09-26-2020, 02:57 PM
It's good to have my gut feelings confirmed, even if it makes me look naive. I've already been down this road before with openVZ, but as @Hidden Refuge said, I was lured in by the honey. I especially appreciate the more specific details provided by @fChk - better than anything I could dredge up on google.
On the other hand, it's almost worth the trouble to have this wonderful interaction with the support staff. First the staff made grandiose claims: "I know we have tons of people running docker" followed by a quick surrender "I don't know what to suggest" and this morning the staff asked me what kernel they should have to make everything work right. Maybe I should direct support to this thread?
I'll admit, even though it's mostly my own fault (I really should know better), I feel like I've been duped. They have no business advertising docker support when they clearly can't support docker. I really don't like to speak ill of anyone, but it seems very shameful. I won't blast them on a public forum, but if anyone wants to know the provider's name I'll provide it via pm.
I definitely agree that kvm is better. One thing I noted during this experience was that the vps reinstalled super fast - like in just a few seconds. Definitely less than a minute, which was good because I reinstalled several times. I'm assuming this is because openvz runs of the host kernel so not as many files have to be created for the instance and not necessarily because their hardware and networking is set up in a super fast and efficient manner.
On the other hand, it's almost worth the trouble to have this wonderful interaction with the support staff. First the staff made grandiose claims: "I know we have tons of people running docker" followed by a quick surrender "I don't know what to suggest" and this morning the staff asked me what kernel they should have to make everything work right. Maybe I should direct support to this thread?
I'll admit, even though it's mostly my own fault (I really should know better), I feel like I've been duped. They have no business advertising docker support when they clearly can't support docker. I really don't like to speak ill of anyone, but it seems very shameful. I won't blast them on a public forum, but if anyone wants to know the provider's name I'll provide it via pm.
I definitely agree that kvm is better. One thing I noted during this experience was that the vps reinstalled super fast - like in just a few seconds. Definitely less than a minute, which was good because I reinstalled several times. I'm assuming this is because openvz runs of the host kernel so not as many files have to be created for the instance and not necessarily because their hardware and networking is set up in a super fast and efficient manner.