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I hope there could be some ARM based cheap host service soon. some thing like linode, but on an ARM, not on virtual machine.

• mtdev 14y ago
  Just buy a raspberry pi and ship it here: https://www.edis.at/en/server/colocation/austria/raspberrypi/ https://www.edis.at/en/server/colocation/austria/raspberrypi.... Supposedly free.
• wmf 14y ago
  What would be the advantage of such a service?
  • dietrichepp 14y ago
    Compared with virtualization, it would be more secure. If a dedicated ARM (or Atom) microserver were competitive with mid-range VPS, people would buy it. Virtualization is "leaky", there are esoteric attacks against other guests on the same host that allow attackers to obtain encryption keys. Last time I checked, the mitigation strategy was to move to dedicated hardware. I doubt dedicated microservers will be competetive with VPS for a while yet because you can't oversell them.
    • raverbashing 14y ago
      Well, in a sense, I can buy a RaspberryPi with the money of 2-3 months of linode (depending on the accessories you want) But the "hard part" is not having the HW, but keeping it online 24/7. Geez, I don't even have DSL at home (long story) With linode and others I can reinstall at the click of a button, I get a dedicated IP, etc It may be easy depending on your situation, still, VPSs seems to have more advantages.
    • EwanToo 14y ago
      Dedicated Intel Atom hardware is already competitive with VPS services, for example you can see the Kimsufi stuff from OVH https://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/kimsufi.xml https://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/kimsufi.xml Hosted in the USA or France, prices from £8.99 a month ($12?) for an Atom server with 2GB of RAM.
  • stewie2 14y ago
    it's cheap