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MrEd

@noob404 said:
Got a noob question for you gurus - I have a 2GB VRAM basic VPS on Intel right now with RackNerd. If say in the future, I'd like to upgrade to Ryzen, would a host be able to just upgrade the CPU to Ryzen while keeping my VPS, the IP and other stuff intact? Or, will I have to buy it anew and move files from my basic VPS to Ryzen?
Wanted to know if this was even a possibility before I asked dustin.

It depends on host. Each host might act differently. On the other hand, even if host would allow full migration to other hardware, I'm 99% sure that you will not get any deals on such change and you would pay full price for the new plan that is closest to your Intel, just with Ryzen CPU. But if you would choose manual migration yourself, you could catch a BF/NY deal with X% off the real price. You would sacrifice your time, but if you keep the VM for long time, you don't have to pay monthly/yearly the added price.

e.g. I have AlphaVPS storage VM that I bought n years ago (could look for exact dates, but it doesn't matter) during BF for borg backups. It was 128GB VM, a year or two ago I had to upgrade to 256GB. They moved the VM to a different host, but I paid full 25Eur+VAT for this now. At this moment there is only 30GB free space, so I would have to upgrade to the next level, which is 512GB for 42Eur+VAT, but I just noticed in their BF2023 thread that they have 750GB for 29Eur+VAT. That saves me almost 20Eur/year, I get more disk space, but I will have to do the manual migration from one machine to the other. It will not be instant, but on the other hand, I will have newest OS version

noob404

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:
Got a noob question for you gurus - I have a 2GB VRAM basic VPS on Intel right now with RackNerd. If say in the future, I'd like to upgrade to Ryzen, would a host be able to just upgrade the CPU to Ryzen while keeping my VPS, the IP and other stuff intact? Or, will I have to buy it anew and move files from my basic VPS to Ryzen?
Wanted to know if this was even a possibility before I asked dustin.

It depends on host. Each host might act differently. On the other hand, even if host would allow full migration to other hardware, I'm 99% sure that you will not get any deals on such change and you would pay full price for the new plan that is closest to your Intel, just with Ryzen CPU. But if you would choose manual migration yourself, you could catch a BF/NY deal with X% off the real price. You would sacrifice your time, but if you keep the VM for long time, you don't have to pay monthly/yearly the added price.

e.g. I have AlphaVPS storage VM that I bought n years ago (could look for exact dates, but it doesn't matter) during BF for borg backups. It was 128GB VM, a year or two ago I had to upgrade to 256GB. They moved the VM to a different host, but I paid full 25Eur+VAT for this now. At this moment there is only 30GB free space, so I would have to upgrade to the next level, which is 512GB for 42Eur+VAT, but I just noticed in their BF2023 thread that they have 750GB for 29Eur+VAT. That saves me almost 20Eur/year, I get more disk space, but I will have to do the manual migration from one machine to the other. It will not be instant, but on the other hand, I will have newest OS version

Yah, this makes sense. Even I'd be comfortable moving the whole webserver to Ryzen. Oh yah, forgot to mention, it's nothing but a simple OLS server and I don't have a lot going on there. The mail server would be a bit difficult to setup, but, that's about it. I was just curious if that's even a possibility. I have experience with virtualisation software (VirtualBox, etc.) and recently, Proxmox. But, have never known or seen an actual host's control panel. That's why the curiosity.

JabJab

@noob404 said: just upgrade the CPU to Ryzen while keeping my VPS, the IP and other stuff intact

No. Except big big big players (Cloud in-name, bill in millions ) you can expect IP change on node change.

totally_not_banned

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:
Got a noob question for you gurus - I have a 2GB VRAM basic VPS on Intel right now with RackNerd. If say in the future, I'd like to upgrade to Ryzen, would a host be able to just upgrade the CPU to Ryzen while keeping my VPS, the IP and other stuff intact? Or, will I have to buy it anew and move files from my basic VPS to Ryzen?
Wanted to know if this was even a possibility before I asked dustin.

