Cloudatcost server 90% off (one time payment)

mpkossen

$17.50 for a 512MB and 2GB machine, "forever"! Can't complain.

spammy

@Neoon said:
When i see the Benchmarks, i guess the 8$ or so are wasted.

again, don't expect stellar performance (or even decent performance) on this, it is good if (I know I've said it before but I'll say again, use it only if 1. you have something on the server that you know you can't host elsewhere and 2. you don't care about the performance.

spammy

@emtecro said:
My server is still stuck in "installation in progress" but they changed my ticket to in progress

Are you trying to load the Windows 7 OS? I tried it at least 3 times so far, and every time it fails half way...I can assume a lot of people are trying to install with that OS right now...

Debian is easier to load, I was able to get it done in the first shot

yangqi

one time payment is a lie, I once opened a one time vps for $80, and after 2 years they started to bill me and changed the bill cycle to $80 for 2 years. It is definitely a scam! Stay away from them.

3rk

@spammy said:
Debian is easier to load, I was able to get it done in the first shot

Right now? At least one of my servers was just setup after waiting 10 hours. But can't seem to connect ssh or ping.. noVNC also not working.. assigning an extra IP gives me an IP that is already assigned to another server :')

emtecro

@spammy said:
Debian is easier to load, I was able to get it done in the first shot

I loaded centos 6 and its working fine. Server is so far so good but network is a bit slow but its ok for that price one time didnt expect something "premium"

info_hash

emtecro said: I loaded centos 6 and its working fine.

Which DC did you choose? i'm still stuck at " Install Pending "

emtecro

@info_hash said:

I choose DC1. I also was stuck on install pending but you need to wait about 12 hours I think for installation. Because they told me that they have much orders and their system is slow and going offline

info_hash

emtecro said: you need to wait about 12 hours

Thanks. Tried yesterday and my install got canceled. Will wait a bit more on that one...

exception0x876

@yangqi said:
one time payment is a lie

this ^^ I don't understand how people fall for that.

info_hash

exception0x876 said: this ^^ I don't understand how people fall for that.

It's a lie, but 3.5$ for a 512 VMware VPS is pretty good even if it doesn't last forever...

(BTW, install pending for 48 hours, so far 3.5 USD for nothing)

Andrey11

I created server. 4 days did not work. ping there. It does not appear on the SSH. Opened in paypal dispute refund! very bad service. Why live like this!

K4Y5

Andrey11 said: I created server. 4 days did not work. ping there. It does not appear on the SSH. Opened in paypal dispute refund! very bad service. Why live like this!

info_hash

Andrey11 said: Opened in paypal dispute refund! very bad service.

Did you wait for 4 days nonce the VPS was setup without being able to connect to it, or was it not even created after 4 days?

gsrdgrdghd

Translation: They are running out of money and need cash fast. Will go bancrupt in a couple of months at most

theroyalstudent

@gsrdgrdghd said:
Translation: They are running out of money and need cash fast. Will go bancrupt in a couple of months at most

Nah, they can probably survive for much longer... If they start migrating customers from other hostnodes onto just one hostnode (just a suggestion)

They have been around for quite some time, I doubt they will go down that quick.

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Tempted to burn my $3.50 on this, but hey, this is a shitty server, I rather get a NAT VPS somewhere else, cause the performance (in overall) will be much better.

spammy

@theroyalstudent said:
@gsrdgrdghd said: Translation: They are running out of money and need cash fast. Will go bancrupt in a couple of months at most

Nah, they can probably survive for much longer... If they start migrating customers from other hostnodes onto just one hostnode (just a suggestion)
They have been around for quite some time, I doubt they will go down that quick.

They are owned by Fibernetics (http://www.fibernetics.ca/) which is one of the largest CLEC in Canada, so I highly doubt they'll go bankrupt soon, probably just like DO, they want to get some decent client size first so that they can ask for more money/investments.

Andrey11

@info_hash said:

Created almost 2 days, there is no way to connect. network test fails.

shovenose

Shit provider. After months of my vps not working I "cancelled"

spammy

@Andrey11 said:
Created almost 2 days, there is no way to connect. network test fails.

Try delete and recreate server, I had to do it 5 times to get it to work...

info_hash

Andrey11 said: Created almost 2 days, there is no way to connect. network test fails.

Maybe change image also?

FreeBSD didn't work for me, Debian works fine so far.

