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netcup Easter specials

aj_potcaj_potc Member
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I didn't see any mention of this yearly promotion.

I just picked up the VPS Ostern S OST20 for 5.50 EUR per month, which I find a pretty good deal.

Anybody find any interesting eggs so far this year at netcup.de?

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  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    You haven't looked at the Easter megathread? netcup have been mentioned several times there.

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  • xiaozxiaoz Member

    Hello, I also purchased this package. But there's a question, is the next pay cycle a recurring discount?

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @xiaoz said:
    Hello, I also purchased this package. But there's a question, is the next pay cycle a recurring discount?

    Congrats on your first post

    Yes, if you mean their Easter promotion for 5,50 EUR / month, then this price is recurring (so in a year, you could renew at the same price).

    Since you're new here, be aware that you have agreed to a contract of 12 months that will be automatically be renewed for another 12 months unless you explicitly cancel the contract at least 31 days before the present contract ends. You can cancel the present contract by clicking on a button in the billing panel. (netcup have a strict cancellation policy -- it's important that you understand this.)

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  • snzsnz Member
    edited April 2020

    Here is a small script to scrape for the eggs. Just leave it running in the background :)

    https://pastebin.com/jYE617Zd

    Results so far: https://imgur.com/a/TqbdMkW

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  • FalzoFalzo Member

    @snz said:
    Here is a small script to scrape for the eggs. Just leave it running in the background :)

    https://pastebin.com/jYE617Zd

    Results so far: https://imgur.com/a/TqbdMkW

    interesting, thanks! though the links are not transferable as the hidden_key thing is session-bound, so you can't open/order the things within a different browser/computer...

    did you get a glance on what the root-server mega-ei contains? I did not came across that one before.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @snz said:
    Here is a small script to scrape for the eggs. Just leave it running in the background :)

    Hey, that other thread has taught me not to run scripts that longstanding members post! :wink:

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  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @snz said:
    Here is a small script to scrape for the eggs. Just leave it running in the background :)

    https://pastebin.com/jYE617Zd

    Results so far: https://imgur.com/a/TqbdMkW

    And I've been so naively just clicking on eggs!

    Am still tempted by the VPS S, assuming that it's still available ...

  • snzsnz Member
    edited April 2020

    @Falzo said:

    interesting, thanks! though the links are not transferable as the hidden_key thing is session-bound, so you can't open/order the things within a different browser/computer...

    did you get a glance on what the root-server mega-ei contains? I did not came across that one before.

    It's a "RS 4000 G8SE" with more SSD for 19€/M. Same like the "Spring-Sale" offer.
    https://www.netcup-sonderangebote.de/vserver/root-server-4000-wsv2020/

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  • FalzoFalzo Member

    angstrom said: Hey, that other thread has taught me not to run scripts that longstanding members post!

    congrats on your learning! :+1: :smiley:

    btw: is ~20 posts in 4 years long-standing? ;-) did you even check? ;-) also, you should not run things blindly - here it's on pastebin, so you have the easy chance to read it directly even before copying it...

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  • Ponury_TypPonury_Typ Member

    So, I grabbed VPS Monster Egg OST20 and now I am waiting for the verification.

  • neikneik Member

    I've seen that over on the Netcup-Forum some of the Easter servers were tagged as Generation 9.
    Does anyone have further information regarding these servers? Are they finally AMD Epyc based?

  • AstroAstro Member

    I had a pretty bad experience with them with these deals. I found the VPS I needed and placed orders for the eggs I had found. I placed an order with my current residential address. I sent in my ID which had my permanent address. They said it didnt match and asked me to place the order again.

    Now all of the items are sold out. I requested them to change teh address on the order if possible. I am sure people move locations after buying things with them. Their reply was just saying there is no guarantee that it would be available today even though I put in my order yesterday.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @BarkingIron said:
    I had a pretty bad experience with them with these deals. I found the VPS I needed and placed orders for the eggs I had found. I placed an order with my current residential address. I sent in my ID which had my permanent address. They said it didnt match and asked me to place the order again.

