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A Complete Guide to VPS Hosting
Web hosting is a tricky business – there are a wide variety of options out there designed to fit a wide range of needs, but like with most things, there are trade-offs.
Shared hosting is usually cheap and easy, but the resources are limited.
Dedicated servers are powerful and customizable, but a certain level of technical knowledge can be required to run them, depending on the hosting company you choose.
What happens, then, when your site is too big and gets too much traffic for a shared hosting plan, but doesn't require the resources (or expenditure) of a dedicated server?
If you find yourself asking these questions, then you should look into VPS hosting.
Virtual private server (VPS) hosting is a flexible, scalable, and economical hosting solution that can fit the needs of almost any kind of website. It's a perfect solution for those who have outgrown their shared hosting plans but don't really need to move to a dedicated server.
One thing to note before we dive in to examining the features and benefits of a VPS – the specs on a VPS vary widely from host to host. To see if a certain host offers a certain feature, make sure to ask the provider.
So What IS VPS, Anyway?
In answering this question, maybe it's better to examine how VPS hosting fits in to the overall offerings of most hosting companies. Shared hosting is just that – your site is hosted on a machine with a bunch of other sites, and each of you share the same resources, including RAM, disk space, and CPU. Your site uses what it needs if it's available, and if it's not – well, that's the limitation of shared hosting. Likewise, a dedicated server is also self-explanatory – your site is the only one hosted on server, and you have all the aforementioned resources available at your beck and call. Dedicated hosting is therefore for those large sites with big databases and lots of traffic, whereas the limitations of shared hosting's usually prevent it from housing that kind of site. Dedicated servers are also relatively expensive, while one can get a shared hosting plan for under $10 per month.
A Look at VPS Resources
So that's it, then – a VPS is for everything in between, right? Well, yes…and no. A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a flexible solution that falls in between shared and dedicated hosting, not only in price but also in the way it functions. Like a dedicated server, a site hosted on a VPS gets its own RAM and disk space; however, like a shared server, it uses the same processing capacity (CPU) as a certain number of other sites. So, while your site's performance isn't reliant on shared RAM and disk space, it is dependent on a shared processor. Moreover, the distribution of processor share varies from provider to provider. The table below shows how most hosting companies break down the differences between shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans:
Differences by Hosting Plan
|Shared RAM, Disk Space, and CPU
|Dedicated RAM and Disk Space, Shared CPU
|Dedicated RAM, Disk Space and CPU
|NO Server Level Customization
|Server Level Customization Allowed
|Server level Customization Allowed
|All Server level Software Pre-Installed
|Server Level Software (OS, cPanel, LAMP) pre-installation varies by provider
|Server Level Software (OS, cPanel, LAMP) pre-installation varies by provider
|Full Customer Support Typically Provided
|Support Levels Vary By Provider
|Support Levels Vary By Provider
Burstable RAM
A VPS doesn't just have more RAM, disk space, and a proprietary share of CPU than a shared account. Depending on the provider, some VPS plans offer burstable memory, which is a pool of RAM set aside for extraordinary events. This is the stuff that can help counter the so-called "Digg-effect," that much-whispered about occurrence that's the simultaneous hope and fear of everyone who runs a web site. When you have an unexpected high traffic event, burstable memory will call on a pool of reserved, shared memory to satisfy the needs of temporary high traffic. This is not available on shared servers and, while the necessary memory is available on a dedicated server, your site might not get the kind of traffic on a daily basis to justify the expense of a dedicated server. Again, not all VPS plans have burstable memory, so ask your provider if their VPS plans do.
All Support Aren't Created Equal
Much like the differences between shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans, there are differences in the levels and types of support offered to VPS platforms. For example, some companies offer semi-managed VPS solutions, while other companies take a completely hands-off approach – but generally, the different kinds of support are as shown below:
Levels of Support
|Fully Managed
|Hosting Company handles hardware and network support
|Hosting Company handles hardware, network, and standard software
|Host handles all hardware, network, and software issues.
|User responsible for ALL software, performance issues
|User handles all custom software
|Host handles installation of custom software.
As you can see, a VPS can be the perfect middle ground for many – enough flexibility and resources for those who need more access or control than on a shared server but without the cost of a dedicated server. If you need root access, you can't get that on a shared server, but you can get it on a VPS. If your site experiences unpredictable swings memory usage, and your host provides it, then the presence of burstable memory will be attractive. And, if you're a fan of customization, then the fact that you can customize server-level software such as PHP, MySQL, and Apache will perk your interest. In short, choosing a VPS will allow you to have many of the same characteristics of a dedicated server but in a more affordable and manageable package.
Do I Need a VPS?
The answer to this question is a definitive "maybe." Since you're looking at this site, you might be a Web designer who has a few sites, an online portfolio, and a couple of long-standing clients whose sites you manage. Is a VPS for you? Well, you've most likely outgrown a shared platform, and as a professional, it won't do to have your site run poorly because another site that you share a server with is using more than its fair share of resources. A dedicated server could be overkill – if you don't need all the resources on a consistent basis, you may not be able to justify the expense.
Essentially, here's the criteria I would use to judge things – if your site is made up of primarily static, HTML-based content, then you probably don't need a VPS package. However, if you have a large amount of files stored, multiple sites, dynamic content, and the possibility of major traffic from time to time, then you might consider upgrading to a VPS. It's a powerful package that allows you to do more than you could with a shared hosting plan, but requires less investment than a dedicated server.
What is your hosting set-up, and why? Have you considered using a VPS?
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About the Author
This was published on Mar 30, 2010
71 Comments
James Mar 30 2010
Great article. This is the clearest guide I've come across for VPS, something I'd struggled to work out if it was for me.
Sugar Web Design Mar 30 2010
We have a couple VPS servers, now wondering how much quicker a dedicated machine would actually be? I love the VPS arrangement though, very flexible.
Fikri Rakala Mar 30 2010
I use shared hosting for my website because the traffic and data still low. How much traffic that I have to considered using VPS?
Jacob Rask Mar 30 2010
I recently got myself a VPS and it's great. I can easily set up my own git repositories, decide what software I want, and even combine that with running irssi on the same machine to stay online on IRC 24/7. And adding another 256 mb of RAM takes one click. For a couple of bucks I get a public IPv4 (and can get as many as I want).
Daniel15 Mar 30 2010
Sorry if this is a duplicate post, not sure if my previous one posted.
Between me and a few friends friends we have 50-60 sites. Some of them are single-page sites (eg. http://shouldiplayfarmville.com/) whereas others are full sites (eg. My personal site http://dan.cx/, http://obviousspoilers.com/, http://zurl.ws/). For all these sites, I've got a dedicated server at HiVelocity. I love having control of a full server, and not having to share it with random people. Additionally, I can make my own VPSes (I use Linux-Vserver), so I can play around with things in a sandbox. If I mess something up, I can delete the VPS and create a new one. It's great, beats having to ask for a server reload. The server costs US$61 per month so it doesn't seem very cheap to most people, but spread across 4 friends, it's not too bad. Still a very good price for a Core 2 Duo server. It's unmanaged but their support is very helpful, and I'm relatively experienced with Linux system administration :).
For beginners that want a dedicated server, I'd definitely recommend a managed server, as well as a GUI control panel such as cPanel or DirectAdmin. Makes it a lot easier. I do also have a VPS. It's used for secondary DNS and storing of backups. The VPS is US$10 per month from PhotonVPS.com.