Indeed had to wait almost 24h for setup. I'm updating the ship and I'll report how it goes.

edit: here you go, DC1

-------------Speed test--------------------
Testing North America locations
Speedtest from Portland, Oregon, USA [ generously donated by http://bonevm.com ] on a shared 100 Mbps port
    Download Speed: .57 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.43 MB/sec
Speedtest from Seattle, Washington, USA [ generously donated by http://ramnode.com ] on on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 1.21 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 5.21 MB/sec
Speedtest from Los Angeles, CA, USA [ generously donated by http://maximumvps.net ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from Los Angeles, California, USA [ generously donated by http://ramnode.com ] on on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: .84 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.46 MB/sec
Speedtest from Denver, CO, USA on a shared 100 Mbps port
    Download Speed: .02 MB/sec
    Upload speed: .02 MB/sec
Speedtest from Kansas City, MO, USA [ generously donated by http://megavz.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from Dallas, TX, USA [ generously donated by http://cloudshards.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 3.74 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.10 MB/sec
Speedtest from Chicago, IL, USA [ generously donated by http://vortexservers.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 1.61 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 42.02 MB/sec
Speedtest from Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada [ generously donated by http://mycustomhosting.net ] on a shared 1000 Mbps port in / 500 Mbps port out
    Download Speed: .57 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.11 MB/sec
Speedtest from Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada [ generously donated by http://hostnun.net/ ] on a shared 500 Mbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from New York City, New York, USA [ generously donated by http://ramnode.com ] on on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 2.14 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 11.37 MB/sec
Speedtest from Atlanta, Georgia, USA [ generously donated by http://ramnode.com ] on on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 1.39 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.31 MB/sec
Speedtest from Lenoir, NC, USA [ generously donated by http://megavz.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from  Asheville, NC, USA on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from Jacksonville, FL, USA [ generously donated by http://maximumvps.net ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec

Testing EU locations
Speedtest from Paris, France on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: .21 MB/sec
    Upload speed: .75 MB/sec
Speedtest from Alblasserdam, Netherlands [ generously donated by http://ramnode.com ] on on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: .65 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.45 MB/sec
Speedtest from Dusseldorf, Germany [ generously donated by http://megavz.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
Speedtest from Falkenstein, Germany [ generously donated by http://megavz.com ] on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 1.00 MB/sec
    Upload speed: .56 MB/sec
Speedtest from Bucharest, Romania [ generously donated by http://www.prometeus.net ] on a semi-dedicated 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 6.83 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 1.22 MB/sec

Testing Asian locations
Speedtest from Singapore on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: .07 MB/sec
    Upload speed: .03 MB/sec
Speedtest from Tokyo, Japan on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: .31 MB/sec
    Upload speed: .62 MB/sec

Testing Australian locations
Speedtest from Sydney, Australia on a shared 1 Gbps port
    Download Speed: 0 MB/sec
    Upload speed: 0 MB/sec
---------------CPU test--------------------
CPU: 1 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5520 @ 2.27GHz
Time taken to generate PI to 5000 decimal places with a single thread: 0m36.663s
----------------IO test-------------------
Writing 1000MB file to disk
(1.1 GB) copied, 14.0121 s, 76.6 MB/s

emtecro

Windows server 2012 - DC1 - take 48h to setup
http://beta.speedtest.net/result/5223685285

2GB ram - 4vcpu L5520 @ 2.27GHZ - also didnt get 40GB hdd I get 60GB hdd 20 gb for free

D3vil

DC2:

System Info
-----------
Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X7460  @ 2.66GHz
CPU Cores       : 1
Frequency       : 2659.877 MHz
Memory          : 490 MB
Swap            : 991 MB
Uptime          : 1 day, 10:10,

OS              : CentOS release 6.7 (Final)
Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)
Kernel          : 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64
Hostname        : localhost.localdomain


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

Location                Provider        Speed
CDN                     Cachefly        44.7MB/s

Atlanta, GA, US         Coloat          11.4MB/s
Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       11.7MB/s
Seattle, WA, US         Softlayer       13.0MB/s
San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       10.8MB/s
Washington, DC, US      Softlayer       30.6MB/s

Tokyo, Japan            Linode          6.72MB/s
Singapore               Softlayer       1.66MB/s

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         2.56MB/s
Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        12.5MB/s


Disk Speed
----------
I/O (1st run)   : 40.8 MB/s
I/O (2nd run)   : 46.1 MB/s
I/O (3rd run)   : 79.0 MB/s
Average I/O     : 55.3 MB/s

Chuck

@spammy said:
https://members.cloudatcost.com/index.php?fuse=home&view=announcement&controller=announcements&ann_id=87

Basically their server is crappy but it is one time payment with 90% off.

They are based in Toronto Canada I believe, and they practically don't really care what you put on the server. (People even run TOR exit node on them without any issues).

Servers are "cloud" servers, you can create and destroy them as you wish, and split the server into smaller slices (minimum is 512MB of RAM).

They have Windows OS templates as well (Win 2008, 2012 and 7), all OS templates are 64 bit ones.

