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Very good

Revainrating 4.5 out of 5  
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4.7
Development, DevOps Software

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Description of FreeBSD Jails

Jails can now have the amount of memory available to their processes' resident sets (RSS) CPU limiting is implemented by giving each jail a number of CPU shares and tracking the estimated CPU usage of the tasks that run in that jail

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Easy to use cloud hosting along side fantastic customer care

I like how easy it was for me as an administrator, setting up jails with my hardware resources so they could be used without being too much trouble at all when needed or just having them there because its good practice! There are some problems sometimes if you make your own configuration files but nothing really serious either way around this one though not sure what other people's experiences would've been over time? Not any real issues here which i am happy about overall great service from…

Pros
  • It is simple to set up
  • Great community involvement lots can contribute ideas & suggestions in forums.
  • Has loads off available tutorials online that explains everything step by steps well enough including freebsd specific ones also included within main tutorial links such has using SSH remote terminal connections between PC / server computers easily through command line via ssh commands along side
Cons
  • Nothing

Revainrating 4 out of 5

A solid product that can do anything you need

The best thing about jails is its flexibility, it's ability to be installed on different platforms without much hassle as well as having many options for configuration. It also allows one to setup up all sorts of network configurations like VLANs or private networks as needed. It is easy to manage and has great documentation online making troubleshooting very simple when compared to other similar products out there. We are using FreeBSD jails mainly because we wanted to separate our web…

Pros
  • Easy deployment
  • Reliable OS with good support community (security updates)
Cons
  • Slow boot time
  • Need more features better hardware

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great tool with room of improvement

I like how easy it is to set up jails, as well as how easy they are to manage. It takes no longer than 10 minutes to set it up for a server running a web app using nginx. I dislike how many features are missing from jails, even when compared to docker. For example, you cannot mount volumes into a jail and use them inside the jail. You also cannot have multiple jails running on the same box. If you are willing to spend the time setting things up, then go ahead and give it a try. The benefits…

Pros
  • Very fast startup times due in part by not needing an OS install before starting services within each container instance such s apache/nginx etc
Cons
  • There are troubles

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A good companion in protecting your hosting account

It's so easy, you just need one command line! If there are any problems while using it - they should be solved asap if someone reports them or writes an issue about this tool. I recommend everyone who works with servers at least once per month install jails for security reason only since everything else has been already covered. We've installed several Linux distributions but no matter what we tried out from all those solutions our main goal was always keeping control over server resources…

Pros
  • Ease of use
  • Simplicity (aesthetic design)
  • Security features such "seccomp" filters in order to avoid potential threats.
  • No worries regarding additional software installation; user can have access right away without hassle.
  • Easy setup script that runs via web interface
Cons
  • Nothing