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  • QuantumCoreQuantumCore Member, Host Rep

    Depends on the node, we have a blend of Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6128 CPU @ 3.40GHz and Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @QuantumCore said:
    Depends on the node, we have a blend of Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6128 CPU @ 3.40GHz and Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6136 CPU @ 3.00GHz

    So a blend of high quality potassium with pure water = exothermic deal.

    I can't believe you're not shouting this from the rooftops lol, a Gold in Australia for $5 AUD per month. I need to change my pants..

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  • s4suke7s4suke7 Member

    @QuantumCore 😳are you guys trading from Canberra ? Saw the address while paying invoice

  • QuantumCoreQuantumCore Member, Host Rep

    poisson said: 2690 v2

    @s4suke7 said:
    @QuantumCore 😳are you guys trading from Canberra ? Saw the address while paying invoice

    Yes, we are located in Canberra :smile:

  • aliletalilet Member

    @dahartigan said:

    @AlwaysSkint said:

    dahartigan said: You can prepay for 6 months as soon as you get your credits

    That's genius! Where do you find that option?

    When you order the service you want, change the cycle in the cart to 6 months and add it. Checkout and pay with the store credit :-)

    Edit: You still gotta cough up $5 initially to get the $50 credit, but since it expires in 60 days you just gotta choose the longest billing period you can afford.

    Sorry I didn't understand. You mean if I deposit $5, then order a new service with 6 months duration, then it means I can use those $50 free credits for 6 months instead of just 2?

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  • poissonpoisson Member

    @alilet said:

    @dahartigan said:

    @AlwaysSkint said:

    dahartigan said: You can prepay for 6 months as soon as you get your credits

    That's genius! Where do you find that option?

    When you order the service you want, change the cycle in the cart to 6 months and add it. Checkout and pay with the store credit :-)

    Edit: You still gotta cough up $5 initially to get the $50 credit, but since it expires in 60 days you just gotta choose the longest billing period you can afford.

    Sorry I didn't understand. You mean if I deposit $5, then order a new service with 6 months duration, then it means I can use those $50 free credits for 6 months instead of just 2?

    Correct. You can opt for 6 month billing period.

    Or if we use the lowest plan at 5 AUD per month, you top up 10 get 50 total 60 you go for annual billing for this lowest plan you can have the VPS for a year.

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  • QuantumCoreQuantumCore Member, Host Rep

    Not many spots left :-) Get it while it's still available.

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    I'm kinda lost for words, which is unusual for me lol.. My mind is still trying to comprehend the awesomeness of this deal, especially since it's been revealed we're dealing with Xeon Gold processors here.

    This is me since I found out:

    Honestly, anyone with a spare $5 should get this before it's gone and regret kicks your ass very hard, misses, and gets your nuts instead. It's like that.

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  • nullnotherenullnothere Member

    I've just signed up with them and couldn't agree more with @dahartigan - my initial impressions are awesome.

    Thanks @QuantumCore - now that there's a bunch of us from here, we hope you'll be more active and perhaps have a few promotions every now and then for us.

    I hope I can find a way to keep this over a longer term... (that credit promotion just made this probably the best value-for-price VPS this entire BF+CM).

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny Member, IPv6 Advocate

    I opened this thread hoping to find a quantum computer to decrypt bitcoins. This isn't one.

  • AlwaysSkintAlwaysSkint Member

    Damn! Means my node will get congested - I enjoyed the peaceful start, for months. :-p

  • poissonpoisson Member

    I really don't need another idling server even though this is a super deal. It's super value for money!

  • nullnotherenullnothere Member

    @AlwaysSkint said: Means my node will get congested

    Idlers are a peaceful tribe. They do not congest or otherwise reduce the value on node. In fact they are good for the community as they occupy slots that otherwise could have gone to abusers. 'tis the season to be thankful (to idlers, may their tribe increase, who also pay the bills!), for without them the world would be a hard place full of violent competition for resources.

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  • TurbooooTurboooo Member

    Got one!

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  • AlwaysSkintAlwaysSkint Member

    poisson said: I really don't need another idling server

    You know you want to. ;)

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @poisson said:
    I really don't need another idling server even though this is a super deal. It's super value for money!

    Nobody needs idle servers, we just collect them like stamps or bottle caps lol

    @AlwaysSkint said:
    Damn! Means my node will get congested - I enjoyed the peaceful start, for months. :-p

    I actually have faith this won't happen, there are multiple of these beasts from what I understand (they said there's a mix of different golds, so at least 2) lol I haven't "felt" any new signups..

    @Turboooo said:
    Got one!

    Welcome to the quantum club lol :-)

    @yoursunny said:
    I opened this thread hoping to find a quantum computer to decrypt bitcoins. This isn't one.

    Good luck with your search :-)

  • cybertechcybertech Member

    Noice.

  • vyas11vyas11 Member

    @dahartigan said:

    @poisson said:
    I really don't need another idling server even though this is a super deal. It's super value for money!

