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Zipcar / U-Haul?
All I can get from that long post is that those servers/nvmes/cpus/something gonna overheat when actually moved to datacenter rack because... of something totally random that you are not able to re-created in office rack. Like idk, fucking power cable blocking 70% of airflow. Please have backups on day1
Also seen people 3d priting tunnels and putting them inside chasis for better airflow - I hope you seen and explored that?
Also I don't think anyone from 'alpha/beta' tester will be angry that you skipped them and put paid clients first in - we were here to help - if help is not needed the we done
GOOD LUCK.
Some prizes allocated. A list of some prizes:
Some people already received their prize a lot time ago, perhaps without realizing it and it looks like I did mark it down on their account, for now, for the ones that came up. I don't remember what those prizes were, but they were a lot more creative probably.
Double $100 credits (lazy one)
Probably $2,000-3,000 worth of prizes allocated. Super rough estimate.
Everyone else who didn't get anything, I either don't have your affiliate ID, or we're reaching further down the list where I'm not sure if you're owed a prize or not and will continue later. If anyone could remind me/make a list of all my promises I can take a second look.
NVMe on the main motherboard design/chassis we're using right now pretty much blows air right on them now. Well, most of them.
NVMe isn't going to fry itself (fingers crossed) as they're generally built to be able to withstand the heat but it does end up throttling performance in weird ways. We do have heatsinks for all of them, but I am purposely leaving some stock in Los Angeles to see what happens (we'll probably use one or two of these as the true "beta" ones) and then do maintenance on them later if it's a big problem. We did do some testing while it was hot, luckily we had a lot more hot days since it took so long with the delays that it's summer. That doesn't end up being the main issue, at least in testing.
This was actually an idea we had but we never got to it. It went as far as exploring 3D printers that can do more exotic materials that would theoretically work better.
We do have plastic airflow shrouds that direct the air from the fans, but it's not custom.
Cool, I have even more idlers!
also you sure those counts as
non-special?Can confirm some prizes are allocated! VirMach going crazy today. So much text, prizes and photos shortly!
also the hell I am gonna do with those SSD1G, ideas?
Finally
Thanks VirMach! Appreciate the efforts you put in preparing the prizes.
I think I got the "Double service durations" and figured that this is probably the best option in my case. (Not necessary the best value but all things considered, usually I like best recurring price possible but looking at the already insanely low price... what more can I ask for).
Checking the list carefully, I believe the only server with reasonable price in my list is the 500G Storage VPS I have with VirMach, some say the performance is bad but it is working well in my case (and for Storage VPS you don't really need fancy insane IO/CPU)
Now I know why it takes time for VirMach to do it because some of the "Double" prize most likely be too hard to make it work (eg. double resources in my case will break something) or not working at all (eg. Doubling my store credits will be $0 x 2 = $0)
I wonder how did you do the "Doubled doubled all downtime credits", is there some knobs / configs that you can set for each account to do it automatically or just take note of it and do it manually for each downtime? (Same for affiliate commission)
Technically
SSD_Gseries are "non-special" despite the ultra low price (I assume is the 90% and 99% code) so congrats!If I was you I will renew for lifetime (VirMach's or mine, whichever is longer)
@VirMach One more question, have VirMach considered NAT VPS? I remember last time you mentioned that due to IP costs that might happen in certain region.
The reason is because perhaps you could offer some 128 or 256MB server for each location as a bundle? IPv4 is most likely the bottleneck here so NAT might work.
I think some of us here would like such bundle (to make own CDN / VPN etc) and see you guys expand to more and more locations
(And the bragging rights to say I am idling servers across multiple nations)
Got the doubled 100$ credit. Thanks Virmach, I'm covered for the next year and in part for the year after.
32GB RAM NAT VPS
I'm feeling a bit sick these days. Hopefully it's not covid.
It seems it's a simple flu.
Snot.
I should start working.
There is a show on TV named Caso Cerrado (Case closed) from US but in Spanish.
Garbage on TV but it's funny 😂
HAHAHAHA, you fucking wish mate.
