apt-get was throwing errors that it couldn't resolve the hostnames of the mirrors. Could be a DNS issue with whatever DNS they have setup by default, or it could be an issue with the setup in the restored slice. Normally it works out of the box in a reimage. I could have spent time trying to solve it, but it was an indication to me that it isn't ready for me to screw with, so I just shut it down (and obviously I can't restart it without solusVM or opening a ticket).
RE:Overselling. Overselling vs # of support staff is a big problem as we can see now, I agree. But people here were also complaining about overselling on specific nodes, and I disagree about that, for any provider - as long as the performance remains adequate for what I need 100% of the time, it isn't and shouldn't be my or your concern how they have the server provisioned/sold.
I am not worried about lost data, as I maybe lost 2 blog posts or something. More time will be lost setting up the boxes again than anything. The bigger issue is having a place to *put* my data. Most of the cheap hosts use SolusVM so I am pretty much out of luck right now. I'm thinking I probably will get a node at South Bend VPS and setup there. I had a full mirrored setup using IP failover, unison, and MySQL replication with geographic separation of the servers in Atlanta and Buffalo, but both were on ChicagoVPS. Clearly an issue, but it seems like I would have needed not only two providers but two different *control panels* to really be safe.
Edit to add: I run my mail server out of Linode, but they are kind of pricy and the disk space is really small on the reasonably priced options for use for my personal websites/blogs/etc that are not really that critical.
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