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I guess I can't say I ever tried it on a dedicated. Wonder if tuxlite would be more fitting.
Actually here is something pretty strange, I got an email from those guys at about 11:30pm last night. Do they actually install servers 24x7? Most of the providers I know only install servers during regular business hours...
Does it cost anything to request reinstall?
Guys it would be good if you post here your experience with them...... of coruse after you get your dedi
It will helps us
Sure, I'd love to...when I get the box first of course
They install anytime Monday - Friday. I've received server details at 3am before.
They asked me if i wanted raid as well so i went with Raid 1
raid controller seems to be
root@debian:~# lspci | grep -i raid
14:08.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array E200i (SAS Controller)
root@debian:~#
Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.8 GB, 146774507520 bytes
255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 35131 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000639ad
not sure how i can find out drive information as hdparm and smartctl didn't seem to work
You could of just asked for KVMoIP.
you could try dmesg..
The $35 server is sold out!!
I haz one :P
Me gusta
yeah I signed up and paid already but have not received my login details.. just a link says "Your order is currently being processed."
@HalfEatenPie Details and tests on the hard drive?
Well... Definitely no SSD.
Maybe I'm just really unlucky right now?
Could almost run a website off that.
Also it seems I got 2218 instead of a 2216 so... woot! 0.2 GHz More!
Also not bad connection wise.
Ping isn't that bad :P but its not PixelsHost haha
Not bad! But oh boy are we going to exchange words about that hard drive
I'd say I might be unlucky but just keep an eye on that. I'll see if I can get them to swap it out. (I'm talking with billing on Monday anyways about getting that second hard drive in and getting RAID setup)
@HalfEatenPie
what's the HDD model? Check smartctl -a /dev/sda
also test the read speed with hdparm -t /dev/sda
[root@localhost /]# smartctl --all -d cciss,1 /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
Device: HP DG146BB976 Version: HPDC
Serial number:
Device type: disk
Transport protocol: SAS
Local Time is: Sat Jul 14 00:38:02 2012 CDT
Device supports SMART and is Enabled
Temperature Warning Enabled
SMART Health Status: OK
Nice "SSD"
there is no point to buy, when they cant respond to basic sales/pre-sales emails many users dont get a response (including me)
Wait? Did you order a SSD?
Only system on their dedicated page that actually specifies something beyond drive space in the list, they better not have been playing games with my head.
Well, here goes DataShack. They sold out of these. There won't be a happy purchaser in the bunch. The rest for anyone who cares...
like an alternate? I am not yet stating that I do not want this system, but this
was to be my foot in the door to determine the quality of an experience with
DataShack before possibly purchasing more servers, so I would appreciate some
clarification.
Their response:
was to be my foot in the door to determine the quality of an experience with
DataShack before possibly purchasing more servers
You're amazing. That's a great line
It's not like they can play this off like they ran out. They gave me a 146GB SAS drive. Conveniently consistent replacement for what was listed. The order form itself said SAS, as pointed out earlier, but it isn't up to me to know that 146GB SAS SSDs aren't common (if they even exist, but SAS SSDs are very much real) so much as it is up to them to provide what I purchased
I may keep it for the price but with these drives it's going RAID0 with twice daily backups and running a single website. All the ideas running through my head involved high I/O.
Bought one, just losing some VPS that together equal 35 dollar a month and I win.
Out of stock
....
It is stil a great deal even with the HDDs, and 2nd HDD for only $5 more is a steal, too.
@rm_ No doubt, probably the best on the market for the price if their network is as solid as I hear. Starting out on a lie though...not a good first impression. I'm datacenter shopping right now for a couple of different things, hate to see them out of the running just because of a $35 server.