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HostUS reviews for their "Special 768MB" plan

gappergapper Member
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Hi guys,

Is there any customer of HostUS using their "Special 768MB" plan? I see that the plan was initially $10/year, then $12/year and now it is $16/year. The plan comes with 768MB RAM, 20GB HDD, 2TB BW and 1Gbit/s port. I believe that it is too good to be true so since this plan is OpenVZ I guess that these are on extremely oversold servers.

Or maybe I'm mistaken... can anyone please share a review of that "Special 768MB" plan?

Thanks,
gapper

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  • gongyigongyi Member

    LA location

    dallas location

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • gappergapper Member
    edited February 2017

    Is it true that in August 2016 many VPSs were destroyed and there were huge DDOS attacks and network problems that made their service very bad?

    Are they reliable now? I'm considering their Washington DC location.

  • doughmanesdoughmanes Member
    edited February 2017

    I have 3 cPanel DNS Only installs and a LibreNMS install on the 768mb services

    ns1 (LA) - 68 days uptime

    ns2 (Dallas) - 334 days uptime

    ns3 (Virginia/WDC) - 193 days uptime

    LibreNMS (Virginia/WDC) - 15 days uptime (SQL/load went crazy until I moved it to remote SQL server. Uptime isn't great due to suspension for load)

    I'm going to renew all my active services and have no plans for anywhere else.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • DoragonDoragon Member

    Pretty good. I've been on their services for over a year and no complaints.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • WSSWSS Member

    Those screenshots with completely different fonts is driving me nuts.

    I have two HostUS services, one overbuilt 6GB OVZ that I abuse with piggy services every so often (until it's up for renewal), and a nice lean 2GB unit which I run a handful of projects on.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • AlexanderMAlexanderM Member, Top Host, Host Rep

    Hi @gapper

    The price for that plan has slightly increased, however this has only been for new sign ups and not existing plans. We did have some problems end of last year due to being a target of massive ddos attacks, however containers were certainly not destroyed. Network has been a lot more stable since then after adding DDoS protection and numerous other improvements to out network.

    Thank you @gongyi @doughmanes @Doragon and @WSS for your positive feedback!

    Alexander

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  • mikhomikho Member, Host Rep

    Except for the DDoS attacks mentioned, it's been stable.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • jvnadrjvnadr Member

    As said by others, their services are excellent for the price. Very stable servers, more than decent speeds, no downtime. The only issue was the DDoS incident, but, this can happen to any provider. See this Q poll, they already have a lot of votes (one from me). Recommended.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • andredocandredoc Member

    I have a 2gb ram vps with them, uptime is really good and ticket times are great, no complaints whatsoever. Love the vps CPU...

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • seoworldseoworld Member

    works well with cpanel dns only since 2015 :)
    top - 14:39:41 up 270 days, 2:20, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • sleddogsleddog Member
    edited February 2017

    I've also been a client since 2015. HostUS is as good as any, and better than most, in the price range (<$20 annual).

    It's OpenVZ so take the "768MB RAM" with a grain of salt. It's shared, it's oversold. Use more than half and you'll likely see it swap...

    But HostUS does a good job of managing their servers, both in terms of uptime and performance. Overselling is well-managed and typically not an issue. Again, they are better than most in the price range.

    I wouldn't run a client's e-commerce shop on it, but for non-critical websites with a lowend stack, or personal projects, it's great. Well worth the $10 (or $16) annual fee.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • thagoatthagoat Member

    I had that server, but it was $15 lol. I ran great, never an issue. I let the box go, and now wish I'd kept it.
    Oh well, no "regerts"

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • sinsin Member

    @gapper said:
    Is it true that in August 2016 many VPSs were destroyed and there were huge DDOS attacks and network problems that made their service very bad?

    Are they reliable now? I'm considering their Washington DC location.
    @gapper said:
    Is it true that in August 2016 many VPSs were destroyed and there were huge DDOS attacks and network problems that made their service very bad?

    Are they reliable now? I'm considering their Washington DC location.

    Their Ashburn location is excellent and I have always had very good experiences with HostUS.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • GravelyGravely Member

    i Can Vouch for the Ashburn location.

    Unfortunately i had to move away from their Sydney location due to their auto suspend feature upon receiving a DDoS Attack.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • KerberosKerberos Member

    I have the 768MB plan. Few issues here and there but most tickets replied to VERY quickly and they are very polite. For the price, its a great option.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • williewillie Member

    I've no experience with them but it looks like a perfectly good offer. Price is very reasonable. Wouldn't want it to be much lower. Unless something is a loss-leading promo, too low a price means "Uh-oh, this thing must be crap or will turn into crap". It's not at that level and that's a good thing.