One thing you didn't mention is reseller hosting. This is similar to shared hosting, except it allows you to create your own shared hosting accounts. It fits somewhere between shared hosting and a VPS (leaning heavily towards the shared hosting side), and is alright for people that want to sell hosting accounts, but know nothing about server administration. It still has the limitations of shared hosting, except you have slightly more control, and can make new hosting accounts without purchasing them one by one.
I'd recommend both companies I've mentioned in my comment. I've been using HiVelocity since February (moved from DedicatedBox.net which I used for 2.5 years), and I've been using PhotonVPS since September 2009 (moved from FsckVPS when VAServ got hacked). :)
Nikos Mar 30 2010
Once again thanks for a great Article. An interesting topic would be whether one should go on VPS hosting or Cloud hosting and when… A short answer would be… know your needs (memory, disk, bandwidth etc…) and make your research…
While a VPS is a good start, they still have limitations and issues. My first VPS crashed often, and was subject to the other VPS users on my box. Maybe I had bad server roommates.
I would highly suggest a cloud server in this day in age. Affordable like a VPS, but 10x more flexible and expandable. A cloud server runs more like a dedicated—easy to grow in size as needs for hard disk and ram are needed.
Both rackspace and liquid web offer great cloud systems.
rackspace cloud – rackspacecloud.com
liquidweb cloud – stormondemand.com
both highly reliable, excellent support, and well priced.
JC Mar 30 2010
Nice article. Choice is always according to need. Shared Hosting has its limitation & Dedicated Hosting has its price (non-affordable initially). VPS is gr8 choice when your domain is going from low traffic to high traffic phase. No experience of Cloud Hosting personally. I had Managed VPS for a friend's site for 2 months & monitored that site traffic.
Thanks for posting this informative article.
@Sugar Web Design: Dedicated servers are typically going to be more expensive, resource/price wise. However, at a certain point of the growth and popularity of your website, a VPS solution, which is still shared hosting, becomes non-viable. The only real way to find out that point, in my opinion, is to actually witness that growth. If your set-up is becoming unstable due to the traffic and upgrading your VPS resources becomes more costly than a dedicated server, it's time to migrate. Six Revisions and Design Instruct are both on VPS'es, and we roughly serve 2.5 – 3 million pages per month (combined). We are, however, looking into moving into a dedicated server, since the cost is such that a dedicated server is now more viable.
In short: VPS is great as an "in between" solution for medium to high traffic blogs. Scaling your server resources is all relative to site popularity: presumably you will be making more income with more traffic, and thus, you can also scale your resources.
@Fikri Rakala: Very hard to tell because this is based on many factors such as: (a) who's your host? (b) How crowded are they? (c) what type of website are you running (custom web app with lots of server-side processes to generate a web page versus static, informational site versus open-source CMS), (d) where is your current traffic coming from, and a bunch more of factors. The only "real" way of knowing is if your visitors are complaining that your site is slow or constantly crashing–that's the point in which you should move to a VPS.
I would say, based on my experience: if you're serving more than 2,000 pages per day on a blog/website, a VPS is the "correct" solution. But you must also note that a VPS, especially unmanaged VPS'es with no pre-built images that you can use to install and set-up your web server, needs some web server administration knowledge. So for many website owners, it's not a viable solution unless they have ready-access to a sys. admin. or a web developer who knows about web servers. But, comparing for example, Media Temple's $20 a month grid (shared) versus, say, Slicehost's $20 slice (VPS) – you get so much more resources, stability and control over your web server so that you can truly optimize your website.
@Jacob Rask's comment above highlights one of the advantages of VPS'es that compelled me to try it out.
@matt: Care to share what provider you were on? I can't say enough good things with Slicehost, even now that they're exponentially more popular (and thus more crowded) and owned by Rackspace. We also host on VPS.NET with good results. We might be migrating Design Instruct to an InMotion Hosting VPS very soon, and then moving Six Revisions to a mid-range dedicated server (which I think is fine considering that we use a CDN for those big static files you see and that we don't use too much CPU resources since pages are served as disk-cached HTML pages).
Jordan Walker Mar 30 2010
I have been looking to upgrade to cloud computing – just not sure which one is the most economical for my situation.
We had 3 VPS solutions in the past. One no longer in business, godaddy, and hostgator. We had terrible luck with all 3. Excessive down times, lack of response, lack of answers when we had issues, etc.
We now have 2 dedicated and 1 cloud server for all of our hosting services. One dedicated and the cloud are with liquidweb, and in 3 years we have nothing but amazing support.
We host about 250 client sites. The cloud server, while new, is set aside for high demand clients.
I made the move to vps then dedicated after shared hosting for resell was a mess. Regardless of the suggestions i made to clients for shared hosting. They would rely on us for support or questions. After a few years of this, We moved to hosting ourselves. Better control over the environment, and better markups.
@jordan: Cloud Servers tend to start at $75 or so with full support, OS, and control panels. Bandwidth packages are often added on if needed.
From what i have seen, LiquidWeb & Rackspace have had the most affordable set up with the most services and value. Seems other Cloud providers offer a very limited setup under $100, or start higher for similar services.
In my research, i found with a good cloud server, i was able to get the full power of a dedicated with less storage, for half the costs, and no set up fees or contracts.
Ray Wenderlich Mar 30 2010
Just moved my blog to a VPS yesterday (Linode) – am loving it so far! I love being able to customize the server however I want.
Young Mar 30 2010
Oh man. This could not be better timing. One of the sites I work for is looking to move on to a dedicated server, and I didn't know enough about VPS to really talk about it…
Six Revisions saves the day again. Great comprehensive article too. Thank you thank you.
I know I've asked this before – but I'm still wondering what people's favorite hosting services are; it's gotta be way more important for VPS or dedicated servers than it is for shared hosting.
Andrew Mar 30 2010
I am currently using Datarelm standard VPS but am soon upgrading to a Linode VPS due to memory and performance issues. I chose VPS as you have much more control over server configurations and settings then you have on the standard hosting plans plus can also run other servers, like zope/plone.
@Ray Wenderlich: Fun, isn't it? Linode's good too, we looked into it as a possible host for Design Instruct. In the end, we chose to pool resources with Six Revisions since the website's still in its infancy (but we're already charting out our migration plans since it grew in a much faster rate than we had anticipated).
@Young: Glad to help. Blue's article is a great summation of what you need to know about Virtual Private Servers. As for (my) favorites, I have four that I can confidently recommend based on prior experience: Slicehost, VPS.NET, prmr and Linode. Here's a good open discussion of Linode versus Slicehost.
Jaime Mar 30 2010
@matt: In all honesty that wasn't bad luck. It was just bad choice of VPS providers. I wouldn't host my 15 year old sister's blog in either GoDaddy or HostGator. That being said, cloud hosting makes a lot of sense when you need to serve an ever growing amount of sites or a few websites/apps with big fluctuating bandwith and space requirements. In my experience, you get to this point after you outgrow a VPS or two.
Looking at your requirements, I'd say you made the right choice regarding both dedicated servers and cloud hosting; although had you used a good VPS hosting, you would have had a much better experience getting to where you are now.
Jaime Mar 30 2010
@Young: You can't go wrong with either Linode or Slicehost. I preffer Slicehost (in my experience better support and I kind of like thier control panel better), but you can't get a better deal with Linode's pricing.
@Daniel15: Askimet Spam marking FAIL: it automatically marked your comment as spam (probably because of the URL's). Sorry you had to repost it.
Kifluz Mar 30 2010
Great introduction to hosting ! VPS is a nice compromise between the shared hosting and dedicated but, if you looking for great performance, dedicated server is what you need!
