuff as long as my arm that needs to be tweaked to make it work the same.

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