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Plan9 
kernel and drivers shouldn't actually take up that much memory.
On my 128MB FreeBSD VM (not a FreeBSD jail), the OS runs snappy and reports that the kernel is only using 2MB. I'm a little rusty with kernel development these days, but if I understand correctly, kernel drivers should be using kernel memory space, thus would be included in the 2MB figure. Obviously the drivers would take up more on a typical system, but on a headless VM you wouldn't expect them to be that large. My 256MB Linux VMs tell a similar story.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the biggest benefit of containers is speed rather than memory footprint. The OSs are running natively - thus there's no emulation layers required.
The way I understand it (which can be completely wrong), is that containers like OpenVZ basically just isolate guest processes of each VM. The plus side is that you get native speed (due to no emulation/virtualization) and lower memory overhead (due to shared resources with the node). The downside is that you cannot run your own kernel or modules.
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TrueTroop
I've heard good thing about 123systems, why don't you use it?
Thumbs up for lowendbox but STAY AWAY from WebHostingTalk at ALL costs!!! Just a bunch of scammers and unprofessional mods/admin...Not even sure how they've been online for so many years with retarded staff.
I have a tendency to frivolously purchase VPSs that I don't need
The 123systems VPS that I have was an impulse buy and I really have no need for it. All of my projects that are suitable for such an environment either need buckets of HDD space or other resources (memory, CPU, etc) and the low end VPS doesn't quite fit the bill. It's great for something like a VPN though since it has more bandwidth than I could ever hope to use. I don't really require a VPN however
I'm surprised to hear that about WHT. I've been a pretty big fan of it since I got into the habit of trying out several different providers. There are a lot of fly-by-night hosts, but you just need to be thorough in your purchase decisions. Do you have any other sites that you'd recommend?
Edited by tehmaggot - 2/21/12 at 3:15pm
