I am looking for a cost effective solution for my client. They basically need to run a Fortran77 compiler on a 64 bit machine as well as python 2.1 and a postgress database

This eliminates the type of hosting that I am familiar with where reseller accounts don't have root/shell access.

I am assuming that Linode may be the anser. In addition I also need to run WordPress - so a standard LAMP stack I guess ?

Could anyone confirm that I am looking at the right product here?

All these can be achieved by using Linode; their library maybe helpful to you.

One or more Linodes should do the trick; if it works under a Linux kernel, it'll work on a Linode. Depending on how specific the software/version requirements are for your two different projects, however, you might end up needing two. Keep in mind that, all other things being equal, 64-bit systems use more RAM.

And did you really mean Python 2.1? That's about nine years old at this point. If you did, I recommend installing it in /usr/local.

Enjoy! -rt

Thanks for the prompt replies - yes I really did mean python 2.1 - the current server is around 10 years old ... Currently the client runs the server themselves - they are well aware that this is not a good option!

I can run multiple Linodes on the same plan yes? What exactly is a linode in unix terms - is basically just a separate partition with a separate install of the OS?

Simply put, a linode is a virtual machine (a Xen instance). It can run one OS at a time. You can partition your disk space however you like. You can even have multiple OS installations, but only one can run at a time.

If you want to run two different OS at the same time then you need to pay for 2 linodes.

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Stephen
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Why?

Seems like running a box that does nothing but compile code on a public facing VPS where you pay for not only the system resources but the bandwidth is not a good option.

I have plenty of systems in house (both physical and virtual), but I have a Linode VPS to host my Public Facing Applications (i.e. website, trouble ticket system, sales forum, etc).

Hmm - the idea is to redevelop the software into a clien/server style configuration but yes at the moment it is predominantly used as a standalone machine - and the only customer interaction is via the database of paid users which I can probably do another way.