Nick Mar 30 2010
I've been with Linode for about 6 months and pretty happy so far. Slice host is great too, but the Linode east coast data center worked better for me.
Paul Mar 30 2010
I have a VPS (dv) through MediaTemple. Switched about a year ago and never looked back!
Ray Addison Mar 30 2010
Nice article and comments. Opened my eyes up to new types of hosting. Cheers.
ConsultantNomo Mar 30 2010
Fantastic article. As a jack of all trades, master of none (back-end to front-end), this article would have been great to have when I was researching VPS hosts. I've used a dozen or so shared hosts over the last ten years, and upon listening to great referrals, I ended up using a shared account with Steadfast Networks. I went shared first to use as a sandbox test account, see how it reacted, and then upgraded all of my clients to a VPS account with Steadfast. So far, it's the best I've ever been with and very reasonable with great support (including when I've screwed things up a bit). To be a bit more specific, I'm running the dreaded resource hog Magento on 3 instances of my VPS account and have had zero problem or speed issues. Kudos to them.
While highly recommending them, I'd also recommend that, if using shared accounts, spend the money and get short-term hosting with several hosts, replicate the same site across the group, and split-test the hell out of it to see who best meets your requirements as it's your company's name ultimately on the line with your clients. Cheers.
jaw crusher Mar 31 2010
We are using a vps now,it is very good.
Bisnis UKM Mar 31 2010
Thank you
useful article, help me to decide whether I need to migrate using VPS..
Burhan KILINC Mar 31 2010
while VPS's are good for starting, it is always risk to go on with them. Sooner you will find yourself trying to upgrade to a dedicated server for the peace of mind. Which I did nearly 2 years ago and quite happy with the decision.
Harsh Agrawal Mar 31 2010
Great article ! I moved from shared hosting to VPS some time back.. I wish I could have read this one that time..since my hosting doesn't allow brustable memory… :|
David SeptemberIndustry Mar 31 2010
You couldn't have wrote this article at a better time – I'm considering switching from Shared to VPS. Now I know where all that extra money goes!
Mladen Berakovic Mar 31 2010
Really nice article. Thanks! :)
Mark Mar 31 2010
I've been using Knownhost for almost a year now, and have been very happy with them.
I've never had downtime, it's handling the load I've thrown at it (serving mostly images for other sites that get 5,000 – 10,000 pageviews\day, plus a couple of blogs, and serving images for bulk e-mails to customers), and I've never seen my resource usage go over 5%. I pay about $60 a month, and for Christmas they effectively doubled by VPS' RAM, Disk Space, and Bandwidth allotments, for free – permanently.
They've always been fast to respond to support questions, they've got a great user forum, and they have some nice flexibility when you set up your server for cPanel \ Plesk, Windows \ Linux, etc.
Mark Mar 31 2010
I forgot to mention – even their cheapest VPS servers are fully managed, starting at $25/month.
I've also noticed I generally have 3-7 less hops to my server than I saw from some of the other VPS companies, and better ping stability as well. My server is the third hop after leaving the Level3 system, which is really nice.
Mark Bailey Mar 31 2010
VPS success depends largely on the provider. Some have horrible uptime and performance, and are not as redundant as they say.
VPS pricing (especially cloud VPS) often gives you much less bang for the buck than a dedicated. With a few resource add-ons and some other extras (backup, for example), you can quickly find yourself spending as much as you would on a dedicated box.
Make sure you check reviews and status pages care.fully
Brian Klepper Mar 31 2010
I currently work on Firehost VP Servers and have been very happy with the support and overall security that I need. The prices are generally more than any others that have been listed but if you're looking for top notch security measures they can't be beat.
Matt Mar 31 2010
From a security standpoint, is a Fully-Managed VPS better than Shared Hosting? What about a FM VPS vs. a Cloud server?
W3Mag Apr 01 2010
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
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Mark Apr 01 2010
@Matt – FM VPS should be better from a security standpoint, but it depends a lot on the configuration and users of the VPS \ Shared \ Cloud servers. The biggest security risks are common to all of them – weak passwords, viruses or malware on a client's login computer, exploits in installed web-apps, SQL injections, etc..
The shared\cloud servers tend to combat some of the higher-level security risks with limiting what you can do with them in the first place – no root access, limiting what software and plug-ins can be installed, etc.
The VPS servers are still pretty dependent on how you have the server and software configured – what kind of CGI scripting you're supporting, and what kind of web apps you have installed.
While my VPS is fully managed – I still do all of the individual host configurations and web app installs myself, and they all have their own security best-practices and drawbacks. For instance with wordpress you have to connect as root to give permissions to directories and files for WP and it's plug-ins to work correctly. If you do that wrong it's easy to end up with security holes.
I like that with the fully managed system, if I see something that looks suspicious in the logs, I can open a support ticket, and they'll look into it for me. Plus with mission-critical stuff on my server – it's nice to have an expert to fall back on in case there's something wrong and I can't figure out what.
tom g Apr 02 2010
Hi great article! I got my vps back in Nov 09 and love it! I have my main site htti://AnewTaTToo.com hoted on it and a few more of mine. I also "rent" out space as a reseller. I make more than the vps cost me! I can have many sites on the one ip adress but i have a 2. One I use for my sites and another for rented space sites. I never use more than 15-20% max with all the sites on it. I would recomend it to anyone.
But there is a lot to learn that u dont have to know with shared like dns zones, firewalls…+ + +…lol
Steve@PingVPS Apr 03 2010
We are a VPS supplier and it makes a nice change to see this type of article on a site such as Six Revisions.
Many people have misconceptions and questions about various hosting options, along with hesitation to move from shared to the "next best thing", and coming from a popular site like this I think you will have opened many peoples eyes to some of the options.
Thanks it was a great read, and I hope readers consider their options, as there is a plethora of solutions to be had.
km Apr 04 2010
Myself has bad experiences with VPS hosting. But i will highly recommend use cloud hosting, which you can build and scale your cloud computing infrastructure in real-time without downtime experiences.
Chris Olbekson Apr 05 2010
Great article and perfect timing for me since I spent the weekend moving over to a VPS from a reseller account. I host 10 client sites including mine that are all running WordPress. Now that I have the ability to enable tweaks like mod_deflate and am able to set proper expires headers, my sites are running so much faster. I was able to bring my Yslow score to 95 from 68 on shared reseller hosting.
Alice Dagley Apr 05 2010
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! The article is really useful and clear.
It is very difficult to decide which hosting to choose.
If I have to face such a dilemma, I will never choose shared hosting. Yes it's cheap, but you are limited in resources. I would prefer to buy VPS hosting. It has more options for online business environment which a certainly a plus. Users can make chages into configuration as their demands increases.
VPS coupon Apr 06 2010
Nice article on the basics of VPS hosting. Lets not forget that VPS control panels are also important in selecting your provider. Some offer no control panel to restart the VPS on your own while others do. Some also offer a web panel like cPanel or Plesk to help you manage setting up multiple websites inside your VPS.
Pi Apr 19 2010
I have bad experience with vps, now with your great article, it help clearing up a lot of things. Thank you for sharing the information and now i can decide better when choosing the VPS.
Avinash Apr 20 2010
Really a Great and Useful Article , well Explained!!
I appreciate it :)
Thanks !!
nanadev Apr 20 2010
Real Time Messaging Protocol server program can install on VPS. rtmp such as Adobe Flash Media Server, red5
Yorkshire Apr 22 2010
We have some Windows dedicated servers but are wanting to move towards a LAMP setup. We haven't got the need for a Linux dedicated at the moment so was considering a VPS but we are inclined more towards Cloud.