    Now all of the items are sold out. I requested them to change teh address on the order if possible. I am sure people move locations after buying things with them. Their reply was just saying there is no guarantee that it would be available today even though I put in my order yesterday.

    Congrats on your first post

    Well, if your addresses didn't match, how was that their fault?

  • LeonDynamicLeonDynamic Member

    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

  • AstroAstro Member

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

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  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @BarkingIron said:

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

    Sorry, but this wasn't worth both a comment and a thread

    netcup have no idea who you are, so if they ask for matching addresses, then give them matching addresses. Don't be so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment

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  • AstroAstro Member

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

    Sorry, but this wasn't worth both a comment and a thread

    netcup have no idea who you are, so if they ask for matching addresses, then give them matching addresses. Don't be so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment

    Definitely not asking for special treatment. I offered to match the addresses. If I wanted to hide something I wouldnt have handed over my ID. When I requested to allow me to replace the other it was pretty much that it may not be available.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator
    edited April 2020

    @BarkingIron said:

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

    Sorry, but this wasn't worth both a comment and a thread

    netcup have no idea who you are, so if they ask for matching addresses, then give them matching addresses. Don't be so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment

    Definitely not asking for special treatment. I offered to match the addresses. If I wanted to hide something I wouldnt have handed over my ID. When I requested to allow me to replace the other it was pretty much that it may not be available.

    By "so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment" I meant that you then ran here to sign up and immediately posted a comment and started a matching thread about this matter (as though you had been subjected to some special unjust treatment).

    Listen, it's not for them to change your address details for you. Instead, it's for you to get your address details right when ordering. They simply asked you to start again and to reorder since they rejected your first attempt.

  • AstroAstro Member

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

    Sorry, but this wasn't worth both a comment and a thread

    netcup have no idea who you are, so if they ask for matching addresses, then give them matching addresses. Don't be so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment

    Definitely not asking for special treatment. I offered to match the addresses. If I wanted to hide something I wouldnt have handed over my ID. When I requested to allow me to replace the other it was pretty much that it may not be available.

    By "so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment" I meant that you then ran here to sign up and immediately posted a comment and started a matching thread about this matter (as though you had been subjected to some special unjust treatment).

    Listen, it's not for them to change your address details for you. Instead, it's for you to get your address details right when ordering. They simply asked you to start again and to reorder since they rejected your first attempt.

    You know I am not really an unreasonable man. All I am saying is if I went through the effort of being their customer the least they could have done is to allow me to reorder instead of saying oh sorry not available today. I am sure its not really a foreign concept to be moving around but just have one permanent address on your ID. And seriously if I wanted to fake it, doesnt take long to come with a fake ID. I furnished an original one as my part of the deal.

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @BarkingIron said:

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @angstrom said:

    @BarkingIron said:

    @LeonDynamic said:
    Hey @BarkingIron you have created a thread already now jumped on here to write the same thing. Why?

    You failed their ID process by the looks of it as you used incorrect information.

    Is it really that weird to have a permanent address on the ID and a different residential address temporarily? I just think it was slightly uncalled for that they werent willing to allow me to replace the same order with new info or allow me to change the info. Thats all

    Sorry, but this wasn't worth both a comment and a thread

    netcup have no idea who you are, so if they ask for matching addresses, then give them matching addresses. Don't be so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment

    Definitely not asking for special treatment. I offered to match the addresses. If I wanted to hide something I wouldnt have handed over my ID. When I requested to allow me to replace the other it was pretty much that it may not be available.

    By "so vain as to imagine that you're getting special treatment" I meant that you then ran here to sign up and immediately posted a comment and started a matching thread about this matter (as though you had been subjected to some special unjust treatment).

    Listen, it's not for them to change your address details for you. Instead, it's for you to get your address details right when ordering. They simply asked you to start again and to reorder since they rejected your first attempt.

