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by olihb 6146 days ago
My perception is that VPS aren't for high-CPU, high-IO or high-memory servers. If one user is using too much CPU, he should be using a dedicated server. It's not like servers are expensive. You can get an entry level box on a fat pipe for 67$ with iweb.ca.

I think rimu was right to limit his CPU share. It was unprofessional of them to root his box and shutdown apache, but it seems he was a user with an history of high CPU utilization.

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Wouldn't it have just made more sense to just further limit his CPU share? Even if he was abusing the service, I don't feel their actions were justified. Especially since they state in their email to him that if they cap the CPU then they don't care how much of his CPU share that he uses.