I can't resist; good enough for the LHC? Are you referring to the same group that engineers things that explode occasionally?

I can't comment on the demand for Scientific Linux, but I would imagine there's more demand for CentOS than you believe exists.

The demand isn't for CentOS, the demand is for a RHEL compatible distro. SL satisfies that just fine (and does it better is what I'm arguing).

Wrong. I don't want SL, I want CentOS. You need to stop telling people what they want.

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Stephen
(Linux user since kernel version 0.11)

It's not an either-or kind of thing. Both can exist.

(Unlike, say, stable releases and security updates. OK, that was a low blow...)

The only thing for me would be the option to have some shared storage between Linode's such as a SAN. You could have two tiers of SANs, one for those who just want bulk storage and one for those who are looking for speed (and willing to pay a premium).

3.a) CDN with Pull zones

And on that note, since I can't believe nobody has said it yet, remote backups.

All I want for Christmas is Linode-supported *BSD and/or Solaris domU /w SMP capability.

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Lloyd D.

1. Add ability to enable SELinux without having to use pv-grub
2. Add second ethernet interface for private network
3. Add ability to manage several accounts from one user id

Because the extras can be enabled very quickly, either with a reboot, or in the case of extra transfer, instantly. The bandwidth extra is pointless anyhow, since excess bandwidth as you go is billed at the same price as the extra.

If you need the extra resources long-term, upgrade your linode (which can take a bit longer). If you need them on very short notice, you can temporarily upgrade your linode.

I can see instant extras being useful for times when you get slashdotted or something like that, where you do need some extra power and certainly don't want long downtime, but this only lasts a week at most. So why have only monthly and yearly plans for extras? I guess my third wish could then be reformulated as "have more granular pricing options".

My feature request right now are this:
1) Add native ext4 support. I'm missing your backup service because you don't support ext4 which I'm using and which is better than old ext3 in almost every aspect.
2) Add write barrier support. It will definitely help with data integrity for people, who run unstable systems or use Freemont data center with built-in reboots
3) Update your recovery distro because it is really very, very outdated. Because of this, I'm using 2gb portion of precious hdd space to house another deployment which I will be able to use in case of emergency to diagnose/repair my production deployment.

2 gigs? You can fit a bare debian install in like 400 megs.

Erm... I believed the RAIDs in servers are battery-backed?

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