Black Friday coming soon ^.-
I seriously doubt I will spend more. I will probably cancel few. I may or may not buy again at BF. It would mainly about what got moved to ryzen and what not by then.
@VirMach - Thank you for the update. I am glad to see you are keeping so many locations. I have been really looking forward to your transition.
Congratulations to all of you who received your double double prizes.
@imok - These days Korean tv seems to me a lot better then USA tv .
You motivated me to cancel my idlers! Cancelled everything with 386 MB of RAM, like 11 IPs back to pool! Should have waited and sold them back to @VirMach next year or something.
What are you doing @FAT32!
STAHP!
Well I didnt try ClientExec before... but ya maybe I shouldnt join
I forgot it's labor day, nothing shipping out today. One more day won't hurt, right?
Hey, I don't make up the rules.
It was a lot lazier this time to get through them more quickly. If I ever remember what I originally did or find the spreadsheet, I'll share.
We used to have an automated system that logged it all. We had some backlash from some (large) customers that didn't like having to do more accounting and some chargebacks for unrecognized charges when it auto-credited (so their $40 bill might end up as $32 and they don't remember signing up for a $32 a month service.) Made it more difficult to process those since we had to try to explain our credit system. Also, it had its flaws with how it credited people to where some people that never were affected by the outage got credited. Anyway, at some point in time the auto-credit script broke, and we were going to replace it with something else, a separate balance that could get transferred over but that never got done so we reverted back to manual SLA requests.
So in this case, we went based off the credit history. We do leave notes both for auto and manual SLA credits so I counted all the ones that had that note.
Considering it, but have not looked into how to do it with SolusVM and honestly not looking forward to it with how closed-source and un-customizable it is. Plus dealing with abuse reports would probably be a nightmare.
If we did anything like that, it would most likely just end up being IPv6-only. I also like the idea of IPv6-only services. Yes, it will probably not be as useful to everyone but it's a good idea in the long run and helps actually wean people off IPv4. I do know more and more ISPs, at least in the US, are offering IPv6 and more websites and applications are becoming more compatible so there are definitely people that could find a use for it.
I really do want to continue adding locations, regardless of the additional costs. Some locations may end up being sold out most the time as a result as we'll have to try to not waste any space but there will always be those "primary" locations available.
Since we won't be focused on unnaturally trying to fill a forced location (Buffalo) it essentially lets the user decide where they want it and that's how we'll expand instead.
Will still try to have some photos for you guys tonight, I wanted it to be a sort of collage so I might just post them tomorrow morning when packages actually get sent. We'll see. I'll also have some more info on what exactly is going where and some background information on the builds.
My finger nails can't get any shorter anyway
Did you plan them ahead or do them on the fly? As in see which one fit the current account the most
Right, IPv6 only sounds like a plan or you can also consider creating a new sub-brand for NAT only (And use other control panel for instance). Gonna collect them all (all locations)
So I can put my insane special deals at Singapore... in the future?
So you guys are getting deals?
😄
I ate too much today at night.
I have heard eating a lot at night is bad.
I think I'm going to sleep now.
OK have a great day/night
Good bye
Good night @imok. Please send pictures of your breakfast and cat.
Hey hey, I received double prizes! I have some pretty great VirBot deals, so had to consult my VPS spreadsheet to be sure.
"Doubled doubled value for highest priced service (quarter price.)"
I now have a 3 core, 8G, 74GB, 7.8T xfer KVM in Seattle for $14.50/year recurring. NICE!
Thanks @VirMach, and congrats on your progress.
I woke up and watched World War Z. Now i'm late for work, i'm feeling sick today so I'm working at home.
Will take pictures of Perejilo later.
It's free. Go ahead.
There was a time I wanted to become a hosting provider (when I didn't understand you can't sleep with that job). I claimed my free Clientexec license from CrocWeb and started to develop a payment gateway plugin... Their code was a mess! I moved to Blesta since then.
The plugin is pending for Blesta. I won't have a job next month, it will be a great time to restart the project.