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Atlantic.Net Free Tier (12 months)
It came to my attention that Atlantic.Net is offering a free tier (12 months), including one general purpose VPS and 50GB of block storage. VPS specs (plan G2.1GB): 1GB RAM, 1vCPU, 40GB SSD, 3TB bandwidth.
The application process was straightforward. A credit card is required to charge a small amount ($0.80) and generate an authorization code. The code must be validated to complete signup. Maybe because I used a prepaid VISA credit card, my account was on hold and I had to send a copy of my driver's license to activate it (the process was done by email and took about 24 hours).
Ok, time for some fun! Atlantic have the following DCs: New York, Dallas, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Ashburn and Orlando. I went with USA-East-1 (deployment took about 10s).
Output of procinfo:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
stepping : 3
microcode : 0x1
cpu MHz : 2099.992
cache size : 16384 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx lm rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid tsc_known_freq pni vmx cx16 x2apic hypervisor lahf_lm cpuid_fault pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs
bogomips : 4199.98
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
Note that vmx is enabled but aes insn't! I opened a ticket about the aes flag and I'm still waiting for the answer.
Output of YABS:
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# Yet-Another-Bench-Script #
# v2019-10-08 #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
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Tue 29 Oct 2019 03:59:19 PM UTC
Basic System Information:
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Processor : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores : 1 @ 2099.992 MHz
AES-NI : ❌ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 987Mi
Swap : 0B
Disk : 89G
Disk Speed Tests:
---------------------------------
| Test 1 | Test 2 | Test 3 | Avg
| | | |
Write | 254.00 MB/s | 200.00 MB/s | 232.00 MB/s | 228.67 MB/s
Read | 1069.65 MB/s | 970.49 MB/s | 989.13 MB/s | 1.01 GB/s
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed
| | |
Bouygues Telecom | Paris, FR (10G) | 256 Mbits/sec | 303 Mbits/sec
Online.net | Paris, FR (10G) | 183 Mbits/sec | busy
Severius | The Netherlands (10G) | 171 Mbits/sec | 181 Mbits/sec
Worldstream | The Netherlands (10G) | 149 Mbits/sec | 155 Mbits/sec
wilhelm.tel | Hamburg, DE (10G) | 66.4 Mbits/sec | 132 Mbits/sec
Biznet | Bogor, Indonesia (1G) | 0.00 bits/sec | 0.00 bits/sec
Hostkey | Moscow, RU (1G) | 147 Mbits/sec | 265 Mbits/sec
Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 282 Mbits/sec | 290 Mbits/sec
Airstream Communications | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G) | 269 Mbits/sec | 361 Mbits/sec
Hurricane Electric | Fremont, CA, US (10G) | busy | 108 Mbits/sec
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1886
Multi Core | 1803
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14866092
Disks (40GB SSD + 50GB block storage):
root@AtlanticFreeTier:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 480M 0 480M 0% /dev
tmpfs 99M 2.9M 96M 3% /run
/dev/sda1 40G 3.6G 35G 10% /
tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 99M 0 99M 0% /run/user/0
/dev/sdb1 49G 53M 47G 1% /mnt/bs01
root@AtlanticFreeTier:~# sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3
vm.drop_caches = 3
root@AtlanticFreeTier:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=4k conv=fdatasync
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
268435456 bytes (268 MB, 256 MiB) copied, 0.737473 s, 364 MB/s
root@AtlanticFreeTier:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/bs01/test bs=64k count=4k conv=fdatasync
4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
268435456 bytes (268 MB, 256 MiB) copied, 2.34137 s, 115 MB/s
Finally (because we love benchs):
Link: https://www.atlantic.net/
That's it, I hope this is useful for someone ;-)
Comments
Sign up and just need a few minutes to get free tier vps. My prepaid debit card charged 0.66 USD for validation.
