Skhron Review 2025 Cheap Vps Sweden SEO keywords etc

emgh

Hello nerds,

I got a very decent VPS from Skhron

You might have seen me respond to anything @tentor posted for like a year with something like "$2 pls", this server is him finally caving to my very resonable demands

To be very fair, he asked for a review in return, but, I got to keep the VM at current pricing no matter if the review is good or bad (I wouldn't have accepted anything else)

And, to be even more fair, I got this server in April, and I asked if he wanted me to post some initial impressions or something a little bit more extensive sometime later, and he said that a week would be fair, and here I am and it's almost June, and he has yet to remind me to post this review

Although, Apple Reminders have been going on and on and on about it so just like @tentor - I'm finally caving into the pressure

Honestly, I have no complaints at all. I haven't noticed any downtime even though I've used it quite a lot. It's not running anything publicly facing, but since I love the direct SSH key response (due to the low latency) it's my goto server for running Python scripts overnight and stuff like that

I did some experiments in regards to domain snap backing, and had to code something up to query Free as fast as possible (http://free.iis.se). This is the server I got with the lowest latency to IIS so it found its use-case almost right away

In summary, very pleased with the server and its performance and uptime, as well as with the "exotic" location that I think is Obenet in Kista. I have always enjoyed my little discussions with @tentor and I think it's fair to say that he's a smart guy running a tight ship. Skhron is one of several providers on here that tend to go under the radar somewhat, probably because it hasen't been involved in enough drama, which, of course, is a good sign

I won't do a deep dive with benchmarks etc because quite frankly, I find them boring and I don't think they really say a lot about the provider. It's a VPS, resources are virtual and they will differ over time, however, I'll of course post a YABS

YABS:

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Tue May 27 22:12:29 UTC 2025

Basic System Information:
---------------------------------
Uptime     : 25 days, 10 hours, 59 minutes
Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
CPU cores  : 1 @ 2194.842 MHz
AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ✔ Enabled
RAM        : 1.9 GiB
Swap       : 3.8 GiB
Disk       : 23.9 GiB
Distro     : Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Kernel     : 6.1.0-34-amd64
VM Type    : KVM
IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

IPv4 Network Information:
---------------------------------
ISP        : Skhron OU
ASN        : AS215467 Skhron OU
Host       : Skhron OU
Location   : Stockholm, Stockholm County (AB)
Country    : Sweden

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda3):
---------------------------------
Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 164.22 MB/s  (41.0k) | 1.71 GB/s    (26.7k)
Write      | 164.66 MB/s  (41.1k) | 1.72 GB/s    (26.9k)
Total      | 328.88 MB/s  (82.2k) | 3.43 GB/s    (53.6k)
           |                      |                     
Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
  ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ---- 
Read       | 2.17 GB/s     (4.2k) | 2.45 GB/s     (2.3k)
Write      | 2.29 GB/s     (4.4k) | 2.61 GB/s     (2.5k)
Total      | 4.47 GB/s     (8.7k) | 5.07 GB/s     (4.9k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
---------------------------------
Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping           
-----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----           
Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 945 Mbits/sec   | 26.1 ms        
Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 945 Mbits/sec   | 21.1 ms        
Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.04 Gbits/sec  | 652 Mbits/sec   | 71.5 ms        
Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 786 Mbits/sec   | 408 Mbits/sec   | --             
Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 969 Mbits/sec   | 77.8 Mbits/sec  | 147 ms         
Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.01 Gbits/sec  | 833 Mbits/sec   | 92.2 ms        
Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 623 Mbits/sec   | 271 Mbits/sec   | 220 ms         

Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
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Test            | Value                         
                |                               
Single Core     | 745                           
Multi Core      | 746                           
Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12167748

YABS completed in 18 min 2 sec

Tagging @allthemtings @barbaros @beanman109 @wadhah as they're chronically online and will help me give back to Skhron by keeping this thread pinned thanks

emgh

[ RESERVED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT @FAT32 WOULD DO AND IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL ]

tentor

@emgh said: IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

emgh

@tentor said:

@emgh said: IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

yes this was the one negative, I had to manually disable bloatware (ipv6)

wadhah

@tentor was going to be my next vps to try because I just like the dude and he seems nice, glad to see it's been going great.

kait

@emgh said: yes this was the one negative, I had to manually disable bloatware (ipv6)

Don't let all the yoursunnies see that.

emgh

@wadhah said:
@tentor was going to be my next vps to try because I just like the dude and he seems nice, glad to see it's been going great.

You may have part of my idler.sh bash script for when you do:

ipv6_settings="
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
"

echo "$ipv6_settings" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf

sudo sysctl -p

and people will hate me for this but just because I have had problems with this in the past and really want to be sure:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/disable-ipv6.service
[Unit]
Description=Disable IPv6

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/sbin/sysctl -p

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl enable disable-ipv6.service
sudo systemctl start disable-ipv6.service

oloke

@emgh said:

@tentor said:

@emgh said: IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

disable bloatware (ipv6)

calling ipv6 police rn

@yoursunny

emgh

@kait said: Don't let all the yoursunnies see that.

