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Virtual Private Server Hosting (Paid Post)

As part of my previous quest to find a new web host I looked at hosts offering Virtual Private Servers. So when I got the opportunity to write about NetworkSolutions Virtual Private Server Hosting it was a perfect match.

A Virtual Private Server looks like a real server when all access you have to it is through the internet. It is actually a program running on a real server that enables it to look like several servers to the outside. This is a perfect way to utilize server hardware since the average CPU load on a server is well below 10%.

For you as a customer a Virtual Private Server is a cost effective way to have your own server on the internet. You can have any server software you like running on it. But you don’t have to lease or buy the necessary hardware to handle your internet server needs.

NetworkSolutions offer some support but since they are not responsible for the software that runs in the virtual server they can not support all of it. Virtual Private Servers are aimed at the people that has the knowledge to administer a server of their own. The operation system offered is Feodora Core 6. I think there should be more choices of operating systems since the hosting company don’t have to support it anyway. Maybe NetworkSolutions can handle a bit more support if they standardize on Feodora Core.

All in all it looks like NetworkSolutions has a godd offer if you are looking for Private Virtual Server hosting and don’t mind running Feodora Core on your server.

Suffering through a Visual Studio installation in VMware

It is painfully slow to do disk intensive things in a virtual environment on my laptop. The disk, and hence the laptop, is getting very hot. I forgot to bring my Zalman laptop cooler to work today. A mistake I get punished for now. It is not just hot as h..l it had the sound characteristics of a hairdryer. With the cooler attached I have to stress the laptop a lot before it gets really hot.

I’ve got an Acer 8204 and the disk is just a 5400 rpm. I think Acer opted for space instead of speed when they specced it. At home I have my virtual disks on an external drive and there I really like working in the virtual environments. Currently I have to force my laptop into the backpack so I have to leave the drive and cooler at home when I go to new workplaces. I think I will have to beg for a new laptop backpack so I can carry all my stuff. It is the closest thin I come to an office so I think it is worth the cost.

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