UK location
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Yet-Another-Bench-Script
v2019-10-08
https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script
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Tue Oct 29 15:05:27 EDT 2019
Basic System Information:
Processor : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores : 1 @ 2099.992 MHz
AES-NI : ❌ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM : 981Mi
Swap : 0B
Disk : 40G
Disk Speed Tests:
Write | 164.00 MB/s | 148.00 MB/s | 317.00 MB/s | 209.67 MB/s
Read | 1066.97 MB/s | 995.55 MB/s | 929.03 MB/s | 997.18 MB/s
iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv S peed
| | |
Bouygues Telecom | Paris, FR (10G) | 691 Mbits/sec | 611 Mb its/sec
Online.net | Paris, FR (10G) | 701 Mbits/sec | 610 Mb its/sec
Severius | The Netherlands (10G) | 704 Mbits/sec | 610 Mb its/sec
Worldstream | The Netherlands (10G) | 702 Mbits/sec | 484 Mb its/sec
wilhelm.tel | Hamburg, DE (10G) | 700 Mbits/sec | 560 Mb its/sec
Biznet | Bogor, Indonesia (1G) | 0.00 bits/sec | 0.00 bits/sec
Hostkey | Moscow, RU (1G) | 658 Mbits/sec | 592 Mbits/sec
Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 649 Mbits/sec | 431 Mbits/sec
Airstream Communications | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G) | 635 Mbits/sec | 304 Mbits/sec
Hurricane Electric | Fremont, CA, US (10G) | 480 Mbits/sec | busy
Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
Test | Value
|
Single Core | 1819
Multi Core | 1775
Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/14866721
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Update from support:
Holy cow they must really need ip justification
. And I just renewed a paid plan (not with them) that this could have replaced. Oh well I'll think of something 
. They are supposed to be mostly ok.
Do they require recaptcha on every single user login? My browser has recaptcha blocked so I signed up for the account on my phone, figured I could deal with the hassle for a one-off thing. But now I can't login without also getting squawk about a recaptcha.
Yes, for mobile and desktop... PITA.
What a pain. I sent them an email asking if there was a way around it. I can't use a good (i.e. long and random) password on the phone because there is no decent way to transfer it to the desktop. So I tried to set up 2fa and first it makes me choose a bullshit "security question" (pet's name etc.) and next their 2fa involves sending an SMS message instead of TOTP. Dude the 90's called and want their authentication back.
Geekbench 4 is too poor
Offer seems good, but the sign up process is like that movie with Bruce Willis: Hard to Register
Signup itself wasn't too bad except for the damn recaptcha which is blocked in my local network. I could only sign up using my phone. I didn't have to send my DL or anything like that. I told their support that I would stay with DO and Vultr because their site as it stands is almost useless. (At least from my perspective, of course).
If I can activate their API through my phone and then use CLI tools for everything after that, maybe that solves the recaptcha issue. I have to take care of some stuff for the rest of the day but may mess with it some more tonight or tomorrow.
I agree, it's a shame! They should offer, at least, one dedicated AMD Epyc core.
OP can provide a referral link; people signing up through the referral link can get an additional $15 service credit, no purchase required.
Thanks, I'm OK. I've already made a lot of money selling tickets for Amitz's party. ;-)
If allowed Referal Link - https://cloud.atlantic.net/r/q59699mo haha.
Anyway thanks @ITLabs for posting the deal!
At least not one that Oracle does )
been using it since July. Great performance for idling.
My account got locked instantly as soon as I registered. Interesting.
register until vps online, only takes 10 minutes, thanks for @ITLabs
btw block storage only on location EAST-1 (Florida)
Something to note: You only have 750 hours a month of free usage.
For the first 12 months following your sign-up date, you get up to 750 hours of free G2.1GB usage each month. When your free usage tier expires you pay standard service rates. Offer excludes bandwidth overages, backup costs, and licensing cost of the WHM/cPanel One-click Application. Simply select a G2.1GB Plan when adding a Cloud Server to take advantage of this offer.
There are 744 hours in a month max...
Oh wow, brain bloop. Thanks lol
First time to hear this company, do they have a good rep?
Even after I key in correct verification code...
Thicc offer
They have a good rep, they had a $1/month offer in the past and it was reliable. The verification process is very complex though, (I understand they want to prevent abuse, but its a little too much) so I guess contacting them to see whats up is the best idea.
Open a ticket and send your ID, like
'if you're not paying for the product, you are the product'
Interesting read...
my 2 cents.
Cheers!
Open support ticket, they will activate your account.
Just send print screen of confirmation email received as payment verification complete.
Update from support:
Note that aes is now enabled, but vmx has been disabled! Trick or treat?
With aes enabled GB4 "jumped" from 1904 to 2048 änd GB5 went from 389 to 418:
`cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 23
model : 1
model name : AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core Processor
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x1000065
cpu MHz : 1996.249
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm art rep_good nopl xtopology extd_apicid eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw topoext perfctr_core retpoline_amd ssbd ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 virt_ssbd arat
bogomips : 3992.49
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 23
model : 1
model name : AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core Processor
stepping : 2
microcode : 0x1000065
cpu MHz : 1996.249
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm art rep_good nopl xtopology extd_apicid eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw topoext perfctr_core retpoline_amd ssbd ibpb vmmcall fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 rdseed adx smap clflushopt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 virt_ssbd arat
bogomips : 3992.49
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
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