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It'll be next year, likely at the same time as NY.
LU requires other things to complete first before I can slap in storage. Me not being able to take a quick flight makes it a planning headache
Francisco
I haven't put my slabs to use yet as I'm waiting for the FreeBSD 12 release (so I can request the ISO to be added in BuyVM) in the next few days before I start setting up my main server but here's what I will be using them for:
Since I run FreeBSD I use zfs-on-root for my main disk and then I have 2x 256GB slabs that I will create a zpool mirror with.
I run a lot of adult sites and while they don't take up much space (mostly images with some videos thrown in) they use Wordpress and I can store my databases and websites files all on the buyvm slab zpool mirror. I was originally just going to use 1x 256GB slab but since they were so cheap I figured I might as well make the zpool a mirror for some redundancy and extra read speed. I use all affiliate/sponsor provided promo material that I have permission to use so I never have to worry about DMCAs or any of that stuff.
While I'm waiting on the FreeBSD 12 release I've been testing the slabs and man are they FAST! I mean the performance is simply fantastic and the space you get for the cheap pricing you pay? It's just an amazing deal. I only wish they were available in NY as I usually go for the East Coast but so far I've been impressed with BuyVM's LV location.
IOW, you can view all the files that your customers are storing?
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Nope, this is from discussions on our discord where people are asking for help setting those up
I need to make a popup explaining how to format/mount.
Francisco
Really nice work on this... It's extremely fast! I've been trying a few other storage VPS services to back up my BuyVM VPS + home PC to, and basically none of them can compete in terms of performance.
Thanks for the feedback
I'm very proud of the product as a whole.
Francisco
I just realised that the BuyVM site doesn't actually say that the slabs use RAID10. I had to search this thread to find that info. I would have thought that'd be one of the selling points.
A good idea, I'll see where I can fit it in
Francisco
Any eta for LU slabs?
And yeah, def put raid10 on the selling page, I also came here searching for that info.
Working on it.
Will look to add some details about redundancy
Francisco
Fwiw I forgot how to remount my slab. I figured it out after a while, but not before trying to find info in the BuyVM knowledge base. @Francisco you might put something there if you ever get some time.
Good call
I think we need to merge the wiki into billing.
Francisco