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in the olden days, VPS providers worth their salt ran freebsd and had each tenant inside a jail. This was back in the early 2000's, and still seems to work rat

in the olden days, VPS providers worth their salt ran freebsd and had each tenant inside a jail. This was back in the early 2000's, and still seems to work rather well for the basic webhosting.

generalizations 6y ago
Why not use a 'proper' VM system like xen?
- alnorth 6y ago
  Xen only hit v1 in 2004 and was relatively niche.
- tyingq 6y ago
  Lower overhead, both from a system and an administrator perspective.