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Review of Genesis Hosting

swat4swat4 Member
edited August 2020 in Reviews

I guess this company is not popular here? I don't remember seeing any discussion about them.

I learned of this company via a benchmark website and decided to give it a go. Signed up for the cheapest plan:

$3 / 1 CPU / 1GB RAM / 50GB SSD storage (max output 50 MiB per second) / Network (did not mention TB limitation, only speed is capped 250 Mpbs)

This VPS is only for hosting a small private game server for a small community of friends so I would say it has not done much weightlifting. But still, when the party is on, everyone plays very smooth and the server never has a downtime so far. Despite the less-than-appealing connection speed, players from all over the world seem to have a rather decent ping and most of them do speak highly of the performance.

Below is the small run of nench:

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Aside from the product performance, the after-sale has been good. The product is solid and therefore so far I only needed to approach them once - it is - my stupid mistake. I suddenly forgot my password and also the security question so I was totally locked up from the portal for config. I was doing some urgent config and couldn't wait. Therefore, I had to reach them by phone and the call was swiftly answered, without unnecessary wait. The gentleman on the other hand was very friendly and helpful, resolving the problem very quickly.

Not my favorite Ryzen but Xeon 6154 is already good enough. Now they only offer Chicago and hopefully one day they can expand to other locations.

Verdict: Not much PR work I guess? But definitely a solid provider. Everything was smooth from the beginning - you got your login immediately after paying. Never had any problems except for my stupidity - how could I forgot both the password and security question?

Comments

  • hzrhzr Member

    You get 5TB bw, any more is billed per gb

  • swat4swat4 Member
    edited August 2020

    @hzr said:
    You get 5TB bw, any more is billed per gb

    Oh really? I was not aware. It was not mentioned on the spec or invoice. But honestly, it really does not matter to me... my usage on little vps is always below 1 TB....

    Cheers mate. Thank you for letting me know.

  • hzrhzr Member

    @swat4 said: It was not mentioned on the spec

    It's on the VM page, it's 5TB for all. They are a good provider, mostly handle local businesses I think.

  • Brend4nBrend4n Member
    edited August 2020

    Been using them for 6 months now, solid provider and great support. Also has redundant/NAS storage to help mitigate the risk of data loss.

  • LeviLevi Member

    Rather unusual CPU, the gold one. Noice.

  • swat4swat4 Member
    edited August 2020

    @hzr said:

    It's on the VM page, it's 5TB for all. They are a good provider, mostly handle local businesses I think.

    Thank you for letting me know. I have never read it to be honest. Well... I am just paying $3 per month..... can't ask for more.... ;)

    @Brend4n said:
    Been using them for 6 months now, solid provider and great support. Also has redundant/NAS storage to help mitigate the risk of data loss.

    Good to know! It is indeed a pity that the distance between their Data Centre and me is rather huge :/ otherwise I don't mind getting a RDP for light use.... now the Genesis one is mainly for some friends in America to have fun...

  • swat4swat4 Member
    edited August 2020

    @LTniger said:
    Rather unusual CPU, the gold one. Noice.

    Absolutely. I was surprised when running the benchmark. It is indeed a killer compared to the price paid.

  • chocolateshirtchocolateshirt Member

    Could you post the result of curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    Appreciate for the help.

  • Brend4nBrend4n Member
    edited August 2020

    @chocolateshirt said:
    Could you post the result of curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    Appreciate for the help.

    This is the $5 plan w/ 4GB ram. IO Throughput is mediocre, but it's redundant/NAS. So I use this server where reliability is important.

    root@XXX:~# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2020-06-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Fri 28 Aug 2020 08:53:08 PM UTC

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU cores  : 1 @ 2999.998 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.8Gi
Swap       : 0B
Disk       : 50G

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 2.58 MB/s      (646) | 40.43 MB/s     (631)
Write      | 2.60 MB/s      (650) | 40.70 MB/s     (636)
Total      | 5.18 MB/s     (1.2k) | 81.14 MB/s    (1.2k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 62.57 MB/s     (122) | 61.86 MB/s      (60)
Write      | 65.59 MB/s     (128) | 66.39 MB/s      (64)
Total      | 128.16 MB/s    (250) | 128.26 MB/s    (124)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider                  | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed
                          |                           |                 |
Bouygues Telecom          | Paris, FR (10G)           | 1.10 Gbits/sec  | 245 Mbits/sec
Online.net                | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | busy
WorldStream               | The Netherlands (10G)     | 1.09 Gbits/sec  | 446 Mbits/sec
wilhelm.tel               | Hamburg, DE (10G)         | 844 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Biznet                    | Bogor, Indonesia (1G)     | 508 Mbits/sec   | 45.1 Mbits/sec
Hostkey                   | Moscow, RU (1G)           | 699 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Velocity Online           | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Airstream Comms           | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G)  | 1.17 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Hurricane Electric        | Fremont, CA, US (10G)     | 1.15 Gbits/sec  | 955 Mbits/sec

Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     |
Multi Core      |
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15720714

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 934
Multi Core      | 912
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/3466624
    Thanked by 1chocolateshirt
  • chocolateshirtchocolateshirt Member
    edited August 2020

    @Brend4n said:

    @chocolateshirt said:
    Could you post the result of curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    Appreciate for the help.

