Review: Provisionhost PHVPS .5 Pack

airski

Thanks @Brandon offer me the Virtual Server free for a month.

The detail of the Server from the ordering page:

• 256MB RAM • 10GB Storage • 250GB Bandwidth • 1 Free IP Address • Dallas • SolusVM Control Pane • IRC / OpenVPN Allowed • Price $6.45/mo • order Link: https://client.provisionhost.com/cart.php?a=add&pid=97

The normal price is a little expensive.

I run a small testing after I received the email about the server.

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1. IO Tesing

    [root@Free ~]#dd if=/dev/zero of=test.bin bs=64k count=4k oflag=dsync    
    4096+0 records in
    4096+0 records out
   
    268435456 bytes (268 MB) copied, 2.72925 seconds, 98.4 MB/s
   
    [root@Free ~]#dd if=/dev/zero of=testfilex bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync
   
    16384+0 records in
   
    16384+0 records out
   
    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 9.24248 seconds, 116 MB/s
   

This is amazing.

1. RAM Detail

    [root@Free ~]# free -m
   
    total    used    free   shared   buffers   cached
   
    Mem:                256     153     102       0         0       142
   
    -/+ buffers/cache:  10      245
   
    Swap:                0        0      0
   

   No double the server is based on OpenVZ with 256MB and not any burst or vswap.

2. Network Testing

    [root@Free ~]# wget  cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.bin
   
    --09:42:31--  http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.bin
   
    Resolving cachefly.cachefly.net... 205.234.175.175
   
    Connecting to cachefly.cachefly.net|205.234.175.175|:80... connected.
   
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
   
    Length: 104857600 (100M) [application/octet-stream]
   
    Saving to: `100mb.bin'
   
    100%[=====================================================================>]
   
    104,857,600 11.0M/s   in 9.1s
   
    09:42:40 (11.0 MB/s) - `100mb.bin' saved [104857600/104857600]
   

This shows that the network interface is 100MBps.

1. CPU Testing

    [root@Free ~]# less /proc/cpuinfo
   
    processor       : 0
   
    vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
   
    cpu family       : 6
   
    model          : 45
   
    model name     : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 0 @ 2.00GHz
   
    stepping        : 7
   
    cpu MHz        : 1200.000
   
    cache size       : 15360 KB
   

   This server has 4 E5-2620 CPUs. It is really powerful.

2. Operating System

    [root@Free ~]# lsb_release –a
   
    Version:    :core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch: graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch
   
    Distributor ID: CentOS
   
    Description:    CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
   
    Release:        5.3
   
    prename:       Final
   

So far everything goes perfect. And I am planning to build a WordPress on it.

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The SolusVM is very convenient to reinstall the OS with some clicks.

But the root password need to reset after the server online. Good or not?

For me, I can accept that.

Finally, I build a WordPress Blog with the review of this server. The uptime will list on the page.

http://www.buyvm.info

That’s end.

Infinity

Looks like a pretty good server, and good performance. And..

@airski said: http://www.buyvm.info

lol

GetKVM_Ash

@airski said: http://www.buyvm.info

Haha

gsrdgrdghd

@airski said: http://www.buyvm.info

That’s end.

Nope thats sad. Anyway nice review :) Did you also run an ioping test?

airski

@gsrdgrdghd 　ioping test？

Brandon

@airski,

Thank you for taking the time to review us. However, there's one correct that should be made. The node you are on is actually based out of Dallas and not Toronto.

eastonch

@Brandon -- Quite Expensive, for what LEB users are used to... any reason?

airski

@Brandon i have corrected it!

Brandon

@eastonch said: @Brandon -- Quite Expensive, for what LEB users are used to... any reason?

A lot of things are factored into the cost such as our staff that work around the clock, the hardware we use and our network. As I've mentioned several times before, we don't like ti cut corners in providing a top quality service and our pricing does reflect that. Our clients are used to a few minute response times and I'd like to keep that up. With our discount its actually quite affordable in comparison to other companies.