MQ-James
12-17-2004, 12:13
VDS are shared hardware so you can expect your server to slow down from time to time because another user may suddenly have a CPU usage spike and slow the other VDS's down. If you feel your server is lagging too much contact help desk as they will check and restrict resources if necessery.
When you request IPs from the ip allocation department, you should then contact the helpdesk to ask them to add them for you, as you cannot add them due to the way the VDS work.
VDS do not use common unix/linux names for the network interface. Instead of using eth0 it uses vnet0 and as such not all firewalls work. The kernel on a VDS is different so you should not attempt kernel recompiles. The kernel does not have all the modules needed for iptables to work so certain firewalls will not work.
As the VDS is a Virtual Server, it means it acts like a normal server, so when you order it, you have to take in to account that some of the disk space will be used up with the operating system. The operating system is preconfigured by swsoft so you cannot get custom OS installs like you can with a dedicated server.
These are some of the draw backs of VDS.
When you request IPs from the ip allocation department, you should then contact the helpdesk to ask them to add them for you, as you cannot add them due to the way the VDS work.
VDS do not use common unix/linux names for the network interface. Instead of using eth0 it uses vnet0 and as such not all firewalls work. The kernel on a VDS is different so you should not attempt kernel recompiles. The kernel does not have all the modules needed for iptables to work so certain firewalls will not work.
As the VDS is a Virtual Server, it means it acts like a normal server, so when you order it, you have to take in to account that some of the disk space will be used up with the operating system. The operating system is preconfigured by swsoft so you cannot get custom OS installs like you can with a dedicated server.
These are some of the draw backs of VDS.