    This is the $5 plan w/ 4GB ram. IO Throughput is mediocre, but it's redundant/NAS. So I use this server where reliability is important.

    root@XXX:~# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2020-06-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Fri 28 Aug 2020 08:53:08 PM UTC

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU cores  : 1 @ 2999.998 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.8Gi
Swap       : 0B
Disk       : 50G

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 2.58 MB/s      (646) | 40.43 MB/s     (631)
Write      | 2.60 MB/s      (650) | 40.70 MB/s     (636)
Total      | 5.18 MB/s     (1.2k) | 81.14 MB/s    (1.2k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 62.57 MB/s     (122) | 61.86 MB/s      (60)
Write      | 65.59 MB/s     (128) | 66.39 MB/s      (64)
Total      | 128.16 MB/s    (250) | 128.26 MB/s    (124)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider                  | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed
                          |                           |                 |
Bouygues Telecom          | Paris, FR (10G)           | 1.10 Gbits/sec  | 245 Mbits/sec
Online.net                | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | busy
WorldStream               | The Netherlands (10G)     | 1.09 Gbits/sec  | 446 Mbits/sec
wilhelm.tel               | Hamburg, DE (10G)         | 844 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Biznet                    | Bogor, Indonesia (1G)     | 508 Mbits/sec   | 45.1 Mbits/sec
Hostkey                   | Moscow, RU (1G)           | 699 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Velocity Online           | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Airstream Comms           | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G)  | 1.17 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Hurricane Electric        | Fremont, CA, US (10G)     | 1.15 Gbits/sec  | 955 Mbits/sec

Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     |
Multi Core      |
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15720714

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 934
Multi Core      | 912
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/3466624

    CPU and network are very good.. for $5/mo with those spec is a pretty good deal..

  • Brend4nBrend4n Member

    @chocolateshirt said:

    @Brend4n said:

    @chocolateshirt said:
    Could you post the result of curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    Appreciate for the help.

    This is the $5 plan w/ 4GB ram. IO Throughput is mediocre, but it's redundant/NAS. So I use this server where reliability is important.

    root@XXX:~# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
#              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
#                     v2020-06-20                    #
# https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

Fri 28 Aug 2020 08:53:08 PM UTC

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Processor  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
CPU cores  : 1 @ 2999.998 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 3.8Gi
Swap       : 0B
Disk       : 50G

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 2.58 MB/s      (646) | 40.43 MB/s     (631)
Write      | 2.60 MB/s      (650) | 40.70 MB/s     (636)
Total      | 5.18 MB/s     (1.2k) | 81.14 MB/s    (1.2k)
           |                      |
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
Read       | 62.57 MB/s     (122) | 61.86 MB/s      (60)
Write      | 65.59 MB/s     (128) | 66.39 MB/s      (64)
Total      | 128.16 MB/s    (250) | 128.26 MB/s    (124)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider                  | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed
                          |                           |                 |
Bouygues Telecom          | Paris, FR (10G)           | 1.10 Gbits/sec  | 245 Mbits/sec
Online.net                | Paris, FR (10G)           | busy            | busy
WorldStream               | The Netherlands (10G)     | 1.09 Gbits/sec  | 446 Mbits/sec
wilhelm.tel               | Hamburg, DE (10G)         | 844 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Biznet                    | Bogor, Indonesia (1G)     | 508 Mbits/sec   | 45.1 Mbits/sec
Hostkey                   | Moscow, RU (1G)           | 699 Mbits/sec   | 859 Mbits/sec
Velocity Online           | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Airstream Comms           | Eau Claire, WI, US (10G)  | 1.17 Gbits/sec  | 1.02 Gbits/sec
Hurricane Electric        | Fremont, CA, US (10G)     | 1.15 Gbits/sec  | 955 Mbits/sec

Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     |
Multi Core      |
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15720714

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:
---------------------------------
Test            | Value
                |
Single Core     | 934
Multi Core      | 912
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/3466624

    CPU and network are very good..

    Yea, they're solid provider, great price, reliable, and been around for quite some time now. Unfortunate they dont have much exposure, maybe they're not trying to.

