Hourly / Daily Dedicated Server ?

yokowasis

Once upon a time , I need to spin a virtual box image. This can't be done in a vps environment. Also my requirement is a Windows OS. Because setting Virtual Box on a Linux is a pain in the ass.

Also virtual box is a must.

Any recommendations ?

muffin

Pretty sure GTHost does daily, can’t comment on windows

eol

@yokowasis said:
Because setting Virtual Box on a Linux is a pain in the ass.

How?
Just download the .run script and run it?

tester4

KVM VPS with nested virtualization

yokowasis

@eol said:

@yokowasis said:
Because setting Virtual Box on a Linux is a pain in the ass.

How?
Just download the .run script and run it?

Nah, it is not that simple. Also I need it to work with Virtualbox Addon

@tester4 said:
KVM VPS with nested virtualization

I need dedicated. There is a software that should be run on the host and it refuses to run if it detects virtualization.

eol

@yokowasis said:

@eol said:

@yokowasis said:
Because setting Virtual Box on a Linux is a pain in the ass.

How?
Just download the .run script and run it?

Nah, it is not that simple. Also I need it to work with Virtualbox Addon

Hm.
Works here.

Also the add-on is easily installed using VBoxManage extpack install.
This are just two commands.

You could even dl it from the UI if I remember correctly.

corbpie

It's overpriced but Vultr, can do snapshots too which helps

yokowasis

@corbpie said:
It's overpriced but Vultr, can do snapshots too which helps

Do you mean dedicated instances ? Pretty sure it's not a dedicated server. It's just dedicated resources. Pretty much the same as netcup root server.

eva2000

vultr has bare metal dedicated on hourly billing as does packet.net

I did vultr bare metal dedicated benchmarks at https://community.centminmod.com/threads/vultr-60-discount-free-100-credit-test-drive-vultr-bare-metal-instances.13744/ (actual benchmarks start from this post here)

and for packet.net https://community.centminmod.com/threads/packet-net-bare-metal-cloud-amd-epyc-7401p-review-benchmarks.14097/

As they are both hourly billing, you can easily try both and see which is better suited for your needs Packet has spot pricing like Amazon EC2, so if you time it right you can lower your hourly billing costs alot i.e. my AMD EPYC 7401P tests were US$1.00/hr normal but spot pricing can be as low as US$0.20/hr

Neoon

@corbpie said:
It's overpriced but Vultr, can do snapshots too which helps

Obviously, its just for a short period.
If you do view it long term, its a rip off.

Ympker

There is some provider here at LET (don't recall their name), who does offer dedicated servers per day (setup time 15 minutes).

CyberMonday

It was @GTHost

yokowasis

Thanks guys. I think I will try with vultr. Although I have some questions about Windows OS ? How do they charge the license ? Can I just use trial ? since I will just use it for a couple of hours once upon a time.

corbpie

@yokowasis said:

@corbpie said:
It's overpriced but Vultr, can do snapshots too which helps

Do you mean dedicated instances ? Pretty sure it's not a dedicated server. It's just dedicated resources. Pretty much the same as netcup root server.

If you do the biggest plan it will be the whole machine

yokowasis

@corbpie said:

@yokowasis said:

@corbpie said:
It's overpriced but Vultr, can do snapshots too which helps

Do you mean dedicated instances ? Pretty sure it's not a dedicated server. It's just dedicated resources. Pretty much the same as netcup root server.

If you do the biggest plan it will be the whole machine

Got it. Thanks.

corbpie

@yokowasis said:
Thanks guys. I think I will try with vultr. Although I have some questions about Windows OS ? How do they charge the license ? Can I just use trial ? since I will just use it for a couple of hours once upon a time.

Spin up a normal ~$10 instance, upload a windows ISO install what you want and then do a snapshot. Now you can deploy the dedicated with that snapshot, just remember to expand disk.

yokowasis

@corbpie said:

@yokowasis said:
Thanks guys. I think I will try with vultr. Although I have some questions about Windows OS ? How do they charge the license ? Can I just use trial ? since I will just use it for a couple of hours once upon a time.

Spin up a normal ~$10 instance, upload a windows ISO install what you want and then do a snapshot. Now you can deploy the dedicated with that snapshot, just remember to expand disk.

Wait , you dan do that ? Neat. Thanks for the tips.