Funtoo hosting

[Daniel Robbins]

Hi All,

Some people have inquired about Funtoo-based OpenVZ hosting. I am now offering the following incentives for Funtoo supporters -- your monthly support grants you the ability to have access to the following hosting options:

== PLANS (based on level of monthly support) ==

$10 USD/mo - 3GB RAM, 4 Cores, 50GB storage, one IPv4 address

$15 USD/mo - 6GB RAM, 8 Cores, 100GB storage, one IPv4 address

$30 USD/mo - your choice of two 6GB servers as above, or single VPS:

   12GB RAM, 12 Cores, 200GB storage, one IPv4 address

$45 USD/mo - your choice of three 6GB servers as above, or single VPS:

   no CPU/RAM resource limits - 48GB RAM, 16 cores, 300GB storage

== FEATURES ==

Connectivity is multi-gigabit fiber direct to Los Angeles, California. VPS will be provided running funtoo-current. A shared Portage tree will be provided which you can choose to use and will not count towards your disk usage, or you can emerge --sync your own.

You will receive your own .host.funtoo.org host name for your VPS.

*I* will personally be providing support for your VPS.

== LIMITATIONS, DISCLAIMER, RULES, etc. ==

The VPS is for *your personal use.* NO reselling.

There is currently no Web panel - these servers will be set up using my own automated tool and you will be provided with ssh access. I can periodically reload VPS images as needed. This service is offered as a thank-you gift to Funtoo Linux supporters as long as sufficient capacity is available, with no warranty for uptime or anything else. 

There are no refunds. While I host several production sites on this infrastructure, you assume all risk for hosting your production services on your VPS. I will make a best-effort-only attempt to provide support via IRC and email, and do not offer 24/7 support for your VPS. *US-Legal activities only. No spam will be tolerated.* These VPS systems are intended for funtoo enthusiasts only.

I am providing (particularly in the higher-level plans) generous default resource limits with the understanding that the VPS will be used for general Funtoo use and server stuff. Compiling with -j(NUM-CPUS+1) is encouraged (this is Funtoo, after all -- I want you to enjoy fast compiles :), but it's not okay to continually max CPU, IO, or network. No folding@home, massive file sharing, etc.

I am currently not supporting IPv6 but will look into adding such support if there is enough interest.

I am not obligated to continue this service indefinitely and I do not have unlimited capacity, so there may come a time where I can no longer offer new VPS accounts. You are responsible for backups. I reserve the right to change plans and pricing in the future.

** Depending on initial interest, I may need to request more IPv4 addresses to meet demand. Please email me at drob...@funtoo.org after signing up for Funtoo Monthly Support to request a Funtoo server. Existing subscribers can also contact me at drob...@funtoo.org to change their monthly support amount as desired. **

Best Regards,

Daniel

[anak1n]

Awesome, look forward to this. I will definitely do a 10$/mo one. Better than what I'm paying through Rackspace right now, much better.

[Daniel Robbins]

Cool :) I'm hoping this will be a good option for people in the Funtoo community who want a solid, nicely configured funtoo VPS for cheap :)

-Daniel

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[Richard Yao]

If this becomes popular and can scale, Funtoo could evolve into a hosting business. If it becomes really popular, you could find yourself in the position to become self-employed and possibly employ members of the Funtoo core team. That would probably be a first for an OSS project.

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[Jonathan Vasquez]

Hey Daniel,

I'll upgrade my monthly donations to $10 as well but I won't take a server. I'll just update to help the community as usual.

Just email me if anything.

- Jon

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[Daniel Robbins]

Thanks, Jon - I've updated your subscription.

[Raphael Bastos]

Hello Daniel,

I am very happy to hear this news. I wish the $10 plan, please update my subscription. :)))))))))))))))))))

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[Jacob Galbreath]

Daniel,

  I would like to sign up for a $15/month service for now.  Do you have physical control of the machines, e.g. would adding hard drive space be an option if I send you the drives?  Looking to use this as a binrepo for multiple architectures.

