Managed DNS—simple to use, API powered.
It seems that DNS providers haven’t really changed anything for years. It’s been the same boring, hard to use service. Until Zerigo. We’re making DNS hosting simpler, faster, and maybe even enjoyable.
SendGrid replaces your outbound email infrastructure.
When we wanted to connect a virtual machine to a virtual switch on our ESX Server we found that the network card would not stay “connected”. The message was:
Failed to connect virtual device Ethernet0
Solution: the virtual switch has exceeded its number of configured VMkernel ports. We had a 24 port switch with 25 VMs connected to it.
See:
VMware KB: Virtual machines lose network connection after VMotion.
Thinstuff: XP/VS Server: Turn Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Small Business Server 2003/2008, Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2 or Foundation Server 2008 R2 into a full-blown Terminal Server!
Installing the XP/VS Terminal Server software enables Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Small Business Server 2003/2008, Server 2003/2008/2008 R2 and Foundation Server 2008 R2 to host an unlimited number of concurrent Remote Desktop Sessions by using the defacto standard Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
This allows any Remote Desktop Protocol version 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 and 7.0 enabled client device to connect to your host to run full Windows Desktop Sessions or just selcted Windows applications remotely over any network connection (LAN, WAN, VPN, WLAN, Internet, etc.)
Such RDP enabled client devices are e.g. Windows PCs with the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client, Linux PCs with rdesktop, Thin Clients, Handhelds, Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablet PCs, Mobile Phones etc.
On serverfault.com I found this nice article that explains how you can run ESXi for testing purposes without the need for extra hardware.
How to run VMWare ESX or ESXi in a virtual machine? – Server Fault.
www.cloudclimate.com monitors the performance of cloud hosting services Amazon EC2, GoGrid CloudServers, and NewServers. Plus CDN hosting services Amazon CloudFront and Mosso CloudFiles and the Amazon S3 file storage service.
Cloud computing is getting more and more attractive and we also work with this stuff anf follow the development. Here are a few more URLs I came across recently:
Interesting fact: GoGrid accounced that over 2/3’s of GoGrid’s cloud servers deployed are running Windows.
Rackspace has restructured and enhanced cloud offerings now:
Very nice also: GoGrid’s CEO about Ten Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009.
Oh, and UK-based cloud provider ElasticHosts Ltd. (I had mentioned them here) has switched from “announcement” to “beta test” mode. You can order and run servers, but you have to install the OS yourself, even bring your own installation ISA. No preconfigured images yet. And no Windows.
I found this nice comparison of GoGrid vs. Amazon EC2 on the GoGrid Blog:
Feature Comparison Matrix
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Feature |
GoGrid |
Amazon EC2 |
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Instant server deployment
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YES
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YES
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Instant server network scaling
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YES
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YES
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Linux
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YES
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YES
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Static IP address
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YES
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YES
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Windows Server 2003
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YES
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NO
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Microsoft SQL Server
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YES
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NO
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FREE 24/7 phone support
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YES
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NO
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FREE persistent storage
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YES
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NO
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FREE inbound data transfer
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YES
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NO
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FREE hardware f5 load balancing
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YES
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NO
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FREE managed DNS
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YES
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NO
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FREE DoS protection
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YES
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NO
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Service Level Agreement
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YES
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NO
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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YES
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NO
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Hardware VLAN segmentation
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YES
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NO
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Multiple IP addresses per server
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YES
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NO
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Standard server images
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YES
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NO
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Volume discounts
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YES
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NO
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Private IP addresses on separate VLAN
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YES
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NO
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There are more comparisons tables on the blog entry linked above.
JumpBox Inc. offers a collection of easy to use virtual appliances for Open Source software. Each JumpBox is focused on a single task (or single application) and is carefully crafted to capture the best practices for how the software should be implemented. The goal is to save you time and allow you to get more done with less effort.
Better prepared, sorted and categorized than the overflowing VMWare Virtual Appliances directory, but not all appliances are available without buying their $200 yearly subscription.
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