You would sacrifice your time

Migrations are seriously easy and fast as long as you know one pretty stupid trick. If your new disk is at least as big (or bigger - if it's smaller that's possible too but it's a little more complicated then) than the old one you can simply dd the disk to the new VM using a live/rescue system on the target. In theory you should mount the disk of the source VM read-only before starting the copy process (or also use a live/rescue system) but practically it's superfluous (chances for bad transfer are so small they are neglible).

You basically run that on the source VM: dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/stdout bs=1M | ssh [email protected] -c 'dd if=/dev/stdin of=/dev/sda bs=1M' (obviously assuming your disk device is named sda while your target VM should be booted into a live/rescue system at that point). Just be careful to actually run it on the source VM and not make errors with the actual commands as using dd the wrong way can easily overwrite your disk and thus trash all your data.

Once your disk is copied all you need to do to is either mount it in the rescue system on the target VM and adjust network settings so they'll match target VM's configuration (you can basically copy them from what the rescue system is using) or simply boot the target VM and do the appropriate changes over VNC. After that you have successfully migrated your system (if your new disk is bigger than the old one you should - well, if you care for the extra space at least - also resize your filesystem to use all of the available space but that is also pretty easy and there's a ton of howtos to be found by a quick google search).

codelock

@sh97 said:

@codelock said:

@sh97 said:

@JasonM said:
any more flash deals? wondering

Nope, flash sales are only done for BF. I tried hard to get the chef last year for NY sale, but no avail.

We want flash sales but giveaways first 🫡

Think that's dried out too, unfortunately 😞

Never lose hope

codelock

Damn wall of texts I am not going to read those

codelock

Only wall of text I will read is giveaways message

ehab

i only read Jabi's text

spywork

@ehab said:
i only read Jabi's text

I can't read beyond three lines of text, I'm too bored

chitree

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:
I'd be happy with flash sales as well, even though I won't be participating. Don't have funds to pay on idling VPSes. But, if it's anything like the BF thread, people would get awesome deals at very cheap prices.

If you take the credits instead of the laptop, then you would have enough funds for a lot of idling VPSs

Yah, but, right now, the laptop's priority. The laptop would help me take some financials off of the electricity bill and would be the perfect replacement for my trustworthy 9 year old Dell, that's slowly showing signs of ageing.

My laptop also is showing age problems. Its from 2017, I already replaced the keyboard, SSD, I added memory, but the last thing what I am not plannong to change - this summer webcam died... That was a stressful experience, because I noticed it 1 hour before my OCI online certification, where wrbcam is mandatory... had to switch to even older wifes laptop and setup everything, where webcam was still working.

Ouch! I prefer desktop computers with no working webcam

ehab

@spywork said:

@ehab said:
i only read Jabi's text

I can't read beyond three lines of text, I'm too bored

thats why i rely on Jabi news.

--

jabi's naked news that is.

noob404

@JabJab said:

@noob404 said: just upgrade the CPU to Ryzen while keeping my VPS, the IP and other stuff intact

No. Except big big big players (Cloud in-name, bill in millions ) you can expect IP change on node change.

Got it. Anyways, I don't mind doing a manual restore.

noob404

@chitree said:

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:

@MrEd said:

@noob404 said:
I'd be happy with flash sales as well, even though I won't be participating. Don't have funds to pay on idling VPSes. But, if it's anything like the BF thread, people would get awesome deals at very cheap prices.

If you take the credits instead of the laptop, then you would have enough funds for a lot of idling VPSs

Yah, but, right now, the laptop's priority. The laptop would help me take some financials off of the electricity bill and would be the perfect replacement for my trustworthy 9 year old Dell, that's slowly showing signs of ageing.

My laptop also is showing age problems. Its from 2017, I already replaced the keyboard, SSD, I added memory, but the last thing what I am not plannong to change - this summer webcam died... That was a stressful experience, because I noticed it 1 hour before my OCI online certification, where wrbcam is mandatory... had to switch to even older wifes laptop and setup everything, where webcam was still working.

