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balanga

If I want to have my own FreeBSD host on the Internet, is there any significant difference between using a VPS as opposed to using a Cloud service such as AWS?

And is there much difference between Cloud providers? Any recommendations?
 
I've heard a popular MMORPG having higher latency during Prime Days since it uses AWS (Amazon probably prioritizes their stuff before others).

In-house is cooler :cool:, but I like Vultr for VPS (ref); not sure how other platforms are but in the past I could upload regular Linux amd64 ISOs and install remotely like I was in front of bare-metal (disk partitioning/etc vs using pre-installed OS from drop-down menu).
 
Initially I just want to establish my own FreeBSD presence on the Internet at minimal cost.

I think I can use AWS for free to start with BICBW. I assume I can move my site from one host to another without difficulty if I find the provider is not suitable.

Is upgrading to a more powerful plan as simple as clicking on a menu option and paying the difference?
 
balanga said:
I think I can use AWS for free to start
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Too often I read about people who get surprised by hundreds and thousands of dollar bills by surprise when their site gets temporary high usage. It just seems too complicated for a simple site.
Changing providers is no more difficult than changing online subscriptions to some service you might be buying now though you might have to install and/or set up FreeBSD.
Services offering "cloud services" are like services offering everything AI today. It's a marketing term then. It's a marketing term now.
If anything, I'm more confused when looking through Vultr's offering than back when things were simpler. It took me a while to find a simple plan.
I like RamNode. The people are quick to respond and easy to work with.

Don't ignore the possibility of connecting to your home service and running it from there. Many home providers don't allow this but some do.
 
I use both. AWS EC2 can be expensive when you need some steam behind computation or RAM. For basic networking services in an almost-free instance it is quite OK.

I like Amazon's elastic storage.
 
drhowarddrfine said:
Too often I read about people who get surprised by hundreds and thousands of dollar bills by surprise when their site gets temporary high usage.
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I have just subscribed to Oracle "free tier", just to test it, in spite that I fear such surprises.
Supposedly one does not get surprises unless one upgrade to "pay as you go".
I will use it with oracle linux, I do not want to invest too much time to trick a free- or openbsd installation.

Any experiences?
 
hruodr No but I would never use such a thing and I definitely wouldn't use Linux. I'm paying $2/month for a FreeBSD installation with two IPV4 addresses and 16 IPv6 addresses with RamNode. For my personal server it's all I need but my first three businesses we served ran fine in all that.
 
drhowarddrfine said:
Too often I read about people who get surprised by hundreds and thousands of dollar bills by surprise when their site gets temporary high usage. It just seems too complicated for a simple site.
Changing providers is no more difficult than changing online subscriptions to some service you might be buying now though you might have to install and/or set up FreeBSD.
Services offering "cloud services" are like services offering everything AI today. It's a marketing term then. It's a marketing term now.
If anything, I'm more confused when looking through Vultr's offering than back when things were simpler. It took me a while to find a simple plan.
I like RamNode. The people are quick to respond and easy to work with.
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The more I read the more confused I get. Do you haveany recommendations?


drhowarddrfine said:
Don't ignore the possibility of connecting to your home service and running it from there. Many home providers don't allow this but some do.
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I had to laugh when I read that. I'm connected to the Internet by a USB Tether from my phone and when I go out I take my phone with me.
 
drhowarddrfine said:
I'm paying $2/month for a FreeBSD installation with two IPV4 addresses and 16 IPv6 addresses with RamNode.
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I have a cheap VPS with ionos, but I cannot run FreeBSD or OpenBSD there because of the disk controller.
They did not want to set it as SAS "only for me".
It is good to know that you found a cheap one that supports *BSD.

I am now in the process of less OS, more software / programming.
As I began to deal with computers, I was ready to deal with any OS.
Today is for me unthinkable to use Windows, Linux is a evil of last resort.
 
cracauer@ said:
I use both. AWS EC2 can be expensive when you need some steam behind computation or RAM. For basic networking services in an almost-free instance it is quite OK.

I like Amazon's elastic storage.
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I tried signing up to AWS but get errors in the process once I've submitted my email address and password

Then I get:-

There is something wrong with your request. Clear your cookies, check your request, and try again. If this issue continues, contact AWS Customer Support .


I tried accessing customer support but I am not recognised as a customer.
 
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