Flexiant has a great "Pay as you go" Cloud package which you can use to test the water. http://www.flexiant.com/
Toni Apr 23 2010
Like Mark, I've been pretty happy with my VPS at Knownhost for a few years now. But, with the amount of VPS providers coming out in recent years — it's tempting to switch out and find a new and better server. Prices seem to be getting cheaper, with many companies specializing solely in VPS hosting packages now.
Thanks for the good beginners guide, will pass the info along to folks looking to move up from a shared hosting plan.
Cre8ive Commando May 20 2010
I recently moved to a VPS with JUMBA, it's pretty cheap and seems to be performing well (touch wood) … :-)
Tom Jun 04 2010
Perhaps I have missed it, or don't fully understand VPS solutions, but it seems to me that Disk I/O needs to factor more into the equation. If you have a database driven site, or are running another site on a VPS that also hosts a data intensive site, your performance may suffer while your database calls get queued. This seems independent to the amount of processor and RAM that you have been allocated.
Am I missing something here? Does any VPS provider include I/O guarantees?
cloudsrv Jul 06 2010
Nice one… did not know that. thx
The founder Jul 24 2010
Ahm so say I have 2 websites can one VPS handle them? is this the gist of having a VPS?
John Aug 03 2010
Thanks for the article, I've been considering switching to a VPS host and this has given me the impetus to investigate it more deeply.
Derick Schaefer Aug 24 2010
Great article and commentary is very representative of what we saw in this space. For WordPress we find both VPS and cloud defaults very problematic. Why? It wasn't about resources. . .it was how resources were used. WordPress is very inefficient and default LAMP stacks don't help.
We created a VPS that in the real world has scaled for us up to 210K users in 10 hours and over 2600 concurrent users on a single blog. The cloud services we tried died at 550 users and we got overage charges. We also found security on the cloud services to be very problematic. After over a year of testing and design we've begun to soft launch http://wphost.co .
For the power WordPress'ers, I'd be curious to get your feedback.
Great post, btw as the community needs to be discussing this (us included).
seoya Sep 24 2010
thank for useful article :D
Rahul Oct 02 2010
Excellent article. I just doubled my VPS RAM and my website is loading surprisingly faster.
Mahendra Oct 20 2010
Good one!
Just moved to knownhost VPS.Their support is superb.I am sure playing with VPS will be a fun and learning experience with me.
Brett Widmanne Dec 14 2010
This is just the information I was looking to find. Thanks for putting together such a great article.
carlosmagnus Dec 22 2010
This is very helpful articles just right now im on shared hosting but sooner or later im going to jump to VPS so i have an idea now. thanks
Creazione Siti Jan 25 2011
Very good article. It helped me decide that what I really needed was a VPS host for my websites. Thanks for all the informations and effort you put into this article.
Jordan Feb 03 2011
The section about Burstable Ram is inaccurate. Unfortunately, given its name – "burstable" it leads people to simply assume instead of actually researching the topic to better understand what it is. This false definition is also spread around by the less knowledgeable hosts on various discussion boards.
Burstable ram is not some magical shared pool of idle memory where a single VPS can gain access to in the event of the digg-effect. Instead, it's a part of the OpenVZ technology and how it calculates memory usage which is based on memory allocated rather than actual memory used. Therefore, it is NECESSARY to have a higher burstable ram vs guaranteed, somewhere around 1.5x to 2x the amount. Since allocated memory is counted against your memory usage, OpenVZ needs this extra burstable memory to allocate adequate memory for programs and applications. It doesn't mean you've actually USED the amount, simply allocated. To get a better sense of what's going on behind the scenes in terms of memory usage in an OpenVZ VPS, look at the /proc/user_beancounters file.
Fatuma May 24 2011
I need somebody to assist in processes of configuration of web server
Swamykant Jul 04 2011
Hi Blue.
I am currently using the Shared hosting server for blog- yourdigitalspace.com.Last two days it has used more that 25% CPU..
I think it is the right times to shift to VPS. I am planning to use either Hostgator VPS, Linode or Knownhost.
Which you thinks the best for VPS ?
Reza Aug 04 2011
Wow! Thank you for this great yet clear guide on VPS. I just ordered one today and I was feeling being in nowhere about when I logged in my VPS account but reading through your article helped me a lot.
Rahul Aug 09 2011
Excellent article. I've been hosting on an eboundhost VPS for the past year and loving it.
John Oct 14 2011
Great article, I have been using shared hosting for years and I have just established my first VPS set up, answered a few questions I had – Thanks
fu Nov 18 2011
This is just the information I was looking to find. Thanks for putting together such a great article.
Charlie-brm Nov 27 2011
As the end user with some web sites of my own to take care of, discovering they are part of a VPS has become a liability. The previous owner of the domains I purchased as part of a business transfer left the hosting concerns up to a friend.
Now I have to get in touch with this person for some routine tasks because the server company won't deal directly with me. In their eyes, its his account, he's paying the bills.
Just a caveat to people designing their own business sites. I'm sure if I was a semi-professional web developer, I'd think VPS was a great idea. I'll be transferring the domains asap to another host.
tony Jun 12 2013
ok where is the article on setting up a VPS to host multiple sites or something useful
anson davis Jun 13 2013
thank you very much, this article is very useful for me once again thanks a lot :-)


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Allegedly disturbed after being separated from his beloved, a 20-year-old man committed suicide at Mahendergarh Chungi in Dadri town, Bhiwani district on Friday.
Sources said the deceased, Dadri town resident Sonu Kumar, eloped with his neighbor Aarti, 19, last Sunday. They got married at an Arya Samaj temple in New Delhi on Monday, and later went to a relative's house in Jind, where police caught them and produced them in Dadri court. The court sent Aarti to her maternal uncle's house, while Sonu returned to his own house.
Sonu was disturbed for the past two days after getting separated from Aarti, and committed suicide by hanging himself in an under-construction house adjacent to his house, the sources added.
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In 1928, when James Monroe Jernigan Carroll was 96 years old, he sat down and composed a paper he titled, "A Brief History of the Carroll and Elam Families."
James Monroe Carroll was the oldest son of Raford and Sarah Jernigan Carroll, and was born on Dec. 20, 1832, as recorded in the family Bible.
"Raford Carroll was born in North Carolina, Nov. 3, 1808, and came to Tennessee in 1818 and was there married to Sarah Jernigan, March 15, 1829.
I had the good fortune to meet Floyd "Pop" Miller and his wife, Vivian, of Mulberry Grove when I joined the Fayette County Genealogical Society in the late 1980s.
Homecoming 2016 for Vandalia Community High School was more than just an occasion to welcome back those who received their sheepskin from VCHS – it was also a time to recognize some individuals who excelled as a result of their time at the local high school.
On Friday evening, VCHS welcomed Jerry Evans, Drew Bell, Blake Doehring, Brock Doehring, Matt Peyton, Drew Schneider and Marty Johnson into the school's athletic Hall of Fame.
This week's photo: The two brothers in this photo, taken in about 1950, have lived in or around Ramsey their entire lives.
20 Years Ago
1996 – The Vandalia City Council rejected proposed pay increases for the mayor, city clerk, city treasurer and aldermen, and also agreed to put the hiring of a director of community development "on the back burner."
Odie Washington, the director of the Illinois Department of Corrections, was the guest speaker at the Vandalia Chamber of Commerce's monthly meeting.
Vandalia defeated Hillsboro, 28-6, in varsity football play to remain undefeated and take over the conference lead.