  • ericmillerericmiller Member

    I am one of the Managing Directors at Genesis. @swat4 - thank you for the review!
    Much appreciated. And thanks everyone for the comments! Let me know if you have any questions.

    Thanked by 1Brend4n
  • swat4swat4 Member

    @ericmiller said:
    I am one of the Managing Directors at Genesis. @swat4 - thank you for the review!
    Much appreciated. And thanks everyone for the comments! Let me know if you have any questions.

    Hi Eric. I didn't expect to bump into you here.

    Thank you for your prompt assistance in the ticket! I did'nt know you was the Managing Director.

  • ericmillerericmiller Member

    @swat4 said:
    Hi Eric. I didn't expect to bump into you here.

    Thank you for your prompt assistance in the ticket! I did'nt know you was the Managing Director.

    Glad to help! I'm on the front lines for a lot of things here, so I don't bug the people that are trying to get work done. :)

  • LoganspaceLoganspace Member

    @chocolateshirt said:
    Could you post the result of curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    Appreciate for the help.

    [root@ser1 ~]# curl -sL yabs.sh | bash -s -- -9

    ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##

    Yet-Another-Bench-Script

    v2020-12-29

    https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script

    ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##

    Thu May 20 11:00:56 UTC 2021

    Basic System Information:

    Processor : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
    CPU cores : 1 @ 2999.998 MHz
    AES-NI : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
    RAM : 3.6 GiB
    Swap : 0.0 KiB
    Disk : 50.0 GiB

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):

    Block Size 4k (IOPS) 64k (IOPS)
    Read 2.59 MB/s (649) 41.58 MB/s (649)
    Write 2.61 MB/s (654) 41.88 MB/s (654)
    Total 5.21 MB/s (1.3k) 83.47 MB/s (1.3k)
    Block Size 512k (IOPS) 1m (IOPS)
    ------ --- ---- ---- ----
    Read 62.69 MB/s (122) 61.94 MB/s (60)
    Write 65.71 MB/s (128) 66.47 MB/s (64)
    Total 128.41 MB/s (250) 128.41 MB/s (124)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):

    Provider | Location (Link) | Send Speed | Recv Speed
    | | |
    Clouvider | London, UK (10G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec | 220 Mbits/sec
    Online.net | Paris, FR (10G) | 1.08 Gbits/sec | 402 Mbits/sec
    WorldStream | The Netherlands (10G) | 1.02 Gbits/sec | 273 Mbits/sec
    Biznet | Jakarta, Indonesia (1G) | 587 Mbits/sec | 35.3 Mbits/sec
    Clouvider | NYC, NY, US (10G) | 1.17 Gbits/sec | 1.02 Gbits/sec
    Velocity Online | Tallahassee, FL, US (10G) | 1.09 Gbits/sec | 1.02 Gbits/sec
    Clouvider | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.10 Gbits/sec | 399 Mbits/sec
    Iveloz Telecom | Sao Paulo, BR (2G) | 345 Mbits/sec | 328 Mbits/sec

    Geekbench 4 Benchmark Test:

    Test | Value
    |
    Single Core | 4175
    Multi Core | 4093
    Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/16182373

    Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:

    Test | Value
    |
    Single Core | 956
    Multi Core | 955
    Full Test | https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/7988971

  • ericmillerericmiller Member

    Thanks @Loganspace for the benchmark run of our platform! Just to clarify, this is our $5/month flavor (vm.t5sd.2xlarge).

  • redcatredcat Member

    I'm using genesis for my family social media site and next cloud. So far no complaints and great prices. There is a jump in price should you need another vCPU compared to other low end vps but I'm good with one core for now.

    Thanked by 1tjn
  • LudovicLudovic Member

    Their service is getting worse. Increasingly frequent downtime of the duration of hours. Even their site is unreachable. There is no platform to indicate the status of their servers or nodes, and there is no social channel to inform customers of what is happening..
    We are lost with huge damages.

    Thanked by 1JasonM
  • cazrzcazrz Member

    No sexy pussy?

  • skorupionskorupion Member, Host Rep

    Genesis, isn't that a computer mouse brand?

  • ericmillerericmiller Member

    @Ludovic - we have had a few network leaf switch problems that caused outages after upgrading our spine switches. When requested via a ticket, we have provided a post mortem document that describes the issue and the resolution which should avoid the original switch issue (a software problem in two pairs of Mellanox switches).

    During one of the maintenance procedures tonight (to get us closer to the resolution), we had an issue that caused a network outage. We are working on a status system, but it has not been deployed in production yet. It is coming soon. Please submit a ticket if you have remaining issues that you need help with.

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