    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • ssamjhssamjh Member

    Brilliant servers in LA location

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz
Number of cores      : 1
CPU frequency        : 3504.030 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 20.0 GB (3.1 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 768 MB (459 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 768 MB (95 MB Used)
System uptime        : 144 days, 11 hour 25 min
Load average         : 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
OS                   : Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Arch                 : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel               : 2.6.32-042stab116.2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I/O speed(1st run)   : 51.6 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run)   : 643 MB/s
I/O speed(3rd run)   : 1.3 GB/s
Average I/O speed    : 675.3 MB/s
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Node Name                       IPv4 address            Download Speed
CacheFly                        205.234.175.175         100MB/s
Linode, Tokyo, JP               106.187.96.148          19.7MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           139.162.23.4            5.21MB/s
Linode, London, UK              176.58.107.39           8.79MB/s
Linode, Frankfurt, DE           139.162.130.8           5.36MB/s
Linode, Fremont, CA             50.116.14.9             51.0MB/s
Softlayer, Dallas, TX           173.192.68.18           67.9MB/s
Softlayer, Seattle, WA          67.228.112.250          55.1MB/s
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE        159.122.69.4            6.29MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        119.81.28.170           18.1MB/s
Softlayer, HongKong, CN         119.81.130.170          20.8MB/s
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Node Name                       IPv6 address            Download Speed
Linode, Atlanta, GA             2600:3c02::4b           14.4MB/s
Linode, Dallas, TX              2600:3c00::4b           38.0MB/s
Linode, Newark, NJ              2600:3c03::4b           13.5MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           2400:8901::4b           4.68MB/s
Linode, Tokyo, JP               2400:8900::4b           21.0MB/s
Softlayer, San Jose, CA         2607:f0d0:2601:2a::4    43.3MB/s
Softlayer, Washington, WA       2607:f0d0:3001:78::2    48.3MB/s
Softlayer, Paris, FR            2a03:8180:1301:8::4     25.5MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        2401:c900:1101:8::2     12.9MB/s
Softlayer, Tokyo, JP            2401:c900:1001:16::4    6.73MB/s
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    Thanked by 1AlexanderM
  • thistlethistle Member

    @ssamjh said:
    Brilliant servers in LA location

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU model            : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5 @ 3.50GHz
Number of cores      : 1
CPU frequency        : 3504.030 MHz
Total size of Disk   : 20.0 GB (3.1 GB Used)
Total amount of Mem  : 768 MB (459 MB Used)
Total amount of Swap : 768 MB (95 MB Used)
System uptime        : 144 days, 11 hour 25 min
Load average         : 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
OS                   : Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Arch                 : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel               : 2.6.32-042stab116.2
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I/O speed(1st run)   : 51.6 MB/s
I/O speed(2nd run)   : 643 MB/s
I/O speed(3rd run)   : 1.3 GB/s
Average I/O speed    : 675.3 MB/s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Node Name                       IPv4 address            Download Speed
CacheFly                        205.234.175.175         100MB/s
Linode, Tokyo, JP               106.187.96.148          19.7MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           139.162.23.4            5.21MB/s
Linode, London, UK              176.58.107.39           8.79MB/s
Linode, Frankfurt, DE           139.162.130.8           5.36MB/s
Linode, Fremont, CA             50.116.14.9             51.0MB/s
Softlayer, Dallas, TX           173.192.68.18           67.9MB/s
Softlayer, Seattle, WA          67.228.112.250          55.1MB/s
Softlayer, Frankfurt, DE        159.122.69.4            6.29MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        119.81.28.170           18.1MB/s
Softlayer, HongKong, CN         119.81.130.170          20.8MB/s
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Node Name                       IPv6 address            Download Speed
Linode, Atlanta, GA             2600:3c02::4b           14.4MB/s
Linode, Dallas, TX              2600:3c00::4b           38.0MB/s
Linode, Newark, NJ              2600:3c03::4b           13.5MB/s
Linode, Singapore, SG           2400:8901::4b           4.68MB/s
Linode, Tokyo, JP               2400:8900::4b           21.0MB/s
Softlayer, San Jose, CA         2607:f0d0:2601:2a::4    43.3MB/s
Softlayer, Washington, WA       2607:f0d0:3001:78::2    48.3MB/s
Softlayer, Paris, FR            2a03:8180:1301:8::4     25.5MB/s
Softlayer, Singapore, SG        2401:c900:1101:8::2     12.9MB/s
Softlayer, Tokyo, JP            2401:c900:1001:16::4    6.73MB/s
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    How does one go about doing this kind of test?

  • IshaqIshaq Member

    @thistle said: How does one go about doing this kind of test?

    wget -qO- bench.sh | bash

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  • dedicadosdedicados Member

    didnt know those stills available, wanna share the link?

  • bersybersy Member

    dedicados said: didnt know those stills available, wanna share the link?

    this one

  • JoeMeritJoeMerit Veteran

    much better value when it was @ $10 a few years ago

    Thanked by 1bersy
  • doughmanesdoughmanes Member

    Sometimes you have to increase prices to stay in business as operating a business isn't trying to race to the bottom of being unsustainable

    Thanked by 1Clouvider
  • jeromezajeromeza Member

    I've got 3 of the old $10 plans.

    I run my DNS servers off of them - no issues. I'd happily buy from HostUs again.

    Thanked by 1doughmanes
  • dedicadosdedicados Member

    @bersy said:

    dedicados said: didnt know those stills available, wanna share the link?

    this one

    are 16 now, i have that link, thanks anyway.

  • WSSWSS Member

    They're perfect as DNS.

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