This letter is addressed to the Vandalia Lions Club:
I just want to say what I think about taking the candy away from the Halloween Parade.
I was told that it is about crowd control. They want to stop the unruly kids from running out in front of the participants in the parade. Let me tell you about those unruly kids. Their parents were raised the same way and their parents before them. They do not know any other way. They often see very little happiness in their lives.
The Vandalia Lions Club has sponsored the Annual Halloween Parade for over 70 years now and the Parade has undergone many changes throughout the years. This parade has been recognized as one of the finer parades in Southern Illinois and band directors from all over the area from as far away as Mascoutah, Mattoon, and Mt. Vernon have complimented the City, the Lions Club, and the people of Vandalia for running and hosting a great parade.
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GREENSBURG— Hem-pfield defeated Indiana, 799-69x to 791-58x, in a WPIAL Section 3 rifle match Wednesday.
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Dairy giant Fonterra will use growing global demand for dairy products and potential operating efficiencies to lure investors into its $NZ500 million ($402 million) equity raising.
The raising, which is expected by the end of the year, would see non-dairy farmer investors have economic exposure to Fonterra for the first time in the company's history.
Fonterra is a $10 billion-plus New Zealand-based co-operative and the world's largest milk producer and exporter of dairy ingredients including milk powders, cheese and butter.
Australian consumers would be familiar with its brands, including Bega, Nestle Ski and Western Star.
The company is seeking to sell the economic benefits of up to 12 per cent of its shares on issue, via the creation of the Fonterra Shareholders Fund.
The fund is expected to be listed in Australia and New Zealand, and units will be offered to institutional investors on both sides of the Tasman. If successful, the raising is likely to be the largest initial public offer in either country this year.
Pre-marketing material arrived on the desks of fund managers yesterday, courtesy of Goldman Sachs.
Goldman expects Fonterra to have $NZ18.6 billion sales in the 2013 financial year, $NZ1.6 billion EBITDA and $NZ663 million net profit. It implies NZ44¢ earnings per share (with 1.5 billion Fonterra shares on issue).
Those numbers are almost twice as much as New Zealand's biggest listed company, Fletcher Building, in terms of revenue, EBITDA and net profit.
The question for investors over the coming weeks is how to value Fonterra Shareholders Fund units.
The units give investors economic exposure to Fonterra including dividends, but not voting rights.
It seems there is no simple answer. Goldman says Fonterra is comparable to other commoditised products makers such as Goodman Fielder, branded product names like Danone and Kraft, and market leaders including Saudi Arabia's Almarai. As a rough guide, this diverse parcel of stocks trades at an average of 15.4 times 2013 expected earnings per share, and at an enterprise value of 10.1 times EBITDA.
It would imply a $NZ6.78 a share valuation for Fonterra and $NZ12.4 billion enterprise value.
The problem is the units in the fund only mirror Fonterra shares. Investors may demand a discount for not being able to have a say in how the company is run or being able to take a substantial stake in the company.
Goldman, Deutsche Bank/Craigs Investment Partners and UBS are joint lead managers to the offer, while Rothschild has advised Fonterra.
Elsewhere at Goldman, executive director and fundie favourite Preston Hamersley is taking a sabbatical after 12½ years at the bank.
Hamersley, 34, was one of the youngest partners at JBWere when Goldman bought the Australian offshoot.
He's keen to spend some time with his wife and two children and go surfing in Bali. His last day in the office is next Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Jim Miller, head of Infrastructure, utilities and renewables at Macquarie, is also on long-term leave.
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Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.
Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.
Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.
Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.
Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon).
Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica .
Castro finally dies at age 122; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2052.
Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.
Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals, violates their civil rights.
Average height of NBA players is now nine feet, seven inches.
New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2056.
Congress authorizes direct deposit of formerly illegal political contributions to campaign accounts.
IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.
Flori-duh voters still having trouble with voting machines.
Irelands child
A woman is in a grocery store and happens upon a grandpa and his poorly
behaving 3-year-old grandson at every turn.
It's obvious gramps has his hands full with the
kid screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies in the cookie aisle; same for
fruit, cereal and soda.
Meanwhile, gramps is working his way around saying in
a controlled voice, 'Easy Albert, we won't be long, easy boy..' Another outburst and she hears
gramps calmly say, 'It's OK Albert, just a couple more minutes and we'll be
outta here; hang in there'.
At the checkout the little terror is throwing items from the cart and gramps
again in a controlled voice is saying, 'Albert, Albert, relax buddy, don't
get upset. We'll be home in five minutes. Stay cool, Albert..'
Very impressed, the woman goes up to gramps as
he's loading the kid and the groceries into the car and says, 'You know sir,
it's none of my business but you were amazing in there.. I don't know how you did it.
The whole time you kept your composure and no matter how loud and
disruptive he got you just calmly kept saying things would be OK. Albert is very
lucky to have you for his grandpa.'
'Thanks lady', said gramps, ''but I'm Albert -- the little bastard's name is Johnny
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The Farmer
Last year I was in the US and while driving in Arkansas became lost. I could see a farmer ploughing a field and waited until he came around by the road and then waved him down so I could ask him for directions. When he stepped down from the tractor I noticed he wasn't wearing any pants. My curiosity got the better of me and so I had to ask.......
"Excuse me Sir, but I see you are not wearing any pants"
"Well that is all my wife's idea. You see, yesterday I was out here on my tractor ploughing the field with no shirt on and I got a stiff neck"
A Cow's Tail
A man staggered into a hospital with a concussion, multiple bruises, two black eyes, and a five iron wrapped tightly around his throat.
Naturally, the Doctor asked him, 'What happened to YOU?'
'Well, I was having a quiet round of golf with my wife, when at a difficult hole, we both sliced our golf balls into a field of cattle.
We went to look for them and while I was looking around I noticed one of the cows had something white at its rear end.'
'I walked over, lifted its tail, and sure enough, there was a golf ball with my wife's monogram on it - stuck right in the middle of the cow's "you know What.
Still holding the cow's tail up, I yelled to my wife, 'Hey, this looks like yours!''
'I don't remember much after that'
Investment tips for late 2008:
For all of you with any money left, you may may want to watch for the next round of expected mergers (these are still under wraps according to the hush hush Wall Street buzz).
1. Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.
2. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers will join forces and become: Poly, Warner, Cracker.
3. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood.
4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will consolidate and become: ZipAudiDoDa.
5. FedEX is expected to join it's competitor and become: FedUp.
6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild.
7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: PouponPants.
8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW!
In a while, Chet.
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2008's First Christmas Joke
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates.
'In honor of this holy season' Saint Peter said, 'You must each possess
something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.'
The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He
flicked it on. 'It represents a candle', he said.
'You may pass through the pearly gates' Saint Peter said.
The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He
shook them and said, 'They're bells.'
Saint Peter said 'You may pass through the pearly gates'.
The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and
finally pulled out a pair of women's panties.
St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, 'And just
what do those symbolize?'
The man replied, 'These are Carols.'
A lady and her dog were enjoying a lovely stroll in the park. All of a sudden, her dog was mounted from behind by a large Rotweiler. The Rottie was really humping away and the lady was frantically trying to break them up, to no avail.
A small boy walked up and stuck his finger in the Rot's butt and the action immediately stopped.
The lady was amazed. "How did you do that?" she asked.
The little boy said, "That's my dog and he certainly can dish it out, but he sure can't take it."