Ouch! I prefer desktop computers with no working webcam

Mine has had a strip of two sided tape stuck on the webcam since the day I got it. This was before the time those physical webcam sliders started showing up.

codelock

@ehab said:
i only read Jabi's text

But you read this

ehab

@codelock said:

@ehab said:
i only read Jabi's text

But you read this

no

chitree

@ehab said:

@codelock said:

@ehab said:
i only read Jabi's text

But you read this

no

ehab

no balls.

JabJab

@ehab said: no balls.

sh97

@ehab said:

no balls.

Show bobs and vagene

Void

@noob404 said:
Hey guys, I am back. Thanks to jbiloh for unbanning me. Anyways, wanted to clear some things, first of which is the allegation of me, using an automated script or machine, which is untrue.

One, I have been manually copying and pasting facts, most of the time checking for typos or accuracy (example off the top of my head, there was a fact on city name of Rome being found everywhere in India, but, it was actually Indiana). I have never used any easy way out to win this competition or for that matter, any other competition.
Two, I used to spend atleast 10-12 hours daily in the first 2-3 weeks of Jan collecting facts, posting them here. This is the reason why over the last few days, I slowed down, cause, being human, I burned out. Moreover, I was sacrificing my projects, studies and everything else for this competition. So, I had to slow down.
So, if I was using some automation for posting here, I could have let it do the job automatically even when I was burned out. MrEd had asked if I could cover 40% of the thread with my posts. That was the time when I checked and saw that I had ~35%. If I was using some automation, I could have done much more posts. But, I was not. It doesn't matter if you do believe it or not, but, that is the truth.

Now, pardon me for saying this, but, I did notice some irony - people who have spammed in the past to win giveaways suddenly turning preachy, and guys posting AI generated images with no text feeling threatened by ChatGPT-generated content. I have clarified this in an earlier post as well - I used ChatGPT to generate facts about itself, but, a bit into the facts, I learned they were mostly repetitive and boring. So, I got back to getting facts from elsewhere and manually posting them here.

That being said, I do apologise for posting so incessantly. I do understand now that I might have caused some disturbance to other people posting on the thread. If I did, kindly accept my apologies.

Regardless of the outcome of the competition, I do cherish this thread for having connected me to helpful and knowledgeable members like Frank, MrEd, TrK (sorry if I missed your name).

Finally, thanks a lot to @dustinc for keeping the giveaway going. Respect!
Also, to @MrEd for helping clarify things on the Provider poll thread.
@chitree & @SillyGoose Thanks to you guys as well, for keeping the party going.

Love to all. Peace out.

Ok round 2. Go!

JabJab

@noob404 said: Got it. Anyways, I don't mind doing a manual restore.

Anyway as you are idling it makes no different if you idle Intel or Ryzen! Is there a reason you trying to migrate?

asgard3985

Hi, I would like to double my bandwidth.
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Best Regards, asgard3985.

spywork

@asgard3985 said:
Hi, I would like to double my bandwidth.
Order number: 4577346342
Invoice: #9733148
Thank you very much!

Best Regards, asgard3985.

Hi bro

noob404

@JabJab said:

@noob404 said: Got it. Anyways, I don't mind doing a manual restore.

Anyway as you are idling it makes no different if you idle Intel or Ryzen! Is there a reason you trying to migrate?

As mentioned earlier, the server has my website hosted. Was inquiring about Ryzen cause if in the future the project's requirements increase (better PHP, MySQL concurrency), then Ryzen would be better.

codelock

Good morning people

janiphone

Your post comment has been doubled.

fste2022

Hello, Could you please to double the bandwidth for my VPS？
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Thanks!

nx6320

Please give me double traffic, Thank you!

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Best Regards,

ehab

spywork

@ehab said:

Double my MEAALLLL