On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouchin@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I am exploring getting a VPS similar to the 1GB option.
https://www.linode.com/pricing

I have not selected a company or service at this time so this is simply an example and one of my options.

I have not used such a service before.

I am using Linode and running Pharo and GemStone there (CentOS 7). So far no problem and Linode seem very very cool.��

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How suitable is Pharo currently for such an use case?
Will Pharo and its polling and constant minimum cpu usage be a problem?

It's not in my case. Linode does invoice for cpu cycles, you simply has CPU assigned and you do not care if it is 100% 24 hours a day or 10% used.�� Other services like amazon etc do care about CPU cycles (the price is based somehow on that I think), but not in Linode or other VPS-like.��

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I am wanting to learn to use VPS/Cloud services. I am wanting to play with a web server, wiki, blog. I want control of my tools and not the standard LAMP setup that so commonly offered.

I am very happy with Linode. It supports many nice things like having multiple virtual images, clone them, backups, etc.��

For example, I have a Linode template VM that is "ready to run my app" and then I can clone such VM for each site (app instance) we deploy.��

We have a daily backup, weekly, monthly and one more free slot. ��

Any wisdom on Pharo in such an environment, pros and cons, greatly appreciated.

I think it depends on the type of app. For my case, I do not want to host myself anymore. So I would go for cloud based for sure. Then, you have the VPS like or the amazon-like. Both allow you to grow. I guess you may choose this depending on your type of app. In any case, you end up having a OS where you simply install Pharo and that's it. ��

Mariano
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