Very Respectfully,

Jacob Galbreath

[Erick Sitter]

What if we have our own domains and such? 

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[Erick Sitter]

I'd certainly would love to do the $45/mo plan, a VPS would be great at that price point!

How much more though for 500GB of storage?   

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[Daniel Robbins]

I'm comfortable with $15/mo for +200GB storage to any of the plans.

[Daniel Robbins]

Jacob, yes I do have physical access to the machines. They currently have around 1.5TB storage with RAID-6. I have a drive bay open. If additional storage is needed, I can add some in a pinch, but it would be non-RAID storage. I have other storage options too.

Let's start with this: how much storage are you expecting to need?

-Daniel

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[Daniel Robbins]

You are welcome to create DNS records to point to your static IP. :)

-Daniel

[Jonathan Vasquez]

Maybe you can put any additional drives in a ZFS pool. Each pool could be for the person owning those drives. Of course the user should know how much space they will get if they do this..

[Daniel Robbins]

Okay, you are ready to go. I will get your VPS configured. coffnix.host.funtoo.org is OK? :)

Regards,

Daniel

[Daniel Robbins]

Right now I am not doing hard quota enforcement - I will just monitor usage. This allows more flexibility and I think for the more informal/personal nature of the hosting, this is fine.

If this does well and I decided to deploy more infrastructure to keep up, then it would be fun to play with ZFS :) (Right now the servers have XFS on RAID-6)

[Jonathan Vasquez]

Does your raid 6 setup done in hardware? The reason I like ZFS is because it doesn't have the writehole issue and it's all software based.

If it's software raid 6, beware of silent inconsistent parities.

[Daniel Robbins]

It's hardware RAID 6.

[Jacob Galbreath]

Daniel,

  Thanks for your response, do be honest I don't know yet, but I wanted to know that it may be possible to expand.  I would be using this as a test build/binrepo farm for my own VPS hosting company based on Funtoo (my hosts will not be associated with this other than to pull binpkgs). :)  Data security & integrity, therefore is not as critical as capacity, processing capability, and available bandwidth.  I have no desire to make this complicated, if I needed storage expansion and I could pay more for scalable space then my curiosity is satisfied.  And I get to financially give back to the community, great deal all around!

Thanks,

Jacob Galbreath

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[Raphael Bastos]

Thanks drobbins! VPS work perfectly! \o/

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[Jesse Gunne]

Please upgrade my subscription to $10 so I can get in on this. Support Funtoo and have a VPS running a distro I actually want for a reasonable price is a total score.

[Erick Sitter]

I'm looking to start of with the $10/mo plan while developing my site, how would I pay you?...

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[Erick Sitter]

I'm looking to start of with the $10/mo plan while developing my site, how would I pay you?...

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[Daniel Robbins]

Use the support link on the main www.funtoo.org page on the right side -- See "Join Funtoo".

Sign up for $10/mo support, then email me with the hostname you'd like to use.

-Daniel

[Erick Sitter]

Ah thanks, would we be able to use our own domain name?

[Daniel Robbins]

Yes, just point your DNS to the IP of your box. That's your static IP.

[Daniel Robbins]

Hi All, just a note --

We've had 9 people sign up for Funtoo hosting -- I have six IPv4 addresses available.

Once these are gone, there may be a slight delay before I get another block of IPv4 addresses available.

If you'd like to get a hosting account set up, now is the time.

Best Regards,

Daniel

[David Mitchel]

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[David Mitchel]

Sorry for that, that was my 2 year old. Woke up earlier than I did and started sending emails. :(

[Ritchie Zhu]

Thanks Daniel for this great hosting ! I would like change my linode plan to funtoo host :)

在 2014年2月25日星期二UTC+8下午2时17分00秒，Daniel Robbins写道：

[Daniel Robbins]

Okay, great - please send me a private email with the hostname you would like (something.host.funtoo.org) and I will set it up.

-Daniel

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[Matt Miemiec]

This is awesome news! I'd gladly support Funtoo, and the hosting is a plus! :)

On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:17:00 AM UTC-5, Daniel Robbins wrote: