@K4Y5 said:
Oh man, quite a lot that I will probably get around to testing over the next month or so. Will be keeping the good ones and unceremoniously dropping the turds.
Most of these VMs will be replacing aging HDD / SSD OVZ and KVM boxes that I have with some providers for years - replete with old-ass, under performing and vulnerable Intel CPUs and drives that are just slow by current standards.
Anyway, here is some stuff that I bought so far:
1x @exception0x876 Black Friday Special 8G KVM in FR that I am probably going to keep for life.
1x @AnthonySmith 2GB KVM SSD special in UK with a couple of snappy E-2276G cores
I name my boxes vps0-vps9, so I'm only allowed up to ten boxes.
After this Black Friday, my list is:
vps5: Virmach KVM-Lite 384MB in Buffalo (2017 BF), Asterisk and QUIC-UDP gateway
vps7: SmartHost KVM 2GB in Los Angeles (2019 April), main website; will be canceled in 2021 March (or not)
vps8: HostSlick VZ7 4GB in Amsterdam (2019 BF), Wikipedia mirror for my father; will be canceled in 2020 December
vps9: Gullo NAT 128MB in Germany (2019 BF), Named Data Networking testbed monitoring probe
vps0: Evolution Host KVM 2GB in Oregon (2019 October, free), Docker development
vps1: MaxKVM 512MB in Singapore (2020 August), secondary repository for push-up videos; will be canceled in 2020 December, sorry but China routing is still not good after waiting 3 months
vps3: Gullo NAT 128MB in Cananda (2020 BF), primary repository for push-up videos
vps4: Spartan Host KVM 1GB in Seattle (2020 BF), currently powered off but the main website will be moved here
There's only one spot vps6 left.
Its last life was a Google Cloud free tier box, but I canceled it after idling for 2 years.
I need to save this hostname for an Oracle Cloud free tier box.
More details on the last two boxes, newly obtained this weekend:
IF that is the case .... then maybe you still have time to change your life into something.
For wealth and free time:
Option 1- ... Go into Business Studies .
Option 2 - if can study top be a Lawyer, doctor -- then do it
Option 3 - join an insurance company or a local bank.
Option 4 - start your own business shop ( food , cloths or online local goods traditional shop )
i would if i am 20 years younger now too risky and no time to go back ...
my best advise for you is to divide time between life and study.
IF that is the case .... then maybe you still have time to change your life into something.
For wealth and free time:
Option 1- ... Go into Business Studies .
Option 2 - if can study top be a Lawyer, doctor -- then do it
Option 3 - join an insurance company or a local bank.
Option 4 - start your own business shop ( food , cloths or online local goods traditional shop )
i would if i am 20 years younger now too risky and no time to go back ...
my best advise for you is to divide time between life and study.
best of luck
Thank you sir for your advice.
I will just treat this one as a hobby at leisure time, like collecting stamps
@tridinebandim said:
in the queue for 1 hosthatch 1tb uk
got a mail plan from WebHorizon, i will need some time to understand how to configure mail..
renewed 4 virmachs
i lurked for a 2gb 20-25gb ryzen vps for 8-10$ just to have one but it turned out to be unrealistic
Got a question regarding the flash sales of hosthatch;
I was able to go to one of the links while the while the page was not yet "404 page not found". I was able to fill in all my details and to complete it, but I got no confirmation anywhere, except on my screen upon completion. I haven't received an e-mail confirming that I ordered or "reserved", and my $80 credit which I funded with PayPal still isn't charged on my HostHatch account.
So I think that I ordered something with them, but I'm not sure. Is this to be expected this way, am I also "in the queue" now?
Btw, I went for this one:
CHI/AMS/LON/STO storage:
1x 2.4+ GHz
4 GB RAM
2 TB disk
6 TB bandwidth
$80 per 2 years
https://manage.hosthatch.com/billing/order/bf-2tb-sto
Welcome to the happy idlers club! Some nice catches you had there
I need to clean up the code and write a tutorial on how to build your own push-up video site. I think @swat4 has enough powerful boxes that they would be able to encode videos on a VPS instead of having to encode on the laptop.
Push-ups solve all the problems. Serve push-up videos from all your VPS. Never leave a VPS idle again!
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
just checked to confirm, right, just payment confirmations but on servers tab i have a server and it is on "finalising" phase, if your balance not effected there may be a problem
just checked to confirm, right, just payment confirmations but on servers tab i have a server and it is on "finalising" phase, if your balance not effected there may be a problem
Mhh damn. Servers tab is empty. I'm not sure what I did wrong, since the order link was still active (I checked) after the completion of my order. I just found it strange that I got no confirmation e-mail or anything.
I opened a support ticket, I'll wait it out and see what happens... And if I can recover my $80 deposit...
Got 3 NAT VPS from Inception Hosting in NL, UK, US
And one HDD Storage Server from LiteServer.nl
And a Free .xyz Domain from Clouveo
And also a new CCTV Camera
Hosthatch has not been created. But I already got a 1 gb and a 2gb pack from way back. The have high iowait, so dont know what's going to happen if they all got provisionized... Prepping for the worst tbh. Lucky I've got Abdullah suprise box to suprize me
Yessir - the plan is to have offers throughout the month of December (as soon as space is available). We'll see!
I'm canceling MaxKVM box in Singapore to make space for others. ?
It's been mostly idling for too long.
Coupon code suggestions for Christmas:
create a 70% off coupon LUMPOFCOAL (limit to 7 orders); whoever uses this coupon would receive a lump of coal from Santa Claus.
rename SAVE30 to NAUGHTYLIST; wherever uses this coupon would get on the naughty list.
rename ADD35 to GOODLIST; whoever uses this coupon receives a place in the good list.
rename SAVE69 to PUSHUPS; whoever uses this coupon must do 69 push-ups in order to get onto the good list.
create a special coupon LUCKY7, it's a raffle where 7.77% of the orders or 7 orders (whichever is lesser) will enjoy 77.7% off for the first 7 months, while the remaining will pay 7.77% more; you charge everyone 7.77% more initially, and then discount subsequent months for the raffle winners. The email that reveals whether a user wins the raffle should look like a Christmas stocking.
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
This was my first BF on green forums.
I'm a seriesn's customer for a couple of months.
But when I knew that's he's not planning on participating in this BF (neither do I), I got relieved and got myself a 4c ryzen beast.
I don't like crazily crowded places.
But I saw the double storage offer from 'inceptionhosting' and I couldn't resist, I grabbed my first storage box ever, a 1TB box.
btw is this YABS seem normal? or should I wait for a bit more till other tenants chill.
@mezoology said:
btw is this YABS seem normal? or should I wait for a bit more till other tenants chill.
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 938 Mbits/sec | 520 Mbits/sec
Judging from that LA iperf3, that 1gbit NIC is only at 50% utilization due to people importing data.
pretty good I'd say for an offer heavy weekend.
ty for the feedback, I was more concerned about the disk speed tbh. I'm genuinely asking if it's normal or not, not trying to give the host a hard time.
Judging from that LA iperf3, that 1gbit NIC is only at 50% utilization due to people importing data.
pretty good I'd say for an offer heavy weekend.
ty for the feedback, I was more concerned about the disk speed tbh. I'm genuinely asking if it's normal or not, not trying to give the host a hard time.
If 50% of the inbound speed capacity is taken (500 Mbit/s; which translates in 62 MByte/s); it could mean that people are transferring allot of files in; which they of course save to the same hard drive infrastructure where you are now having rather slow speeds.
My guess would be to test it again in a week; and asking nicely and with respect a question to any provider should never be a problem imo.
@yoursunny said: I'm canceling MaxKVM box in Singapore to make space for others.
It's been mostly idling for too long.
Maybe you can post it for transfer, in case someone wants it
Too late. Already terminated.
Cyber Monday was Nov 30 and billing cycle ended on Dec 01. I didn't even have enough time to migrate the services, so that now my push-up video site is operating at reduced capacity.
It was on EDU50 promo code.
If you have .edu inbox, you can claim same price too; if you don't, you would receive invoice for the difference.
Note that .edu inbox doesn't necessarily mean current student. Most universities let alumni keep .edu inboxes, too. #LoopHole
@yoursunny said: I'm canceling MaxKVM box in Singapore to make space for others.
It's been mostly idling for too long.
Maybe you can post it for transfer, in case someone wants it
Too late. Already terminated.
Cyber Monday was Nov 30 and billing cycle ended on Dec 01. I didn't even have enough time to migrate the services, so that now my push-up video site is operating at reduced capacity.
It was on EDU50 promo code.
If you have .edu inbox, you can claim same price too; if you don't, you would receive invoice for the difference.
Note that .edu inbox doesn't necessarily mean current student. Most universities let alumni keep .edu inboxes, too. #LoopHole
Yep, my uni still allows me to use my edu address. Probably makes it easier for them to reach out to thousands of alumni.
For some reason, I still have access to their internal app licensing portal that could allow me to download apps with edu licensing from companies such as MS, Adobe, Autodesk, Jetbrains and even Gitkraken, if I choose to use it
@mezoology said:
This was my first BF on green forums.
I'm a seriesn's customer for a couple of months.
But when I knew that's he's not planning on participating in this BF (neither do I), I got relieved and got myself a 4c ryzen beast.
@mezoology said:
btw is this YABS seem normal? or should I wait for a bit more till other tenants chill.