@oloke said:

@emgh said:

@tentor said:

@emgh said: IPv4/IPv6 : ✔ Online / ❌ Offline

disable bloatware (ipv6)

calling ipv6 police rn

see my comment above it'll trigger them and the init freedom movement all at once

beanman109

@emgh said: Tagging @allthemtings @barbaros @beanman109 @wadhah as they're chronically online and will help me give back to Skhron by keeping this thread pinned thanks

my @crunchbits dedi is better but this is cool i guess

tentor

@emgh said: vm.max_map_count = 1677720

I don't understand how this is related to ipv6?

max_map_count:

This file contains the maximum number of memory map areas a process
may have. Memory map areas are used as a side-effect of calling
malloc, directly by mmap, mprotect, and madvise, and also when loading
shared libraries.

While most applications need less than a thousand maps, certain
programs, particularly malloc debuggers, may consume lots of them,
e.g., up to one or two maps per allocation.

The default value is 65536.

kait

@emgh said: see my comment above it'll trigger them and the init freedom movement all at once

IPv6 sucks ass, and thats a fact.

emgh

@tentor said: I don't understand how this is related to ipv6?

oh sorry that's part of another thing, my idler.sh is quite big

and I have not refactored it properly

I think that's something I did to optimize for MongoDB lmao

wadhah

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said: Tagging @allthemtings @barbaros @beanman109 @wadhah as they're chronically online and will help me give back to Skhron by keeping this thread pinned thanks

my @crunchbits dedi is better but this is cool i guess

@Penguin 's crankbis shiny legendary is better than your dedi

emgh

@wadhah said:

@beanman109 said:

@emgh said: Tagging @allthemtings @barbaros @beanman109 @wadhah as they're chronically online and will help me give back to Skhron by keeping this thread pinned thanks

my @crunchbits dedi is better but this is cool i guess

@Penguin 's crankbis shiny legendary is better than your dedi

if we're doing a cock measuring contest better bring @Smigit

barbaros

That's a beast for that price @emgh, lucky guy. And in retun you didn't post a review like forever.

@tentor good luck with the business, Poland location looks nice also. Interesting name choice btw.

cybertech

so where's my deal?

ServerBachelor

@tentor 2/yr??

tentor

@cybertech said:
so where's my deal?

@ServerBachelor said:
@tentor 2/yr??

🥺

Skhron will have something interesting this summer, but $2/year stuff is not something I can giveaway easily, reguards

oloke

@ServerBachelor said:
@tentor 2/yr??

Very reasonable price sir.
Those pesky providers have too much cash on hand.
I heard they can even pay bills, afford food and other luxuries.
Where $2/yr deals???

/s

barbaros

@tentor said:

@cybertech said:
so where's my deal?

@ServerBachelor said:
@tentor 2/yr??

🥺

Skhron will have something interesting this summer, but $2/year stuff is not something I can giveaway easily, reguards

I am OK with 3$ / year also, I don't want anyone deadpooling.

Or you can just give @emgh's server to me.

tentor

@barbaros said: Or you can just give @emgh's server to me.

Sir, it is zero steal zone

barbaros

@tentor said:

@barbaros said: Or you can just give @emgh's server to me.

Sir, it is zero steal zone

Think it as I am borrowing it from him, indefinitely

nghialele

Nice, would love to give a try at these two location.

tentor

@barbaros said:

@tentor said:

@barbaros said: Or you can just give @emgh's server to me.

Sir, it is zero steal zone

Think it as I am borrowing it from him, indefinitely

Thanks for your feedback. We have escalated your ticket to @emgh, please proceed in LET DM.

barbaros

@tentor said:

@barbaros said:

@tentor said:

@barbaros said: Or you can just give @emgh's server to me.

Sir, it is zero steal zone

Think it as I am borrowing it from him, indefinitely

Thanks for your feedback. We have escalated your ticket to @emgh, please proceed in LET DM.

Jokes aside, looking forward for some LET deals (that is sustainable)

emgh

I have no idea why I'm actually exciting for the upcoming sale given I already have this deal

barbaros

@emgh said:
I have no idea why I'm actually exciting for the upcoming sale given I already have this deal

Transfer it to me, so you can be first timer again.

emgh

@barbaros said:

@emgh said:
I have no idea why I'm actually exciting for the upcoming sale given I already have this deal

Transfer it to me, so you can be first timer again.

250 bucks and a coke would go a long way just saying

barbaros

@emgh said:

@barbaros said:

@emgh said:
I have no idea why I'm actually exciting for the upcoming sale given I already have this deal

Transfer it to me, so you can be first timer again.

250 bucks and a coke would go a long way just saying

I see you decreased your price of 22k crypto veggie coins.

cybertech

ok i m $4