Burst.net Day 1
I’m somewhat shocked that even though it’s a weekend, Burst.net got my server up and running within 24 hours. Very nice!
I logged onto the machine and it’s a minimal Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit server, just as I ordered. I really liked the fact that they didn’t install anything and it’s a clean machine for me to configure, the way I like it. I quickly installed Apache, Postgres, Ruby, Passenger, and REE (Ruby Enterprise Edition). The network is really fast and the machine is just incredible. With 1TB, I now use this server to serve up my Git repositories.
I verified the processor and the memory. I just can’t believe that I now have enough processing power along with the memory to make my apps really shine, all at a price of a VPS!
It’s a good start, and we’ll see what happens next few weeks.