Fellow Business Executives:
As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned
myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next President, and that
our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have to
see an increase in our fees of about 8% but since we cannot increase our
fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay
off six of our employees instead. This has really been eating at me for a
while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who
will have to go.
So, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking lot and found 8 Obama
bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be
the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this
problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
If you have a better idea, let me know.
John Q. Businessman
It was the first day of a school in USA and a new Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said,
"Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.
'Very good!'
Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?'
Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar. 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863' said Chandrasekhar.
The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do.'
She heard a loud whisper: 'Screw the Indians,'
'Who said that?' she demanded. Chandrasekhar put his hand up.
'General Custer, 1862.'
At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks 'All right! Now, who said that?'
Again, Chandrasekhar says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'
Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'
Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher , 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!'
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little *****. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.'
Chandrasekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child witnesses testifying against him- 2004.'
The teacher fainted.
And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, 'Oh crap, we're screwed!'
And Chandrasekhar said quietly, "I think it was the American people, November 4, 2008."
In a while, Chet.
Four married guys go golfing. During the 4th hole the following conversation took place:
First Guy:
'You have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out golfing this weekend. I had to promise my wife that I will paint every room in the house next weekend.'
Second Guy:
'That's nothing; I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool.'
Third Guy:
'Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife that I will remodel the kitchen for her.'
They continue to play the hole when they realized that the fourth guy has not said a word.
So they ask him, 'You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come golfing this weekend. What's the deal?'
Fourth guy:
'I just set my alarm for 5:30am. When it went off, I gave the wife a slap on the *** and said: 'Golf course or intercourse?'
She said: 'Wear sun-block.'
A Catholic priest, a Baptist preacher and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette . They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they all came together to discuss their experience.
Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling, was on crutches and had various bandages on his body and limbs, went first. 'Well,' he said, 'I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him, I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation.'
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, had one arm and both legs in casts and had an IV drip. In his best fire-and-brimstone oratory, he claimed, 'WELL, brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quickly DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus.'
The Priest and the Reverend both looked down at the Rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IVs and monitors running in and out of him. He was in really bad shape.
The Rabbi looked up and said, 'Looking back on it, circumcision may not have been the best way to start.'
Camilla bought a new pair of shoes for her wedding which got increasingly tighter & tighter as the day went on.
That night after the festivities were finally over, she & Charles had retired back to their room.
Camilla flopped on the bed and said 'Please remove my shoes darling, ones feet are killing one.'
Ever obedient, the Prince of Wales attacked her right shoe with vigour.
But it would not budge.
'Harder' yelled Camilla.
'Harder?' Charles yelled back, 'I'm trying darling! But it's just so bloody tight!'
'Come on give it all you've got ' she cried.
Finally when it released, Charles let out a big groan, and Camilla exclaimed: 'Oh God, that feels so good.'
In their bedroom next door The Queen turned to Prince Phillip and said:
'See, I told you she would still be a virgin with a face like that!'
Meanwhile back in the other bedroom Charles was attempting to remove the other shoe when he cried out: 'Oh god, darling, this one's even tighter!'
At which point Prince Phillip turned and said to the Queen:
'That's my boy! Once a Navy man, always a Navy man!'
A bloke is having a night out drinking with his mates when finally, the pub closes & the landlord kicks them out.
They realise everywhere else is closed, so one of the group says: "Come over to my place, I've got a fridge full of beer!"
So they all pile back to the guy's flat & continue drinking well into the early hours.
After a while, one of them notices a gong in the corner of the guy's apartment.
"What's that?" He asks.
The guy replies: "That's my talking clock".
"How does that work, then?" His mate asks.
"I'll show you". So the guy picks up the beater & gives the gong a hard whack.
All of a sudden, a voice pipes up from next door:
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A friend of mine requested me a shopping list of things to buy when first going on the anti candida diet. She believes a document like that would really be a handy thing to have. She feels fortunate to live in a city with a Trader Joe's, a Wild Oats, and a Whole Foods, but she still gets a bit lost while wandering up and down the aisles.
On the first days on the diet, I avoid all grains, sugar, and dairy. I also eat meat (no breading), eggs, and low-carb vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, salad greens), and that is it. I drink water and decaffeinated green tea. Try to look on the bright side and you will have plenty foods of choice.
Another friend of mine was on a candida cleanse with bentonite, grapefruit extract, and psyllium, but it was killing her stomach. Then, her regime is just to moderate what she eats. She cannot afford to strictly follow an anti candida diet, so instead she does her best to eat as well as she can and stays away from junk. She stays away from sugar, wheat, dairy, booze (mostly), and most recently, she has begun to suspect adverse reactions to corn.
She has quit coffee several times, but doesn't want to give it up entirely, so she is down to one or two cups a day, sweetened with stevia and rice milk. When she gets on her feet financially, she will consider adding some other stuff to her get well regime, like L-glutamine, and maybe some aloe juice and more fresh veggies and stuff.
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Japanese printing company Shunkosha has recently released a new product called Strappy, a subway strap cover that contains a FeliCa reader, an NFC reader that allows passengers with compatible phones (over 70 million in Japan) to interact through touch.
Strappy functions as a platform for marketing communications, meaning that by touching your phone to the cover, train passengers have their phones directed to a URL to receive information, coupons, videos, or whatever else you decide to put on there.
Much like the recent GAP High Touch NFC campaign that we just covered, Strappy's technology is simple, but is a taste of what's coming down the road. Until recently, there was not consistent mobile data available in the subways in-between stations, but now that it's more prevalent it's possible to take advantage of NFC and provide interesting touchpoints for a captive audience. In this case, the first test fun of 15 days is featuring travel company H.I.S. and is being executed on the Ginza and Marunouchi lines.
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Conference conversations
Rasmus & Gavin
The reason why scientists like going to conferences (despite them often being held in stuffy hotel basements) is because of the conversations. People can be found who know what they are talking about, and discussions can be focused clearly on what is important, rather than what is trivial. The atmosphere at these conferences is a mix of excitement and expectations as well as pleasure at seeing old friends and colleagues.
The two of us just got back from the excellent 'Open Science Conference' organised by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) in Denver Colorado. More than 1900 scientists participated from 86 different countries, and the speakers included the biggest names in climate research and many past and present IPCC authors.
The focus of the conference was on how climate research should be done in order to be of service to society. Hence, a fair bit of focus was given to how to create useful climate information, or 'actionable science'. This is supposed to be part of a global framework for climate services (abbreviated as GFCS to make it a bit more cryptic). But there is a lot of discussion about exactly what form of information this would be, and there were many (not necessarily exclusive) ideas around.
Bruce Hewitson and David Behar both made strong cases that the context in which climate-related information was received was key to its utility. On a panel discussion with various 'stakeholders', a good argument was made that better 'translation' of climate information was a priority, and that perhaps the current demand is not for more science results. Perhaps the information we have about climate already is good enough for many purposes.
However, communicating that understanding to people who might benefit from it remains a work in progress. Communication involves an end-to-end two-way process, as opposed to simply sending off a message hoping that the recipient will understand. There are also ethical concerns linked to the context – what are the consequences of an incorrect forecast? Are there inequities in who benefits and who doesn't? Scientists, on their own, are not necessarily well-equipped to deal with this.
There is an expectation that the climate services should include seasonal-to-decadal forecasts, and that the climate information should be 'seamless' in terms of time scales as well as spatial scales. The tools for making such forecasts, however, are far from validated, and there are large gaps in our knowledge about whether (and where) predictability for the next few seasons or decades can be found. Part of our knowledge gap stems from insufficient long series of measurements from vital areas, however, the non-linear complexity also makes it difficult to discern any precursor signals. There are some potential leads though: sea-ice, snow-cover, soil moisture, ocean temperatures and the state of the stratosphere all seem to give some contingent initial condition predictability over that expected for standard weather forecasts. The extent to which this will be useful is still unclear.
