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Will OvZ run on this hardware?

raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran
edited March 2013 in Help

This is for home, not a datacenter, not going to start a VPS company, etc.

I have an old Shuttle PC that presently runs Deb 6 with no problems. Works great as a desktop box for Vuze, some lab stuff, etc.

I was getting ready to reload it and thought...why not reload it with OvZ and then I could have multiple VPSes on it.

It has 2GB of RAM and 2x320GB SATA drives. CPU:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 13
model name      : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz
stepping        : 8
cpu MHz         : 1508.458
cache size      : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts
bogomips        : 3016.91
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

Not expecting things to run fast but it's just going to be glacial I won't bother. Don't plan to oversell myself...was thinking maybe a small host OS and then 2-3 small VPSes at 256-512MB? Probably not a lot of times when more than 1 would be active.

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  • dnwkdnwk Member

    I think OpenVZ can run on almost everything, if performance is not required.

  • Yes, it should run fine.

  • Yes.

  • prometeusprometeus Member, Host Rep

    @raindog308 said: not going to start a VPS company

    this is the same sentence I read on this same forum just a few hours/days a new VPS company posted some offers :-D

    Since you have 2GB of RAM I think you can fit 8 x 1GB VPS without problems, in case of abuse you can always suspend yourself ;-)

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @prometeus said: this is the same sentence I read on this same forum just a few hours/days a new VPS company posted some offers :-D

    LOL...well, I did actually think for a sec about coloing it...

  • awesome!
    will do the same with my old box at home.
    :D

  • And yes.

    I will start my own vps business after that.

  • any recommendations about the best host OS??

  • mikhomikho Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2013

    I have a shuttle myself!

    Perhaps team up and start vps-shuttle?

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Apparently someone just had that idea:

    # whois -H shuttlevps.com
    
    Whois Server Version 2.0
    
    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
    for detailed information.
    
       Domain Name: SHUTTLEVPS.COM
       Registrar: PDR LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
       Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
       Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
       Name Server: NS1.STRIKEFORCEHOSTING.COM
       Name Server: NS2.STRIKEFORCEHOSTING.COM
       Status: clientTransferProhibited
       Updated Date: 23-feb-2013
       Creation Date: 23-feb-2013
       Expiration Date: 23-feb-2014
    
    >>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:31:08 UTC <<<
    
    NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the 
    registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is 
    currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration 
    date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring 
    registrar.  Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to 
    view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.
    
    
    The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and
    Registrars.
    Registration Service Provided By: STRIKEFORCE HOSTING
    
    Domain Name: SHUTTLEVPS.COM
    
     Registration Date: 24-Feb-2013 
     Expiration Date: 24-Feb-2014  
    
     Status:LOCKED
            Note: This Domain Name is currently Locked. In this status the domain name 
            cannot be transferred, hijacked, or modified. The Owner of this domain name 
            can easily change this status from their control panel. 
    
            This feature is provided as a security measure against fraudulent domain name hijacking.
             
    
     Name Servers:  
        ns1.strikeforcehosting.com
        ns2.strikeforcehosting.com
     
    
     Registrant Contact Details:
        StrikeForce Hosting
        William Evans        ([email protected])
        1890 Ala Mahamoe St
        Honolulu
        HI,96819
        US
        Tel. +1.8088335680
    
     Administrative Contact Details:  
        StrikeForce Hosting
        William Evans        ([email protected])
        1890 Ala Mahamoe St
        Honolulu
        HI,96819
        US
        Tel. +1.8088335680 
    
     Technical Contact Details:  
        StrikeForce Hosting
        William Evans        ([email protected])
        1890 Ala Mahamoe St
        Honolulu
        HI,96819
        US
        Tel. +1.8088335680 
    
     Billing Contact Details: 
        StrikeForce Hosting
        William Evans        ([email protected])
        1890 Ala Mahamoe St
        Honolulu
        HI,96819
        US
        Tel. +1.8088335680 </pre>
    
  • mikhomikho Member, Host Rep

    Lmao

  • @cloromorpho said: best host OS??

    yeah. windows 95.

  • I've got 14 containers running random things on a Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D425 @ 1.80GHz. I break things, all the time, easier to just blow away the container and start over again. Each container runs as fast as a slow Atom.

  • @herbyscrub said: 14 containers running random things on a Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D425 @ 1.80GHz

    what do you do with them?

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    Does OvZ run better with CentOS or Debian as the host OS?

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    CentOS since cPanel won't support Debian and most providers install cPanel on their node.

  • The OVZ kernel in debian is old and has some... quirks. Like not being able to limit the CPU of a container, ipv6 totally broken and probably some more. You can do debian with a RHEL based OpenVZ kernel though.

  • @Ishaq said: most providers install cPanel on their node.

    Why would anyone want to install cPanel on a VPS node ????

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @rds100 said: Why would anyone want to install cPanel on a VPS node ????

    To run the site?

  • @Ishaq said: To run the site?

    What site?

  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep

    @Ishaq said: To run the site?

    If you mean main site, just create a container...

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @rds100 said: What site?

    Their company website?

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @Infinity said: just create a container...

    Yes, that's normally the way it's done. Nevermind.

  • rds100rds100 Member
    edited March 2013

    @Ishaq said: Their company website?

    You DON'T want to run it directly on the node. Create a VPS, install cPanel there, run the site. Much more secure and the cPanel license is cheaper too.

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @rds100 said: You DON'T want to run it directly on the node. Create a VPS, install cPanel there, run the site. Much more secure and the cPanel license is cheaper too.

    Yes, I got confused with hostnode and VPS container. But we use CentOS anyway, and I've noticed most hosts use this too.

  • Hosts use CentOS because SolusVM requires CentOS (or other RHEL based distribution) :)

  • And what happens if something goes wrong with the server? A client gets DDoSed? Then your site is down also. Better to host it on another server, no?

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @rds100 said: Hosts use CentOS because SolusVM requires CentOS (or other RHEL based distribution) :)

    You make a good point. Except we don't use SolusVM for OpenVZ services.

    Just for the record, we do actually run cPanel in a container.

  • InfinityInfinity Member, Host Rep

    @Ishaq said: You make a good point. Except we don't use SolusVM for OpenVZ services.

    You use HyperVM which is also limited to RHEL OS's AFAIK.

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @Infinity said: You use HyperVM which is also limited to RHEL OS's AFAIK.

    Haha, apparently so.

    Interesting.

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