    You know I am not really an unreasonable man. All I am saying is if I went through the effort of being their customer the least they could have done is to allow me to reorder instead of saying oh sorry not available today. I am sure its not really a foreign concept to be moving around but just have one permanent address on your ID. And seriously if I wanted to fake it, doesnt take long to come with a fake ID. I furnished an original one as my part of the deal.

    Just for the record, I never said that you intended to commit fraud. Perhaps you're a good guy and you simply didn't pass their fraud test. You need to bear in mind that netcup is a German company and that they have certain Germany-centric business habits. In Germany, if you have two IDs with different addresses, it looks suspicious.

    As I understand it, they simply asked you to place your order again with a consistent address. I don't find this to be an outrageous request, but if you do find it to be an outrageous request, then just move on: if you feel this way, then netcup aren't for you.

    Yeah, I know, that particular Easter egg may not reappear. Well, then, so be it: it's not the end of the world.

  • FalzoFalzo Member

    maybe simply clarify that it's your secondary address and send in further verification things like a power bill with your name under that address on it?

    or just move on and realize that this provider simply is not for you and it won't work out in the long rund anyway ;-)

  • isunbejoisunbejo Member

    VPS Ostern M

    
Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores  : 4 @ 1996.249 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 15Gi
Swap       : 0B
Disk       : 314G

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4kb           (IOPS) | 64kb          (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 174.28 MB/s  (43.5k) | 1.99 GB/s    (31.1k)
Write      | 174.74 MB/s  (43.6k) | 2.00 GB/s    (31.2k)
Total      | 349.03 MB/s  (87.2k) | 3.99 GB/s    (62.4k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512kb         (IOPS) | 1mb           (IOPS)
  ------   | -----          ----  | ---            ----
Read       | 3.66 GB/s     (7.1k) | 3.67 GB/s     (3.5k)
Write      | 3.86 GB/s     (7.5k) | 3.91 GB/s     (3.8k)
Total      | 7.53 GB/s    (14.7k) | 7.58 GB/s     (7.4k)

Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 4088
Multi Core      | 9014
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15396966
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  • neikneik Member

    @isunbejo said:
    VPS Ostern M

    > 
> Basic System Information:
> ---------------------------------
> Processor  : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
> CPU cores  : 4 @ 1996.249 MHz
> AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
> VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
> RAM        : 15Gi
> Swap       : 0B
> Disk       : 314G
> 
> fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
> ---------------------------------
> Block Size | 4kb           (IOPS) | 64kb          (IOPS)
>   ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
> Read       | 174.28 MB/s  (43.5k) | 1.99 GB/s    (31.1k)
> Write      | 174.74 MB/s  (43.6k) | 2.00 GB/s    (31.2k)
> Total      | 349.03 MB/s  (87.2k) | 3.99 GB/s    (62.4k)
>            |                      |
> Block Size | 512kb         (IOPS) | 1mb           (IOPS)
>   ------   | -----          ----  | ---            ----
> Read       | 3.66 GB/s     (7.1k) | 3.67 GB/s     (3.5k)
> Write      | 3.86 GB/s     (7.5k) | 3.91 GB/s     (3.8k)
> Total      | 7.53 GB/s    (14.7k) | 7.58 GB/s     (7.4k)
> 
> Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
> ---------------------------------
> Test            | Value
>                 |
> Single Core     | 4088
> Multi Core      | 9014
> Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15396966
> 
>

    This answered my question from above.
    Did some quick search and if the clock speed is the base clock then this could be 64-cores Epycs.
    Unfortunately, no official information is available yet - at least not to my knowledge.

  • snzsnz Member

    cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep bugs

    Meltdown?

