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tehdan

@edan with VT or not?

Radi

I want an AMD 248, but they are OOS.

josephb

@Radi said:
I want an AMD 248

How are these compared to a decent VPS?

$120 per year buys a lot of KVM. Maybe not comparable on the storage side?

Radi

@josephb said:

Well yea, a decent KVM will beat it to specs, but it would be useful to store my music collection and got a bit better CPU than the Core2Duo one.

klpowell

I have the Quad2Duo and have been very happy with it Nice thing about WSI is you can get DirectAdmin license for a one time $5 fee. Server has been rock solid, network has performed well,

edan

@tehdan said:
edan with VT or not?

Yes, http://ark.intel.com/products/30783/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-E6550-4M-Cache-2_33-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB

But??? got 5-6 years old HDD

Power_On_Hours          0x0032   029   029   000    Old_age   Always       -       51862

Model Family:     Western Digital Caviar SE16 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
Serial Number:    WD-WCANKM048677

jvnadr

JoeMerit said: ya they have had stock constantly for the last few days.. maybe a lot of cancellations

my 2 dedis with them are performing excellent (especially for the price) for over 4 months now, without a single downtime (knock wood).

LowEndAddiction

Waiting for the Atom's to come in stock then I'll grab one myself..

hawc

I'd love to give WSI another shot, but I didn't even get a response to my PP dispute last time. After numerous tickets

black

Anyone get a sever with SSDs? If so what kind of drives are they using?

LowEndAddiction

@hawc said:
I'd love to give WSI another shot, but I didn't even get a response to my PP dispute last time. After numerous tickets

I was with them about a year ago, I can agree support is a little on the slower end but they still offer a great service and that in itself makes it worthwhile for non-critical usage. But personally, I am happy with 6 hour response times as the chance of a hardware failure isn't too great.

hawc

I had a hard disk that was on deaths door, and they replaced with a dead one.

sin

Just picked up one of those AMD 248 preconfigs for $10 - I need to get some sleep so I haven't played around with it much but I love that wholesale's panel has reloads and reboots on it now.

Their WHT ad lists DDoS protection but I don't see anything on their website about that.

Benchmark started on Thu Feb 18 00:50:10 CST 2016
Full benchmark log: /root/bench.log

System Info
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Processor   : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 248
CPU Cores   : 2
Frequency   : 1000.000 MHz
Memory  : 3965 MB
Swap        : 8191 MB
Uptime      : 3 min,

OS      : Debian GNU/Linux 8
Arch        : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel      : 3.16.0-4-amd64
Hostname    : s82992


Speedtest (IPv4 only)
---------------------
Your public IPv4 is lowendtalk

Location        Provider    Speed
CDN         Cachefly    47.3MB/s

Atlanta, GA, US Coloat  23.8MB/s 
Dallas, TX, US  Softlayer   65.7MB/s 
Seattle, WA, US Softlayer   32.8MB/s 
San Jose, CA, US    Softlayer   34.1MB/s 
Washington, DC, US  Softlayer   2.65MB/s 

Tokyo, Japan        Linode  2.48MB/s 
Singapore       Softlayer   8.35MB/s 

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net     2.04MB/s
Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb    16.6MB/s 


Disk Speed
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I/O (1st run)   : 104 MB/s
I/O (2nd run): 103 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 104 MB/s
Average I/O : 103.667 MB/s

astrovps

Order Core2Duo and got :

• Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 (6.6yrs old) :-(

mitpatterson

I ordered the Core2duo. Got Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7200 @ 2.53GHz
4 Gig of ram.
500 gig seagate ST3250310NS drive(At least its an ES Drive not a baracuda). Old as well (5.9 years old) full smart info: http://pastebin.com/g2G2SA0N

sin

My harddrive is 4.6 years old, no errors.

terrahost

@astrovps said:
Order Core2Duo and got :

• Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 (6.6yrs old) :-(

Don't worry! Those Hitachi's goes forever ;-)

sin

Okay so I've had more of a chance to play around with the server this morning and I must say that I'm impressed with it especially since it is only $10/month.