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 938 Mbits/sec | 520 Mbits/sec
Judging from that LA iperf3, that 1gbit NIC is only at 50% utilization due to people importing data.
pretty good I'd say for an offer heavy weekend.
ty for the feedback, I was more concerned about the disk speed tbh. I'm genuinely asking if it's normal or not, not trying to give the host a hard time.
Disk speed looks good for a storage HDD box. You might want to try also a dd test for sequential read/write, which is only good for non-SSD systems. Nench does this.
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https://www.dustinhome.se/product/5010752205/2-port-dual-displayport-usb-kvm-switch-w-audio-usb-hub
Not sure if sent outside of Sweden.
The name is
Startech 2 Port Dual DisplayPort USB KVM Switch w/ Audio & USB Hub
If you want to search for a local dealer.
“Technology is best when it brings people together.” – Matt Mullenweg
My final BF loot:
That's it
As if they weren't already enough.. here's the latest one!
I name my boxes vps0-vps9, so I'm only allowed up to ten boxes.
After this Black Friday, my list is:
There's only one spot vps6 left.
Its last life was a Google Cloud free tier box, but I canceled it after idling for 2 years.
I need to save this hostname for an Oracle Cloud free tier box.
More details on the last two boxes, newly obtained this weekend:
Also, I got MXRoute 2GB, $5/year. I'm reading up SPF, etc. It'll take a while because it becomes non-idle.
Push-ups solve all the problems. Serve push-up videos from all your VPS. Never leave a VPS idle again!
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
If you don't mind my curiosity, where did you find these offers?
☰ VDS & Storage — Budget AMD EPYC VDS (ref) from $4/m ／ Big HDD VPS (ref) from $2/TB/mo ／ EPYC/Gold/Platinum dedis (ref) w/ GPU support
Gullo's hosting - $3/year NAT IPv4 256MB x 2
George Data Centre - $5/year Ryzen 1GB x 2
Data Ideas - $1/month Xeon 1GB x1
Inception Hosting - €5/year 3-location bundle sale x1
NexusBytes - $36/year Cyber Monday Promo x1 & 1 London Ryzen with pre-BF promo code
Ultra VPS - €1.66/month SSD-Special-1 x1
HostHatch - NVMe deal $15/year
Hostigger $59.94/year - 2cpu 8gb ram x1
thats a lot for the first time ..... it gets more if your not careful.
Indeed.. got too excited when trying to learn Linux
I guess I would be more careful next year
Then start learning : golang , docker , Kubernetes
maybe I'm here who didn't take anything. haha
should have hoped to get one of promos from @AnthonySmith but it has run out
They all look Greek to me
I am still at apt install / apt update progress
IF that is the case .... then maybe you still have time to change your life into something.
For wealth and free time:
Option 1- ... Go into Business Studies .
Option 2 - if can study top be a Lawyer, doctor -- then do it
Option 3 - join an insurance company or a local bank.
Option 4 - start your own business shop ( food , cloths or online local goods traditional shop )
i would if i am 20 years younger
now too risky and no time to go back ...
my best advise for you is to divide time between life and study.
best of luck
in the queue for 1 hosthatch 1tb uk
got a mail plan from WebHorizon, i will need some time to understand how to configure mail..
renewed 4 virmachs
i lurked for a 2gb 20-25gb ryzen vps for 8-10$ just to have one but it turned out to be unrealistic
I will just treat this one as a hobby at leisure time, like collecting stamps
Got a question regarding the flash sales of hosthatch;
I was able to go to one of the links while the while the page was not yet "404 page not found". I was able to fill in all my details and to complete it, but I got no confirmation anywhere, except on my screen upon completion. I haven't received an e-mail confirming that I ordered or "reserved", and my $80 credit which I funded with PayPal still isn't charged on my HostHatch account.
So I think that I ordered something with them, but I'm not sure. Is this to be expected this way, am I also "in the queue" now?
Btw, I went for this one:
Welcome to the happy idlers club! Some nice catches you had there
Among the list, there are indeed some new providers to me which I can't find much info
let's see how they go
I need to clean up the code and write a tutorial on how to build your own push-up video site. I think @swat4 has enough powerful boxes that they would be able to encode videos on a VPS instead of having to encode on the laptop.
Push-ups solve all the problems. Serve push-up videos from all your VPS. Never leave a VPS idle again!
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
just checked to confirm, right, just payment confirmations but on servers tab i have a server and it is on "finalising" phase, if your balance not effected there may be a problem
Mhh damn. Servers tab is empty. I'm not sure what I did wrong, since the order link was still active (I checked) after the completion of my order. I just found it strange that I got no confirmation e-mail or anything.
I opened a support ticket, I'll wait it out and see what happens... And if I can recover my $80 deposit...
