proposed free vps service

domin

I would like to see if anyone would be interested in such free vps service.

free vps service is provided for users meet the following requirements:

1. are not vps/*nix newbies. (experts prefer)
2. would actually use the service. (anything, prefer hosting personal websites, but no abuse content).
3. able to provide valuable feedbacks regularly. (including but not limited to security, network, feature, configuration, hardware...)

service will remain free as long the user continue to meet the above requirements.

the purpose of this is to gather valuable feedbacks so we can improve our service.

users will also have the opportunity to use the New/BETA features developed.

we did provide similar service to existing clients before for similar purpose but weren't able to obtain enough feedbacks, so this time this is for general public users, we will choose participants very carefully.

any ideas or suggestion will be appreciated.

vnconfig

Tired of getting through my feedback to various providers, I am more than happy to receive a service where real persons are listening and improving over time.

Security can be a major concern. Troubleshooting kernel panics, network outages, hard drive failures, and all these annoying technical glitches proves a time-consuming challenge to not only customers but service providers as well.

What I am interested about: the BGP mix (if not single-homed), tech spec (capabilities & available resources).

domin

we don't run a BGP mix now, but are planning to very soon.
we have multiple uplinks to HE and have BGP access to their router for nullrouting, etc.
we have multiple server cabinets in Portland, Pittock bldg, and we have direct access to servers, DC, and ISP.
currently we are more concerning about security, and would love to have people on board that can provide feedback on that, should I count you on?


[ 本帖最后由 domin 于 2011-2-5 06:04 编辑 ]

vnconfig

Yes, please.

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狙击手

手上资源有闲置  路过!

domin

waiting for more people. meanwhile preparing for hardware node.

pmalc

Great news from a reputable hosting provider!

I believe that consistent performance on a shared platform is always difficult to maintain. I'm curious about how will you operate and on which platform to operate on, you are in quite a large scale IMO.

Security/Server monitoring should be a very important factor to take care of. Raid array of at least Raid-1 should be an essential part, and for general server hardening,  a tutorial will be just fine. Centralized server monitoring is a preferable choice, like munin, monitoring should be at least for the hardware node and for the VPS if your client accepts to do so. The monitoring function of SolusVM do have problems. And I'd love to see some backup slots available.

Personally, I don't think temporarily saturation in network connectivity can affect a popular site that much, a moderately good network is enough.

Finally I want to know if the control panel is self-made or commercial ones like SolusVM?

domin

we use solusvm.
we utilize raid10 on all of the hardware nodes as well as remote backups.
regarding security I was referring to network layer i don't really want to go over in the public, some of you guys probably know what i'm talking about.