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VPS? VM? Node? Slice? Droplet? Which term do you prefer?
Originally I heard “VPS” and have used it ever since, although the big cloud guys like to use VM instead. The term VM goes back to the 60s and the IBM mainframe.
The first box I ever got was a 64mb from vpslink...and I see they’re still selling that plan for $7.95/mo LOL. Anyway, back then I bought a “VPS” so I’ve tended to use the term since.
Node sounds cool. But also kinda slangy. And I hear it more for the underlying physical machine.
Slice and Droplet and such are marketingspeak of course. The former sounds like pizza and the latter like some kind of fetish. (j/k...I do like and recommend both BuyVM and DO).
So...your preference? I prefer passionate replies from those willing to argue why all others are wrong and make lifelong enemies in the process.
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Node = hardware
VPS = any sort of server container (openvz, kvm etc. all count)
VM = virtual machine, i.e. runs its own OS, like kvm (not openvz)
Cloud VM = somewhat vague but connotes hourly billing, floating IPs, a working API to acquire and release servers, various ancillary services, and enough hardware stock that you can (usually) get servers whenever you want them.
Slice, droplet, linode = terms used by particular providers.
Cloud = anything that you name cloud.
I’ve heard a few vendors referring to a “cloud of clouds”. Made me instantly despise them.
Personally VPS for me Virtual Private Server, pretty much is spot on.
I do like slice and droplet but I consider that more marketing or brand recognition.
Edit...Another term I just remembered hearing VDS not used often, Virtual Dedicated Server.
LPAR sounds cooler than any of the above terms.
Yeah, "VM" is a much older and more general term than "VPS". See also "JVM", for "Java Virtual Machine", which is fairly removed from the notion of a VPS. Some people even think of Emacs as a VM. :-)
Edit: Which is why I prefer "VPS" for the use of a VM as a server.
VM.
I prefer VPS.
I prefer free.
What @willie said.
$7
I prefer vms
Obviously,CLOOOOUD.
Will always be a VM to me but I adopted VPS, I dont think I could manage another significant change
Debian, thanks.
Goat
i don't use or have accepted Slice / Droplet terms.... so a vps works fine for me if i am renting. a vm is what i'd use if i run my own proxmox in with my own hardware.
What about vServer?
For me VPS and VM is pretty much the same. Usually I call it VPS. In Germany we tend to call it vServer.
I called it Box
I understand VM to be more general than VPS. A VM is a virtual machine of any kind for any purpose whereas a VPS is a "virtual dedicated server" in the general context of hosting. So a VPS must have network connectivity while a VM may or may not have it.
A node is the hardware on which a VPS runs.
A slice besides being marketing bullshit is just another term for VPS hinting at the VPS having quasi-dedicated resources and a droplet is the result of defecating from a marketing head.
"cloud" once meant a usually high amount of "fluid" or versatile VPS and hints at a more general virtualization of hardware including networking hardware.
I tend to use VM or virtual server. VPS always seemed an odd one as not all are used for personal use lol.
I will sometimes just refer them as a server - runs it's own OS (KVM etc), own network connection, etc, and it saves explaning virtualisation to people lol.
VPS – the P does not mean "personal" but "private"
LOL.
it is Instance nothing more than a Instance
Droplet, cloud and node to me is shapeable, instant deploy and destroy with hourly billing.
Ironic because OpenVZ containers can be accessed by a single CD command. (
cd /vz/private/(container_id)
)AKA VZ != private
The first box I ever got was "an conditional - not free" 128 mb (was it openvz?) vps from h*st1free aka haph*st.
oh.. good old days..
cloud/droplet
Don't know why a VPS is "private" when we don't use the term "dedicated private server". Would prefer Virtual Server.
Probably they should start naming them properly, e.g.
cirrocumulus, cirrus, cumulonimbus, and etc.
For me I'd go with VPS any time.