    Nobody needs idle servers, we just collect them like stamps or bottle caps lol

    I was thinking more like wine or cigar collection.... But we are on LET. Stamps or bottle caps will do just fine. :smiley:

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  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran
    edited December 2019

    I've been using Quantum Core since April, for hosting a few sites that are primarily used by Australians. Honestly they're one of the best providers I use, on par with other well established providers like BuyVM. Highly recommended!

    trewq said: I've noticed with NVMe some of the dd tests yeild wildly different results.

    dd is not a good benchmark, please don't use it for benchmarking. It's not at all indicative of real world performance as it only tests sequential writes (which are very rarely performed, random writes are more common) and can be affected by caching on the host node. It's much better to use fio. Binary Lane have some great docs on this: https://support.binarylane.com.au/support/solutions/articles/1000055889-how-to-benchmark-disk-i-o

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran

    Also, their support will enable host passthrough if you ask in a ticket, which lets you see the real CPU rather than "QEMU Virtual CPU" and improves performance in some use cases (as the real CPU flags will be visible to the system, so things like AES will be much faster)

  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @Daniel15 said:
    Also, their support will enable host passthrough if you ask in a ticket, which lets you see the real CPU rather than "QEMU Virtual CPU" and improves performance in some use cases (as the real CPU flags will be visible to the system, so things like AES will be much faster)

    I'm going to try that, but honestly, it feels fast enough even without the flags passed in my opinion.

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran

    dahartigan said: I'm going to try that, but honestly, it feels fast enough even without the flags passed in my opinion.

    I do daily backups using Borgbackup, and the extra CPU flags help speed up the encryption, which means the backups aren't using as much CPU power and compete more quickly :)

  • trewqtrewq Administrator, Patron Provider

    @Daniel15 said:

    trewq said: I've noticed with NVMe some of the dd tests yeild wildly different results.

    dd is not a good benchmark, please don't use it for benchmarking. It's not at all indicative of real world performance as it only tests sequential writes (which are very rarely performed, random writes are more common) and can be affected by caching on the host node. It's much better to use fio. Binary Lane have some great docs on this: https://support.binarylane.com.au/support/solutions/articles/1000055889-how-to-benchmark-disk-i-o

    We'll aware but it's results can't just be ignored as it's what the majority of people use.

  • poissonpoisson Member

    @trewq said:

    @Daniel15 said:

    trewq said: I've noticed with NVMe some of the dd tests yeild wildly different results.

    dd is not a good benchmark, please don't use it for benchmarking. It's not at all indicative of real world performance as it only tests sequential writes (which are very rarely performed, random writes are more common) and can be affected by caching on the host node. It's much better to use fio. Binary Lane have some great docs on this: https://support.binarylane.com.au/support/solutions/articles/1000055889-how-to-benchmark-disk-i-o

    We'll aware but it's results can't just be ignored as it's what the majority of people use.

    Because most people don't know better. I think I will roll fio instead of dd for future benchmarking. Honestly, sequential writing is almost never the bottleneck for most use cases. It is like benchmarking RAM speed.

  • tgltgl Member

    people use it to get big numbers, not to actually test the appliance, most of them have no idea how sequential reads or random writes work

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran

    trewq said: We'll aware but it's results can't just be ignored as it's what the majority of people use.

    Sure, but people continuing to use it just perpetuates the myth that it's useful :)

    I've seen providers where dd speeds are fine but actual real life performance is horrible, and fio results reflect that. Earlier in the year I had to switch one of my VPSes to another provider because their 'nvme' disk performance was so bad that it was actually affecting the performance of my app, but dd results were fine.

  • QuantumCoreQuantumCore Member, Host Rep
    edited December 2019

    @Daniel15 said:
    Also, their support will enable host passthrough if you ask in a ticket, which lets you see the real CPU rather than "QEMU Virtual CPU" and improves performance in some use cases (as the real CPU flags will be visible to the system, so things like AES will be much faster)

    Host passthrough is now enabled by default for any future signups :)

    If you're an existing customer you will need to open a ticket though.

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  • cybertechcybertech Member
    edited December 2019

    Opening a ticket now!

    Edit: done in 3mins.
    Results are beautiful.

    https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15014696

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  • dahartigandahartigan Member

    @QuantumCore Is it possible to upgrade CPU or RAM without upgrading to the next plan? If so, prices for an extra core and for an extra gig of RAM?

    I want to find a sweet spot for using it as a remote desktop, 1 core and 1 gig works, but obviously more would work better.. just trying to work out how much more lol

  • QuantumCoreQuantumCore Member, Host Rep

    @dahartigan said:
    @QuantumCore Is it possible to upgrade CPU or RAM without upgrading to the next plan? If so, prices for an extra core and for an extra gig of RAM?

    I want to find a sweet spot for using it as a remote desktop, 1 core and 1 gig works, but obviously more would work better.. just trying to work out how much more lol

    Hey mate,

    Unfortunately we don't allow customizations of our plans at this time.

    Cheers

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