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What's new for the USO Wishbook this year? We have eight new gift options for you to choose from!
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It was a morning to remember. A group of stars from NBC's "This Is Us" – Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson and Chris Sullivan – spent a morning visiting service members and their families at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst as part of a USO entertainment tour.
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After Struggling to Find His Place in the World, Marine Finds Two Families – and His Place in Both
Deron Johnson didn't plan on joining the military, but he ended up a Marine. He also didn't anticipate becoming a fraternity brother at Texas A&M, but then came Theta Chi and its history of supporting the military - and the USO.
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When Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffrey Lee received an urgent call to head to his work station one morning, he thought there was something seriously wrong, but there was no emergency. Instead, he walked into his own surprise birthday celebration, courtesy of his wife, USO Yokosuka and the Operation Birthday Cake Program.


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AWESOME SPIKE! Really great! You totally have the clothing style down!
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"Central-Apartment" - in the Heart of a beautiful and attractive Gdansk
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Central Apartment is a high standard apartment of 23m 2 , decorated with attention to detail and customer convenience. Located on the first floor of the building, where large windows on the south-east side views unfold on the streets of Hevelius.
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The Suite includes a large double sofa bed, a comfortable sofa bed for 1 person, there is also the possibility of any extra for stays of 4 persons on the premises. Remains available to customers 26-inch HD TV, with cable TV, internet WiFi. The fully equipped kitchen with fridge freezer, hob, microwave, toaster, electric kettle and all necessary items for cooking and a bathroom consisting of shower, toilet, wash basin, equipped with towels. The apartment also has a small washing machine.
For customers, while in Central Apartment there are unlimited amounts of coffee, tea and sugar.
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Very convenient for the railway station, a good shopping centre and the historic part of Gdansk. Apart from the bathroom, this is a small one-room apartment, so if there is more than a couple of people it could be a bit claustrophobic. I also found (probably because of the lack of space) the facilities were limited, ie no ironing facilities. Also, I couldn't get the telly to work.
Very nice and clean apartment close to everything. It had everything we needed.
The host was very service-minded and welcoming.
I spent a few days in this nice apartment, very close to the railway station and at walking distance from the interesting city center, I suggest it to everybody wants to go to Gdansk.
A friend of mine and I have spent in that apartment a week of last July and it was just great. The studio is fully equipped with everything you need for your accommodation. The kitchen is comfortable for cooking on your own and has everything you need, wi-fi has been working well, having a balcony with lovely view was also very nice. The location is brilliant - it's either very close to the Main train station or to the Old Town. The apartment is perfect for a couple or pair of friends traveling.
It was really lovely to stay in this apartment and I'll definitely choose one when I visit Gdansk again.
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We spent 7 nights in this great apartment in Gdansk. Literary 2 minutes' walk from the main bus, train and metro station, great if you want to take a day trip to Oliwia, Sopot or Gdynia. And only about 7 minutes' walk to the beautiful old town. Also very close to the main shopping center Madison, if you want to go shopping.
Perfect location - facilities to my satisfaction - internet was working very well - shopping in a very short walking distance, I certainly recommend this apartment.
Thank you Arkadiusz.
the place was ok.Very close to the old city. But the internet didn't work and there wasn't any koffee machine in the apartment.
Nice apartment conveniently located next to the train station and within a short walk to the old town. The apartment has nice sunny balcony and is quiet at night with no significant trafic noise.
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Xoan singing becomes new world cultural heritage
(VGP - 24/11/2011) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on November 24 voted to put Hát Xoan (Xoan singing) of Việt Nam into the list of the next world intangible heritages needing urgent protection.
Xoan singing is a vocal art of villages in the ancestral land of Phú Thọ. This genre of singing is usually performed in front of the communal house during the village festivals in the spring.
Based on legends and historical, archeological and social records, researchers say Xoan singing first appeared a long time ago, from the time when the Hùng Kings established the nation.
In the coming time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will map out specific and long-term programs and plans to preserve and develop the world's newly-recognized heritage, said Deputy Director of the Cultural Heritage Nguyễn Hữu Toàn.
Ten out of 23 candidates from nine other countries including Việt Nam, Indonesia, Iran, China, Brazil, Mali, Mauritus, Mongolia and the UAE won the title./.
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Offering an indoor pool and a spa and wellness centre, Locanda della Mimosa is a colonial style hotel located in Petrópolis. Free WiFi access is available in public areas. Each neatly decorated room with carpeted floors will provide you with a flat-screen cable TV, air conditioning and heating. The private bathroom comes with a hairdryer and a bidet. At Locanda della Mimosa you will find a restaurant and a fitness centre. The property offers free parking. Rio de Janeiro/Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro is 65 km away. 자세히


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Big Shug Album "I.M.4-EVA" Coming This July
Shout out to Big Shug a/k/a Shugie Diamonds and everyone at Brick Records. Album drops July 24.
I can tell you straight from the source, this album is going to be worth a listen. Not only are there four Premo-produced tracks and appearances by Termanology, Reks, Slaine and others, but the liner notes (which I wrote from interviews with Shug) should be pretty eye-opening. Shug goes on the record about the origins of Gang Starr, getting locked up, his relationship with Guru and later Solaar, and all the insanity that went on during Gang Starr's mid-90s heyday. He was extremely candid and up front about a lot of stuff and answered some behind-the-scenes questions that I'm sure fans have been wondering about for a long time…All presented in a hard-back, 36-page booklet with rare photos. In Boston or beyond, don't sleep.
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2. Hardbody (Feat. Fat Joe & M.O.P.) (Prod. by DJ Premier)
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Brisbane buyers are spoilt for choice as a record number of new apartments hit the market, with more on the way.
There are more than 2500 new apartments for sale in the city, a rise of 15 per cent in the three months to March, according to the latest Colliers International Brisbane Apartment Report.
Colliers International senior research analyst Josh Daly said the "market imbalance" would get worse as more inner-city projects were scheduled for release in the second half of 2011.
"Supply is quite elevated at a time when demand is softening," he said. "Developers acquired sites with a view to delivering produce during favourable market conditions but it's probably fair to say that current market conditions aren't that favourable. However, developers are holding these sites and they need to do something with them."
The agency's March quarterly report found sales in Brisbane were on par with the long-term average, at just over 200. However, most were for apartments priced at less than $650,000.
Mr Daly said prices would become even more critical as competition grew, particularly as the dominant buyers were investors, whose decisions relied on interest rates and rental returns.
The completion of new stock is forecast to ease inner-city rental pressures, with the vacancy rate hovering at a healthy 3.1 per cent.
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WAYNE, N.J. — Toys"R"Us announced that it has once again teamed up with four-time NBA Champion, actor, philanthropist and entrepreneur Shaquille O'Neal to launch its eighth annual nationwide fundraising campaign to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
For a third consecutive year, "Shaq-A-Claus is Coming to Town" to engage and motivate Toys"R"Us customers to give back to children who need it most, according to Toys"R"Us. Throughout the duration of the campaign, customers will see brand-new in-store signage showcasing the philanthropist towering over a pyramid of children, creating the first-ever "Shaq-mas tree." Additionally, Shaquille will make surprise visits to Toys"R"Us stores throughout the Christmas season to shop for toys to donate to Toys for Tots, spreading Christmas cheer.
