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yup, which is why I said OVH wasn't for 95% of GFY (prolly more like 99%). I know my way around everything in a Linux box, so I'm all set, and people pay me to admin their infrastructure, so yes it is exactly how you say. I love this bare bones setup though - I know what I'm doing, so why do I have to pay high for it? Just 3 weeks ago I had a server playing up on me (kernel panic at least daily). OVH provide all the tools but do nothing, so I booted it into safe mode, ran their tests which said a memory stick was faulty. I opened a ticket and in 10 mins, no lie, the entire 12GB was replaced - they didn't even bother asking which stick was faulty. That is what *I* want - the tools available to do anything I want remotely, but it isn't for everyone, for sure.

--edit they do offer cpanel et al to cater for the 'be your own sysadmin' crowd, which is what a lot of "unmanaged dedicated server" providers do, and there are a lot of those around...

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