[ Thanks to Andrew
Weber for this link. ]
“I wreck servers on a regular basis. Yep, I build and
wreck multiple servers every day. As a Linux trainer I am always
demonstrating how to build Linux servers in class and then blowing
them away. Did it today, built an Ubuntu 10.04 server with Postfix
and added the UFW firewall settings, mutt, changed the DNS to get
mail going and even, made an image of that server and blew it all
away. But today was different, today I used the RackSpace Cloud.
Yep, I created an account for $.03 per hour built and destroyed
Linux servers.“The Cloud server, especially paying for the server by the hour
is an amazing development. You can build a Linux server and pay
only $.015 per hour to have that server up. Of course, you also
have to pay for bandwidth but that is an insignificant amount for a
training server.“The Cloud server is not really much different than the 12
servers I have virtualized in my office except that based on the
low cost for training options it is much cheaper than purchasing
hardware for servers and paying for electricity”