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I wanted to know about hosting solutions if I want to use FreeBSD. Linode, Digital Ocean don't support it.

AWS and GCE have support, but it seems the kernel is provided by a FreeBSD maintainer rather than AWS or GCE. How stable is FreeBSD on AWS or GCE ?. And are there any companies using FreeBSD on AWS / GCE ?.

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I use http://nqhost.com/

Very affordable pricing, and these plans support FreeBSD: http://nqhost.com/freebsd-vps.html http://nqhost.com/unmetered-xen-vds.html http://nqhost.com/nq-vps.html

How stable is FreeBSD on AWS

Very. You're more likely to run into problems running FreeBSD on physical hardware, in fact, because (a) a wider range of hardware means more potentially weird drivers, and (b) Amazon does a better job of weeding out flaky hardware than Joe's Dedicated Server Shop.

https://vultr.com/ is what I use. No complains.

You do have to fax them a copy of your driver's license and credit card in order for them to open up outbound SMTP, though.

I had no had a need for outbound SMTP, but I read on the FAQ there is a form to fill out. Did not know a driver's license was needed--they have my credit card already--seems a bit extreme.

http://atlantic.net/ has a 99 cent FreeBSD VPS available.

http://ovh.com/ has dedicated servers available with FreeBSD.

FYI- Azure also supports FreeBSD.

http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/05/22/running-freebsd-i...

I can't speak to AWS and GCE since I don't use them (or freebsd for that matter), but the DO for BSDs is vultr.

I use Panix (panix.com) who also offers NetBSD and OpenBSD. They've been around for a long time.

http://www.panix.com/v-colo/plans.html

Here's a couple:

https://www.cloudsigma.com/landing/freebsd-cloud-hosting/

https://www.rootbsd.net/

Most of the AWS support for FreeBSD was done by Colin Percival, whom many hold in high regard.

Given that fact and the fact that Tarsnap runs on AWS I think it's safe to assume it's pretty stable.

Indeed, I didn't move Tarsnap over to FreeBSD/EC2 for a couple of years because the platform wasn't stable yet. But it definitely is stable now.

I have had good luck with https://www.arpnetworks.com/

Also see johncompanies.com - stable systems, excellent and fast technical support.

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