亲爱的Linode.com会员、
今天，2005 年 6 月 16 日，是 Linode.com 两周年纪念日。 过去的一年非常成功--Linode 的订阅量和在线主机数量比去年同期翻了一番。我雇佣了 Linode 的第一位员工。 我们不断改进我们提供的服务。
以下是我们未来一年左右的计划：
[b]The Move toXen[/b]
[url=http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/]Xen[/url]是一种允许将单个系统划分为多个域或客户操作系统的技术。 Xen 下的客户操作系统并不局限于 Linux，尽管我们最初将专注于提供 Linux。 从最终用户的角度来看，与 UML 相比，它的主要优势在于性能。Xen 的运行速度几乎是原生的，而 UML 的实际开销可达 50%-100%。
我们已经在[url=https://www.linode.com/products/controlpanel.cfm]LPM[/url]中实现了对Xen 的支持，现在需要等待一些必要的功能（至少对我们来说）被编入Xen （PAE 支持）。
[共享存储基础设施[/b］
目前，每台主机都有硬盘驱动器，其中包含该主机的 Linode 文件系统。 显而易见，硬盘驱动器可能会出现故障，从而导致特定主机出现问题。 这也限制了我们为所有计划提供的磁盘空间，因为每台主机上的空间是固定的。
转向网络存储基础架构的目的是使我们摆脱有限空间的限制，并提供冗余和故障安全设置，以消除磁盘故障时出现的问题。
[b]Xen + 共享存储 = 实时迁移[/b]
同时使用Xen 和共享存储意味着我们可以进行 "实时迁移"，或者在基于Xen 的 Linodes 仍在运行时，在不同主机间移动它们，而最终用户完全看不到它们。 这对于在不同主机间实时平衡 Linodes 的负载，或在集群中的特定主机进行维护时将 Linodes 移动到另一组主机非常有用。 很酷的东西
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我希望这能让您对未来有所了解。 Linode.com 致力于提供最好的虚拟服务器平台。 因此，我想代表 Linode.com 对您的业务、建议和对 Linode 社区的贡献表示感谢。
此致敬礼
克里斯托弗-S-阿克尔
评论 (27)
I’ve been here almost the whole time, since July 2003. It’s been amazing watching Linode grow from just a handful of hosts to the dozens and dozens there are now. It was a fantastic service then, and somewhat unbelievably, it’s gotten better and better ever since.
My favorite was 1GB HDD -> 2GB HDD -> 3GB HDD. As soon as I’d get close to running out of space, there’d be more! Free!
Caker, the plans you’ve outlined for the upcoming year are very exciting. Thanks for making Linode the perfect tool for so many uses.
This is the best hosting company I have ever partnered with, hands down.
Well done Caker. 😆 😆 😆
Ron
First and foremost, Happy birthdaaay!!! Where’s the party?
I’ve been with Linode since april 2004 and I don’t remember being sorry throughout my time here. Excelent job! 😉
I am too eagerly awaiting the new changes!
Bravo! Congratulations caker (and mikegrb).
/me passes champagne around
Xen is an exciting thing, even now while it’s still maturing. I’m very much looking forward to Linode migrating to it.
Ive only been here for about 3 months. But man I tell you what this is by far the best service ever. Since I have been with you guys I have signed up with other companies just to see how they compare with linode so I can post reviews on my blogg and make people aware about how crappy they are. And let me tell you Linode is the best and hopefully always will be, Dont stray away from here guys, you will be missing out on something spectacular.
Congrats Linode.com! Two years strong and many more to come. 8)
I cant wait for the Migration, Xen has already proved itself to be a powerful OS Virtulization kernel, and I think the transition will be welcomed here.
Congratulations!
I’ve been here since August 2003. I’m especially happy that Linode was able to, after much work on their part, eliminate the load spike problem which had been plagueing early linodes. My Linode has been humming along so smoothly for months and months now that I hardly even bother to check my munin graphs for problems anymore. Great Linode performance and support is making my system administration skills rusty, and that’s a good thing!
My only request for the future is to add more disk space, and more memory if possible, to the plans. I’m approaching 90% full on my filesystem and so far Linode has saved the day by adding more disk space to the plans right when I needed it, but it’s getting close to that time again!
It’s been an amazing and wonderful two years.
/me raises his glass
Here’s to another two!
Yeah, I fully love everything about Linode, and the UML system has been perfect for what I needed. If Xen is gonna be even better, you’ll have a fully satisfied customer for a long time.
-tiz
P.S.: The best part is the honesty of caker and mike, and I’ve learned a bunch and been able to teach in the IRC channel which has been a great resource. I also feel that I can help mike and caker out at times with answering questions when their time could be better suited at keeping this great service working well.
I love this service. I’ve been here 18 months and it keeps getting better. Happy birthday and thank you.
And since I’m an alcoholic, and I’m always looking for a reason to celebrate…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINODE! *CHEERS*
-tiz
Wow, how the time flies! I’ve been here since almost the beginning (my billing history starts exactly two years ago today), and I’ve been quite happy with the service. I’m looking forward to Xen – it looks very promising. At home I now have a FC4 system that includes Xen, and it’s looking like it can do quite a lot.
Congratulations! You deserve it Caker.
Been here since August 2003 and only had a couple of problems in all that time which is amazingly good.
Cheers to caker! 😆
Just checked my billing history goes back to October 2003… not far from being with linode 2 years myself cant believe its been that long already…
I joined early & have been a happy customer of linode ever since. Service over the past two years has been excellent and response time from Australia is good.
Dear Caker,
On this year annyversary, i hope we will get a apecial discount from linode, it will make us more royal to linode 🙂
i am joining linode start from August,2005
This month is my shell anniversary
Regards,
aries
How about -5%? I mean, with the great customer support, fast response times, and just plain cool having a root account I think a -5% discount is a good idea!
Linode is already a great deal, and you’re only talking about $1/month for those of us on Linode64. I think I’d rather continue to get disk space and bandwidth bumps, as well as more work on Xen, than save $1/month.
I said *negative* 5%. I was trying to be a smart arse.
[quote:e15fb37226=”harleypig”]I said *negative* 5%. I was trying to be a smart arse.[/quote]
Oh. My bad! Went right over my head.
i don’t think so if more diskspace will give us more benefit, maybe caker should give a special reward for a royal customer like discount 10 % or etc for monthly payment, this is just my opinion
Regards,
aries
What members of which royal families have accounts on Linode? I’m curious. I didn’t even think about the possibility of royals being geeks.
I dont think he meant he’s part of a royal family … after all, wouldn’t that be a bit messed up? royal family members asking for 5-10% discount (not to say linode prices are < $100) 😛
Okay, bad jokes are flying left and right. If you’re lucky, they go right over your head.
I think it’s time to declare the two year anniversary thread officialy finished…
DUCK! It’s a pun!
A bit late, but, congrats! 🙂