[Request] High bandwidth storage server to Vast.AI

mhpteam

Hi everyone,
I'm planning to do a research, which involve AI and a lot of data
I need to rent a 2-5TB storage server that has at least 100TB bandwidth, and a 10G connection to vast.ai servers (mostly US, UK or europe locations) in which the servers may change after a period
I only rent for a month (this Oct)
Thanks.

Levi

Lmao, for a month!

rpqu

Rent by hour dedi?

Obelous

@mhpteam said: and a 10G connection to vast.ai servers (mostly US, UK or europe locations)

Vast is a p2p marketplace, so that doesn't narrow it down lol

Also FYI if you haven't used Vast before, it's unlikely you'll reach anywhere near 10G on a lot of those providers because a lot of them perform like shit and network is shared across lots of renters, and don't trust what the listing says.

mhpteam

@Levi said:
Lmao, for a month!

I worked at McDonald for months to request this

@rpqu said:
Rent by hour dedi?

Do you have any recommendations?

@Obelous said:

@mhpteam said: and a 10G connection to vast.ai servers (mostly US, UK or europe locations)

Vast is a p2p marketplace, so that doesn't narrow it down lol

Also FYI if you haven't used Vast before, it's unlikely you'll reach anywhere near 10G on a lot of those providers because a lot of them perform like shit and network is shared across lots of renters, and don't trust what the listing says.

I'm renting B300 datacenter grade but my home connection is so shit so I need a high speed storage near them

Obelous

@mhpteam said: I'm renting B300 datacenter grade but my home connection is so shit so I need a high speed storage near them

You know you can just attach a local volume if you need persistent storage? And then it doesn't go over the network.

xHosts

What is the budget on this, we have 10G servers in the UK

rpqu

@mhpteam said:

@Levi said:
Lmao, for a month!

I worked at McDonald for months to request this

@rpqu said:
Rent by hour dedi?

Do you have any recommendations?

Scaleway elastic metal

AMD EPYC 8434P 48C / 96T - 2.5 GHz
384 GB DDR5 ECC 3.2 GHz 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe

€1.2/hour + 25gbps addon €2.05/hour

I'm renting B300 datacenter grade but my home connection is so shit so I need a high speed storage near them

Yeah, you definitely should use hourly dedi
If you have extra money, get 64*32GB DDR4 and setup a ramdisk (ram costs $8.32K) for maximum write speed then colo

averagedatahoarder

In case you aren't aware Vast charges insane prices for bandwidth. Be warned! And from personal experience

Obelous

@averagedatahoarder said:
In case you aren't aware Vast charges insane prices for bandwidth. Be warned! And from personal experience

1. the providers set the price, not vast
2. not all of them charge for bandwidth
3. you can see it before renting

averagedatahoarder

@Obelous said:

@averagedatahoarder said:
In case you aren't aware Vast charges insane prices for bandwidth. Be warned! And from personal experience

1. the providers set the price, not vast
2. not all of them charge for bandwidth
3. its listed when you rent it

All three are true, though very few providers have free bw

Obelous

@averagedatahoarder said: All three are true, though very few providers have free bw

100+ offers, we must have a different definition of "very few". This includes some that charge $0.005/TB which is effectively free.

What sucks with Vast though, in my experience, is that instances just get stuck sometimes and they keep billing you. I've had to contact support multiple times because of that.