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The 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.interne
by gtrubetskoy 10y ago
The 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.