tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68795322011-11-11T10:14:22.171-06:00Este es un lugar de expresion para lo que siento y pienso, algunas veces podran encontrar comentarios sobre software, sobre la vida misma y alguna que otra incoherencia que les hara preguntarse que rayos fumó! y la respuesta es nada.Kryztovalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412416347233926457noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879532.post-75134015439351336732011-11-11T09:35:00.003-06:002011-11-11T10:14:22.201-06:00I jumped from theplanet.com (now called something different) to VPS.net by chance. Here is why:<div><br /></div><div>Cons on the planet:</div><div>High Price</div><div>Limited Hardware</div><div>Unflexible Plans </div><div><br /></div><div>Pros on the planet:</div><div>Uptime</div><div><br /></div><div>Cons on VPS.net:</div><div>Found it too late in the game</div><div>Technical Skills Highly suggested</div><div><br /></div><div>Pros on VPS.net:</div><div>More Bang for your Buck</div><div>Techsupport is great</div><div>Bleeding Edge</div><div>Free features for subscribers</div><div>Worldwide coverage</div><div>Promotions! I want my darn robot! :'(</div><div><br /></div><div>So, one day, I decided I could not and would not keep paying a high premium for a good service on bad hardware. To say the least they offered me a permanent 40% discount and cheap prices for the next 3 months, but once a customer makes a decision to leave it is darn impossible to convince him otherwise, or at least that is my case.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, looking around for a good provider I was directed to a company (whose name I don't recall, but I bet VPS.net guys would now) that provided great bandwidth (around 10TB transfer) and real hardware for a fraction of the cost (we are talking around 160USD per month) at that time I was paying a lot more than that, but in this site there was a link to "cloud" servers, by a sister company called VPS.net, decided to read about it and... darn was I sucked in by all the things they had to offer, I joined in.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>My experience with VPS.net</b></div><div><br /></div><div>First off, creating an account is fast and easy, but since I had to pay with credit card and it has to be validated I had to wait 3 full days (that is the bad part of being in a different time zone and booking it on friday morning -friday night for them). It may be faster now, it was 4 months ago. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>The nodes were set to my account, options where plenty, many OS to select from, and many options being added constantly, I was migrating from windows, so I recreated the setup in order to make a smooth and fast transition, I also added a Storage node I would later remove. I was so impressed by the way I was credited back when deleting nodes, a big plus given that you only pay for what you use. Tech support is quick and responsive (well within 4 hours, but if you want faster support you can pay for it).</div><div><br /></div><div>The only bad experience I have had so far is that, for some unknown reason the cloud 2 of my servers run routinely gets it SAN out of synchronization and it takes quite a while, ups the I/O access times to a level that makes the vps die. This process can take anywhere from 4 hours up to 4 days. Also, there are some new features not for the faint of heart, I had an issue with snapshots that would not allow me to save it, move it from a cloud to another, etc. Tech support were of great help doing this for me. But as I said, this was a *new* feature and it had some bugs in it. I like living on the bleeding edge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Migrating from windows to linux within my VPSs was a breeze, removing the windows license (which was a lot cheaper on VPS.net) was also a breeze. I now update my linux servers weekly and the OS uptime is far greater than windows. I recommend you either have a farm of servers with vps running out of different cloud locations or get the cloud hosting directly from vps to guarantee uptime.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say (in VPS.net defense) that the downtime is not entirely their fault. It was more of a hardware failure, predictable, but a failure anyhow.</div><div><br /></div><div>I recommend VPS.net to anyone looking for a self-managed, self-administered server. Or if you are not afraid of server admin tasks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I think in VPS. </div><div>If I need an FTP site to get a file from a client I set up a temporal VPS for the job </div><div>If I need a test website I set up a new VPS </div><div>If I want to try a migration path I create a new VPS </div><div>If I want a GameServer I set up a new VPS</div><div>If I want to distribute some software I have the rights for I set up a cloud VPS torrent mesh</div><div>If I want to solve something with a PC, I instead use a VPS cuz I haz the internetz!</div><div><br /></div><div>Last but not least, VPS.net keeps coming up with new deals, promotion, services, options, and do not wait for you to want to leave to give you treats and discounts!</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I'm actually writing this because there is a promotion going on right now, and VPS.net said that I could do a review with my experience (good or bad) as long as it is real, so here you are!</div><div><br /></div><div>I would love to see something like Mac OS X Lion support on VPS but I'm keeping my hopes on the low. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>If you got this far then go to www.vps.net and get your own account and at least 1 node. Give it a try, it is well worth the money. I have not felt the need to switch providers so far, not even once.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6879532-7513401543935133673?l=criesca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kryztovalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412416347233926457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879532.post-1118529845277881612005-06-11T17:44:00.002-05:002009-09-26T02:10:38.567-05:00A pesar de lo que todo el mundo cree, extrañar no duele, querer a alguien tanto que puedas extrañarlo no te causa ningun dolor, de hecho, no importa cuanto quieras a alguien extrañarlo no te puede poner a llorar... puede ponerte un poco triste, pero no ponerte a llorar.<br /><br />Ahora viene la explicacion para todos ustedes que han de estar hechando rabietas en mi contra!<br /><br />Lo que duele, es la imposibilidad del ser o estar junto a esa persona, no duele extrañar a alguien que esta lejos, lo que duele es tener un deseo inmenso de verla y no poder, la impotencia duele, es de los sentimientos mas fuertes, algo asi como la rabia, pero ese es tema de otro dia ;)<br /><br />No duele extrañar a alguien que te quiere, duele extrañar a alguien que no te quiere. Lo que duele es saber que quieres a alguien que no te quiere, a alguien que prefiere estar con alguien mas. No nos puede doler extrañar a alguien que no esta mas con nosotros, lo que nos duele es que no podamos volver a verlo en esta tierra, ni volver a hablar con el.<br /><br />Bueno, es un post sencillo, pero deberiamos poner un poco de atencion en cuanto a lo que decimos... las cosas que normalmente decimos duelen no son las causantes de nuestro dolor en realidad.<br /><br />Espero les haya dado algo en que pensar.<br /><br />P.D. Gracias por venir a visitarme hoy!!! No sabes cuanto me cambiaste el dia... hasta el sol se ve mas brilloso cuando vienes!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6879532-111852984527788161?l=criesca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kryztovalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07412416347233926457noreply@blogger.com5