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The first VPS provider (JohnCompanies, 2001) ran entirely on FreeBSD and continues to run (mostly) on FreeBSD to this day. rsync.net runs entirely on FreeBSD.
by rsync 10y ago
The first VPS provider (JohnCompanies, 2001) ran entirely on FreeBSD and continues to run (mostly) on FreeBSD to this day.
rsync.net runs entirely on FreeBSD.
Oh By (0x.co) runs entirely on FreeBSD.
- gtrubetskoy 10y agoThe first VPS provider was most likely Utah-based iServer, and it ran on BSDi, then later on FreeBSD. iServer was acquired by Verio in 1998: http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/42301/Verio+Acquires+iServer.htm http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/42301/Verio... Interestingly, this was jail-based hosting, i.e. not unlike what Docker is. You can say they were a little bit ahead of their times.
- tbyehl 10y agoI still have some of my mail going through one of their VPS on an employee account. FreeBSD 4.7. shudder The BSDi stuff pre-dated jails but was effectively the same thing.