Through Dec. 4, Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us stores nationwide will accept new, unwrapped toy donations. Cash contributions will also be accepted online at Toysrus.com/ToysforTots through Christmas Eve. To jumpstart this year's campaign, the Toys"R"Us Children's Fund, a public charity affiliated with Toys"R"Us, Inc., has provided a $250,000 grant to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
"My Santa hat is on, and I'm stepping into the role of my favorite alter-ego, Shaq-A-Claus. It's my personal mission to make sure no kid goes without a toy to open on Christmas, so I'm thrilled to be teaming up with Toys"R"Us for a third year to support the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation," said O'Neal. "When I was young, I received a very special, unexpected gift, a Dr. J-signed basketball. To this day, I remember the excitement I felt, and I'd love for the millions of kids in need across the country to experience that same joy. That's why I'll be encouraging people every way I can to join me in giving back!"


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So here is a little secret for you anglers, trollers, and jiggers - Washington Island, Wi has some of the best fishing in the Midwest.
There have been 4 Nortern Pike caught in the last 3 weeks weighing over 23#'s. The last being a 48.5" 33lbs monster. Two were caught during a local town fishing derby, so they were kept - but the other two, including the 33 pounder were released.
The Salmon fishing has also been very good for a few years in a row now. The size of the fish aren't real big, but there are good numbers. I went fishing with a friend (who goes out every night July and August) three times this past summer. 1st night we caught 3 - 2nd night 6 - 3rd night 9 - with the biggest one being 19lbs. This was the week before Labor day weekend, well after the peak of early-mid July. My friend keeps track of what his boat catches - over 250, each of the last 4 summers.
They've even started to catch a few walleye, both trolling in the summer and jigging through the ice in the winter.
The Rock Bass and Yellow Perch are still a little lacking - but you can catch dinner on a good day.
I'm not sure of this last October's stats - but in Oct of '07 during a 20 boat (40 men) one week tournament there were 112 5-lb 11 6+lb and one 7+lb Smallmouth Bass caught. These were all catch and release.
The county record was caught in Jackson Harbor about 10 years ago and I saw the dam* thing just two days before it was caught.
I was fishing with my uncle Harvey and another man Norb - Big-Norb to his friends (6'5" 300lbs.) - It was a sunny July day about 10 in the morning, my senior year of high school was two months away. We were in Jackson Harbor on the northeast corner of Washington Island, Wi. Rock Island State Park was in the background (Great Camping!). The Harbor is very protected, average depth of about 10ft. It's about 3/4 of a mile wide with a mix of sand bar and seaweed bottom.
I was on one side of Norb's 18 foot lund, reeling in my bait - I looked down and saw a HUGE fish about 4 feet down swim right under the boat where I was sitting "Holy crap, that thing was Enormous!" I yelled. "It was like this long!" as I held my hands about 2 1/2 feet apart
Harvey looked over with a raised eyebrow, "it must have been a carp"
"no, I know what a carp looks like - it was a bass - no doubt."
The faces staring at me could've been described as skeptical, but it was more dissmissive than that.
After another 10 minutes of fishing, I saw a shadow go under the boat between Harvey and I.
"There it is Harvey!"
"That was a Carp."
"NO, it wasn't."
10 more minutes of fishing.
"Norb's got one on!" Harvey exclaimed. " Grab the dip-net."
As Norb battled with his soon to be prize - I reeled in my worm and reached for the short, blue net. After a couple of minutes, and even more runs of line - the bass rose from the murk, head shaking, refusing to give in. Another run, and he dissappeared - finally, the medium weight pool stopped shaking and Norb gained line. As the fish again came into sight we were surprised to see another following him in - but even more shocking was the size of the pursuer.
"Look at the size him!" Norb boomed, struggling to get his trophy to the boat.
The second fish swam off as I eased the net under Norb's victim. All three of us, looked at each other, wide-eyed, teeth showing, lips curled up.
"I told you so."
Norb's smallmouth was 20 inches long and nearly weighed 5 lbs - the other bass dwarfed it. We tried for a while longer, caught a couple more keepers before the small perch started stealing bait. We never saw that bass again, but we heard about him.
Two days later another fisherman in Jackson Harbor caught a 28.5" 8lb 11 oz Smallmouth. I'd like to think it wasn't the one I saw, that he is bigger and out there - still swimming with the carp.
This past year wasn't quite as good - my uncle only had 6 1-gallon zip lock bags of fillets froze going into winter. One of the reasons our Smallmouth fishery is so good is that the season doesn't open on the Island until July 1. It allows them to get off there nests most years.
I could keep going, but the bottomline is - if you like to fish, camp and just relax, Washington Island is a place you should visit.


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On Dec 23, 7:50 pm, Andrzej Kozlowski <a... at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:
> On 22 Dec 2010, at 08:36, Armand Tamzarian wrote:
> > There was a thread recently about the standard of documentation. We
> > appreciate the enormity of the task of documenting functions but in
> > this case Wolfram clearly dropped the ball by including documentation
> > of functionality that doesn't exist.
> Well, given the choice between useful but undocumented features and
> fully documented but non-existent features, I have no doubt about my
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Why frame it as a question of choice? Shouldn't you be aiming to
eliminate both? Both instances tend to waste users time. ...as we
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I drive about an hour south of St. John's, park in a grassy knoll, and walk a wide dirt path to the 1871 Lighthouse at Ferryland Head. It's a sight that conjures fairy-tale landscapes; the cobalt sea and azure sky stretch to the horizon, with only tufts of white clouds to break the endless blue. A towering cherry red light is surrounded by green pasture that curves out to the cliff's edge.
The grass is dotted with couples lying on flannel blankets, enjoying ham-and-Brie sandwiches ordered from the restored keeper's quarters turned lunch spot. Owner Jill Curran re-opened the light in 2004 knowing she wanted to fuse this idyllic setting with gourmet meals served in charming picnic baskets. "You'd be surprised how many people get engaged here—or maybe it's not a surprise," she says with a laugh.
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Biden announces, immediately destroys presidential hopes; Update: Comma misplaced? Update: "Totally out of context" (Bumped) Update: Audio
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Drudge is teasing this at the top of the page with an emphasis on the word "clean." Er, Matt — it's not just the hygiene angle that's troubling here.
Mr. Biden is equally skeptical—albeit in a slightly more backhanded way—about Mr. Obama. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," he said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
He announced he's running this morning. And now, instantly, he's finished. He's the William Henry Harrison of presidential candidates.
Not that he ever had a prayer anyway.
He's also got a knack for this sort of racist "straight talk." Remember?
K-Lo compares it to Matthews complimenting Michael Steele on his "child-like" gentleness, so atypical of the violent black men whom Matthews is sure haunt white southerners' dreams.
Exit question: On the spectrum of enlightened, "positive," left-wing racism, where does this fall vis-a-vis a nutroots minstrel-face photoshop?
Update: You've got to be kidding.
Update: Biden passes on the too clever by half comma defense and invokes context, sweet context. Without actually explaining what the missing context was.
"And with regard to the assertions I have just read as I walked over here… about Barack Obama. Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that the Democratic or Republican Party has produced, at least since I have been around. And he is fresh, he is new, he is insightful, and I really regret that some have taken totally out of context my use of the word 'clean.'
"So I called Barack," he added, "and he said 'Joe you don't have to explain anything to me.'"…
About his use of the word "clean" to describe Obama, Biden explained by saying, "My mother has an expression: clean as a whistle, sharp as tack. That's the context."
Update (Ian): Audio.
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