The 2x AMD Opteron 248 2.2GHz CPUs are a lot better then I thought they would be and the entire machine feels really snappy on a Debian Jessie install. It says 100mb but I'm hitting up to 72MB/s at times.

Here's the network card on the $10 AMD 248:

root@s82992:~# lspci | egrep -i --color 'network|ethernet'
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)

and processor:

root@s82992:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor   : 0
vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
cpu family  : 15
model       : 37
model name  : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 248
stepping    : 1
cpu MHz     : 2200.000
cache size  : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 1
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 1
apicid      : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni lahf_lm vmmcall
bogomips    : 4400.26
TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor   : 1
vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
cpu family  : 15
model       : 37
model name  : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 248
stepping    : 1
cpu MHz     : 2200.000
cache size  : 1024 KB
physical id : 1
siblings    : 1
core id     : 0
cpu cores   : 1
apicid      : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni lahf_lm vmmcall
bogomips    : 4400.26
TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

and harddrive:

root@s82992:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 6.4 2014-10-07 r4002 [x86_64-linux-3.16.0-4-amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-14, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Western Digital RE3 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD2502ABYS-18B7A0
Serial Number:    WD-WCAT1F522631
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 1583025f9
Add. Product Id:  DELL(tm)
Firmware Version: 02.03B05
User Capacity:    249,998,918,144 bytes [249 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 2.5, 3.0 Gb/s
Local Time is:    Thu Feb 18 08:51:17 2016 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x002f   200   200   051    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0027   200   200   021    Pre-fail  Always       -       983
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       108
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   199   199   140    Pre-fail  Always       -       8
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x002e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   045   045   000    Old_age   Always       -       40497
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       107
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       90
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       17
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   116   089   000    Old_age   Always       -       27
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0030   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   0x0008   200   200   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     40496         -
# 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%     40495         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%     38140         -

k0nsl

I got a DeathStar in one of mine as well, albeit a 7K1000.C, which has "only" been running for 3.5 years :]

@astrovps said:
Order Core2Duo and got :

• Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
• 4GB RAM
• 500GB Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 (6.6yrs old) :-(

AaronW

@sin said:
My harddrive is 4.6 years old, no errors.

We test the drives before we build the systems for SMART errors. If you're ever concerned about it, for any reason, just open a ticket and request that it be replaced.

Also, I'll throw this out there for you guys with the $10 Core2Duos. I have a lot (I mean a LOT) of 250GB drives sitting around. If you want another drive put int here for backup purposes, open a ticket and we'll drop a second 250GB drive in there free of charge.

AaronW

When you open the ticket mention that they should talk to me about it.

sin

AaronW said: When you open the ticket mention that they should talk to me about it.

Awesome!!! Thanks so much Aaron! I opened a ticket about it Ticket #789082

edan

@AaronW said:
Also, I'll throw this out there for you guys with the $10 Core2Duos. I have a lot (I mean a LOT) of 250GB drives sitting around. If you want another drive put int here for backup purposes, open a ticket and we'll drop a second 250GB drive in there free of charge.

Wow I can do RAID 1 than. Selling point. Please check Ticket #789084

sin

edan said: Wow I can do RAID 1 than

First thing I thought too this server will for sure be a keeper now!, they forwarded my ticket to billing.

I wonder if their reload feature is able to do software raid 1? I had just gotten my server last night and have never used the reload thing before.

AaronW

The reload feature is not able to set up RAID yet. I sent a note to the techs so the drives should get installed for you fairly quickly.

sin

AaronW said: I sent a note to the techs so the drives should get installed for you fairly quickly.

Thanks so much!!!

edan

@sin said:
I wonder if their reload feature is able to do software raid 1? I had just gotten my server last night and have never used the reload thing before.

@AaronW We can do it manually later as long as there are two drives

Saragoldfarb

Nice. Second disk added in just over an hour after request. Top notch service!

sin

Saragoldfarb said: Nice. Second disk added in just over an hour after request. Top notch service!

Sweet I just shut down my server as requested and they said they will be adding the drive in soon