  • Ponury_TypPonury_Typ Member
    edited April 2020

    VPS Monster-Ei OST20 benchmark:

    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2020-02-10                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Tue 14 Apr 2020 09:20:28 AM CEST

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores  : 16 @ 1996.248 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM        : 62Gi
Swap       : 0B
Disk       : 2.0T

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4kb           (IOPS) | 64kb          (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 168.68 MB/s  (42.1k) | 2.07 GB/s    (32.4k)
Write      | 169.12 MB/s  (42.2k) | 2.09 GB/s    (32.6k)
Total      | 337.81 MB/s  (84.4k) | 4.16 GB/s    (65.1k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512kb         (IOPS) | 1mb           (IOPS)
  ------   | -----          ----  | ---            ---- 
Read       | 3.64 GB/s     (7.1k) | 3.72 GB/s     (3.6k)
Write      | 3.84 GB/s     (7.5k) | 3.97 GB/s     (3.8k)
Total      | 7.48 GB/s    (14.6k) | 7.69 GB/s     (7.5k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider                  | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                          |                           |                 |                
Bouygues Telecom          | Paris, FR (10G)           | 996 Mbits/sec   | 961 Mbits/sec  
Online.net                | Paris, FR (10G)           | 969 Mbits/sec   | 956 Mbits/sec  
WorldStream               | The Netherlands (10G)     | busy            | busy           
wilhelm.tel               | Hamburg, DE (10G)         | 999 Mbits/sec   | 962 Mbits/sec  
Biznet                    | Bogor, Indonesia (1G)     | 672 Mbits/sec   | 366 Mbits/sec  
Hostkey                   | Moscow, RU (1G)           | 472 Mbits/sec   | 658 Mbits/sec  
Velocity Online           | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 848 Mbits/sec   | 851 Mbits/sec  
Airstream Communications  | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G)  | 783 Mbits/sec   | 575 Mbits/sec  
Hurricane Electric        | Fremont, CA, US (10G)     | busy            | 439 Mbits/sec  

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
---------------------------------
Provider                  | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed     
                          |                           |                 |                
Bouygues Telecom          | Paris, FR (10G)           | 979 Mbits/sec   | 944 Mbits/sec  
Online.net                | Paris, FR (10G)           | 971 Mbits/sec   | 937 Mbits/sec  
WorldStream               | The Netherlands (10G)     | busy            | busy           
wilhelm.tel               | Hamburg, DE (10G)         | 998 Mbits/sec   | 948 Mbits/sec  
Airstream Communications  | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G)  | 658 Mbits/sec   | 355 Mbits/sec  
Hurricane Electric        | Fremont, CA, US (10G)     | busy            | 187 Mbits/sec  

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 905                           
Multi Core      | 8506                          
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/1788641

    CPU info:

    processor   : 15
vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
cpu family  : 6
model       : 6
model name  : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
stepping    : 3
microcode   : 0x1000065
cpu MHz     : 1996.248
cache size  : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 16
core id     : 15
cpu cores   : 16
apicid      : 15
initial apicid  : 15
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 pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx lm nopl cpuid tsc_known_freq pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm cmp_legacy 3dnowprefetch ssbd ibpb vmmcall
bugs        : fxsave_leak sysret_ss_attrs spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass
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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  • snzsnz Member

    @Ponury_Typ said:
    vendor_id : AuthenticAMD

    Ah so definitely new nodes! Now I want one :)

    Also: congrats to massive idle power.

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  • snzsnz Member
    edited April 2020

    pff bad luck.

    vendor_id : GenuineIntel

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @snz said:
    pff bad luck.

    vendor_id : GenuineIntel

    My condolences

    Yeah, it's tricky with their vServers, because they don't commit themselves to a particular CPU model

    But I think that there's a good chance that it's an Intel Gold

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  • snzsnz Member

    Well, I'll ask if they can relocate it. Anyway, 8G RAM for 5.5€ is still ok I guess.

    @angstrom said:
    My condolences

    Thanks

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  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    @snz said: Well, I'll ask if they can relocate it. Anyway, 8G RAM for 5.5€ is still ok I guess.

    I was very tempted by that offer, but in the end I decided against it simply because I need to cut down on the number of my VPSes :smiley:

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