I would assume that anyone providing a dedicated server has the means to facilitate timely hardware replacements. Ask for their SLA on that.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Holloway" <br...@shout.net> To: "William Herrin" <b...@herrin.us> Cc: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:18:03 AM Subject: Re: Hosting recommendations ... ? Perhaps I'm missing something, but in your #1 example "Cloud", what prevents me from running a Proxmox ISO (which is more or less Debian) vs. a "standard" Debian install on the provider's virtual server? If I can, I've succeeded. That is the sort of hosting provider I'm looking for, if they exist. #2 would be suitable, but it seems to be that if leased bare-metal dies, it will be some time for ETR. Less desirable, but I'm open to ideas. #3 I do now. Trying to move away from that. On 1/19/21 5:44 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 8:31 AM Bryan Holloway <br...@shout.net> wrote: >> I would like to stop personally dealing with bare-metal. That's what I'm >> doing now. > > Hi Bryan, > > Cloud = you get virtual servers with virtual storage, generally > adjustable to meet your needs. You manage the operating systems and > storage within the virtual environment. You DO NOT manage the host > operating systems or hypervisors. > > Bare metal = you lease physical equipment. You manage all software on > the equipment including any hypervisors needed to run virtual servers. > You DO NOT deal with hardware break/fix, that problem belongs to the > service provider. > > Colocation = You lease space in a data center. You provide physical > equipment in your custom configuration. > > With this terminology, at least one of your requirements is unmeetable > for contradicting the others. So I ask again for clarification: which > of these do you seek? > > Regards, > Bill Herrin >