@Letbox RB1NJ New Jersey
@hosthatch Amsterdam
3 CPU core (100% dedicated, burstable up to 300%)
1 CPU core (?)
All to be deployed.
And, one Resilio Sync Pro Family license at with 65% off.
Almost bought liteserver, HostHatch, InceptionHosting, and Spartanhost offers... but not a collector anymore.
Does anyone have their HostHatch order activated and want to post a yabs to show what the rest of us missed out on?
AMD EPYC powered Performance NVMe VPS - Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Amsterdam, Singapore | Support | Status
@MaxKVM , any xmas offers from you?
Yessir - the plan is to have offers throughout the month of December (as soon as space is available). We'll see!
AMD EPYC powered Performance NVMe VPS - Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Amsterdam, Singapore | Support | Status
Got 3 NAT VPS from Inception Hosting in NL, UK, US
And one HDD Storage Server from LiteServer.nl
And a Free .xyz Domain from Clouveo
And also a new CCTV Camera
Hosthatch has not been created. But I already got a 1 gb and a 2gb pack from way back. The have high iowait, so dont know what's going to happen if they all got provisionized...
Prepping for the worst tbh. Lucky I've got Abdullah suprise box to suprize me 
I'm canceling MaxKVM box in Singapore to make space for others. ?
It's been mostly idling for too long.
Coupon code suggestions for Christmas:
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
Please tell me for what you need the amount of vps ?
he has more ... its like the stuff you can't have enough of.
This was my first BF on green forums.
I'm a seriesn's customer for a couple of months.
But when I knew that's he's not planning on participating in this BF (neither do I), I got relieved and got myself a 4c ryzen beast.
I don't like crazily crowded places.
But I saw the double storage offer from 'inceptionhosting' and I couldn't resist, I grabbed my first storage box ever, a 1TB box.
btw is this YABS seem normal? or should I wait for a bit more till other tenants chill.
Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 938 Mbits/sec | 520 Mbits/sec
Judging from that LA iperf3, that 1gbit NIC is only at 50% utilization due to people importing data.
pretty good I'd say for an offer heavy weekend.
ty for the feedback, I was more concerned about the disk speed tbh. I'm genuinely asking if it's normal or not, not trying to give the host a hard time.
Maybe you can post it for transfer, in case someone wants it
What's its specs?
If 50% of the inbound speed capacity is taken (500 Mbit/s; which translates in 62 MByte/s); it could mean that people are transferring allot of files in; which they of course save to the same hard drive infrastructure where you are now having rather slow speeds.
My guess would be to test it again in a week; and asking nicely and with respect a question to any provider should never be a problem imo.
Too late. Already terminated.
Cyber Monday was Nov 30 and billing cycle ended on Dec 01. I didn't even have enough time to migrate the services, so that now my push-up video site is operating at reduced capacity.
It was on EDU50 promo code.
If you have
.eduinbox, you can claim same price too; if you don't, you would receive invoice for the difference.Note that
.eduinbox doesn't necessarily mean current student. Most universities let alumni keep.eduinboxes, too. #LoopHole512MB, see benchmark.
We accept Karma donations for the last flan. 🍮 affbrr
Yep, my uni still allows me to use my edu address. Probably makes it easier for them to reach out to thousands of alumni.
For some reason, I still have access to their internal app licensing portal that could allow me to download apps with edu licensing from companies such as MS, Adobe, Autodesk, Jetbrains and even Gitkraken, if I choose to use it
I grabbed from GreenCloud a tokyo-based KVM, 1c-1g-15g, faster ping than expected, but not so stable. It fluctuates at some time.
still waiting eagerly for the hosthatch vps to be provisioned to complete the dealz for this year!
I bench YABS 24/7/365 unless it's a leap year.
only from RackNerd $7.9/y with 1 cpu and 2.5 GB ram
A very generic statement for today’s world.
Nexus Bytes Ryzen Powered NVMe VPS | NYC|Miami|LA|London|Netherlands| Singapore|Tokyo
Storage VPS | LiteSpeed Powered Web Hosting + SSH access | Switcher Special |
that's more of a reason to hate it.
Disk speed looks good for a storage HDD box. You might want to try also a dd test for sequential read/write, which is only good for non-SSD systems. Nench does this.
I bought two servers:
Supermicro SYS-1027R-72RFTP
2xIntel Xeon E5-2670
384GB RAM
Hardware RAID (8 bays)
8x 2.5" caddies
4x 1TB ssd (Samsung 860)
4x 512GB ssd (Samsung 860)
2x 10G + 2x 1G nic
Rails
1300€ total (for two, so 650€ each)
Sorry for the super late reply. I got'em from a "flash deals" thread on LET
100% certified man of culture - Proud member of Nekki's Weebhouse.
Nice, are you going to co-locate, and where if we can ask?
In my office!