C2: Insanely Affordable x86-64 Servers
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 Can I run different Distros in containers or just the same as the host? 
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks Can I do that with the containers running? Which file level restore or using tar? 
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 @aaronstuder said: Can I run different Distros in containers or just the same as the host? You can run different distros. But I think you need to match systemd and init between host and container though. 
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 @johnhooks tar. I assume rsync would work too? 
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks tar. I assume rsync would work too? I think you have to stop the container to do that. Ya rsync works also. 
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 @johnhooks said: You can run different distros. But I think you need to match systemd and init between host and container though. How would check that? I am a huge CentOS7 fan  
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 @johnhooks should be super easy to write a script to stop containers, tar them and start them again. 
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks said: You can run different distros. But I think you need to match systemd and init between host and container though. How would check that? I am a huge CentOS7 fan  I know Ubuntu 15.10 is systemd, CentOS 7 is also systemd. So if you run a CentOS 7 host you can run Ubuntu 15.10 containers (what I'm doing for my XO container). 
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks should be super easy to write a script to stop containers, tar them and start them again. ya. I use Ansible, but you can script it also. 
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 @johnhooks said I know Ubuntu 15.10 is systemd, CentOS 7 is also systemd. So if you run a CentOS 7 host you can run Ubuntu 15.10 containers (what I'm doing for my XO container). I will be using Ubuntu as the host. CentOS7 as the guest  
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks said I know Ubuntu 15.10 is systemd, CentOS 7 is also systemd. So if you run a CentOS 7 host you can run Ubuntu 15.10 containers (what I'm doing for my XO container). I will be using Ubuntu as the host. CentOS7 as the guest  Ya that works also 
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 @johnhooks said ya. I use Ansible, but you can script it also. I need to learn Ansible  
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks said ya. I use Ansible, but you can script it also. I need to learn Ansible  Ya it's awesome. Makes everything so much easier.  
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 @aaronstuder said: @johnhooks said: You can run different distros. But I think you need to match systemd and init between host and container though. How would check that? I am a huge CentOS7 fan  You could always start with CentOS 7 for containers rather than building them on Ubuntu. 
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 @scottalanmiller Scaleway only offers Ubuntu  
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 Would you use Scaleway? For a 2G VM on Vultr I can get 32GB on Scaleway..... 
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 @aaronstuder said: Would you use Scaleway? For a 2G VM on Vultr I can get 32GB on Scaleway..... I would start out with their starter server for $2.99 a month and see how the interface and reliability is before you commit to a big project. 
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 @aaronstuder said: Would you use Scaleway? Dont really have experience with them. So I can't say one way or the other. For month to month pricing, no reason not to try them out. 
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 If these are physical boxes, the month-to-month pricing is similar to what I'm paying at another provider for bare metal, but I get 1TB of HDD as opposed to SSD. 
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 This was insanley affordale - I used to run cc2.8xlarge aws instances for hours and it cost me fractions of a penny. RAM, ECU, Cores, Storage, Bandwith 60.5, 88, 32, 3360GB, 10Gbit/s 