Here is the specs for their Pro2 servers, which is a one-time 7USD payment:

> 2 vCPU Core's
> 2 public IP per Server
> 1GB ECC RAM
> 20GB SSD
> 1 Gbit Network
> unmetered monthly transfer
> 

Here is a quick benchmark I ran on a server I just acquired, both I/O and network are not great but then for a one-time 7 USD payment it is probably not the worst deal for those who just need something to run:

> 
> System Info
> -----------
> Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E7450  @ 2.40GHz
> CPU Cores       : 2
> Frequency       : 2393.890 MHz
> Memory          : 1000 MB
> Swap            : 459 MB
> Uptime          : 54 min,
> 
> OS              : Debian GNU/Linux 8
> Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)
> Kernel          : 3.16.0-4-amd64
> Hostname        : localhost
> 
> 
> Speedtest (IPv4 only)
> ---------------------
> Your public IPv4 is 
> 
> Location                Provider        Speed
> CDN                     Cachefly        6.31MB/s
> 
> Atlanta, GA, US         Coloat          758KB/s
> Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       476KB/s
> Seattle, WA, US         Softlayer       398KB/s
> San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       414KB/s
> Washington, DC, US      Softlayer       1.46MB/s
> 
> Tokyo, Japan            Linode          550KB/s
> Singapore               Softlayer       105KB/s
> 
> Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         153KB/s
> Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        696KB/s
> 
> 
> Disk Speed
> ----------
> I/O (1st run)   : 24.5 MB/s
> I/O (2nd run)   : 26.0 MB/s
> I/O (3rd run)   : 24.7 MB/s
> Average I/O     : 25.0667 MB/s
> 
> 

@cassa said:
For some reason I keep buying their shit...

@ricardo said:
Distinctly average, at best.

On three separate occasions my OpenVZ VPS partitions ended up as read-only, for some unbeknownst reason. Ticket reply is always 'it's OK now', never the reasoning behind it.

I'm sure there'll be a technical clusterfuck in the future that'll bring this one down permanently.
@Mun said:

@3rk said:
Right now? At least one of my servers was just setup after waiting 10 hours. But can't seem to connect ssh or ping.. noVNC also not working.. assigning an extra IP gives me an IP that is already assigned to another server :')

Is there a big diff between Developer1 and Developer3? I'm talking about the I/O speed and the CPU.

I have Developer1 with 512MB RAM and 1 CPU Core. It crashes and crashes and crashes when I ran the bench script. I thought because of slow CPU and RAM. I plan to get the Developer3.

Chuck

@D3vil said:
DC2:

> System Info
> -----------
> Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X7460  @ 2.66GHz
> CPU Cores       : 1
> Frequency       : 2659.877 MHz
> Memory          : 490 MB
> Swap            : 991 MB
> Uptime          : 1 day, 10:10,
> 
> OS              : CentOS release 6.7 (Final)
> Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)
> Kernel          : 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64
> Hostname        : localhost.localdomain
> 
> 
> Speedtest (IPv4 only)
> ---------------------
> Your public IPv4 is xxxxxxx
> 
> Location                Provider        Speed
> CDN                     Cachefly        44.7MB/s
> 
> Atlanta, GA, US         Coloat          11.4MB/s
> Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       11.7MB/s
> Seattle, WA, US         Softlayer       13.0MB/s
> San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       10.8MB/s
> Washington, DC, US      Softlayer       30.6MB/s
> 
> Tokyo, Japan            Linode          6.72MB/s
> Singapore               Softlayer       1.66MB/s
> 
> Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         2.56MB/s
> Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        12.5MB/s
> 
> 
> Disk Speed
> ----------
> I/O (1st run)   : 40.8 MB/s
> I/O (2nd run)   : 46.1 MB/s
> I/O (3rd run)   : 79.0 MB/s
> Average I/O     : 55.3 MB/s
> 

How do you get the X7460? Are you just lucky or you asked them for it?

default

Install Pending. 48 hours so far.

My advice: do not spend your money on this. It's better to simply buy a beer and drink it with your friend.

vlearnedu

@spammy said:
https://members.cloudatcost.com/index.php?fuse=home&view=announcement&controller=announcements&ann_id=87

Basically their server is crappy but it is one time payment with 90% off.

They are based in Toronto Canada I believe, and they practically don't really care what you put on the server. (People even run TOR exit node on them without any issues).

Servers are "cloud" servers, you can create and destroy them as you wish, and split the server into smaller slices (minimum is 512MB of RAM).

They have Windows OS templates as well (Win 2008, 2012 and 7), all OS templates are 64 bit ones.

Here is the specs for their Pro2 servers, which is a one-time 7USD payment:

> 2 vCPU Core's
> 2 public IP per Server
> 1GB ECC RAM
> 20GB SSD
> 1 Gbit Network
> unmetered monthly transfer
> 

Here is a quick benchmark I ran on a server I just acquired, both I/O and network are not great but then for a one-time 7 USD payment it is probably not the worst deal for those who just need something to run:

> 
> System Info
> -----------
> Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E7450  @ 2.40GHz
> CPU Cores       : 2
> Frequency       : 2393.890 MHz
> Memory          : 1000 MB
> Swap            : 459 MB
> Uptime          : 54 min,
> 
> OS              : Debian GNU/Linux 8
> Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)
> Kernel          : 3.16.0-4-amd64
> Hostname        : localhost
> 
> 
> Speedtest (IPv4 only)
> ---------------------
> Your public IPv4 is 
> 
> Location                Provider        Speed
> CDN                     Cachefly        6.31MB/s
> 
> Atlanta, GA, US         Coloat          758KB/s
> Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       476KB/s
> Seattle, WA, US         Softlayer       398KB/s
> San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       414KB/s
> Washington, DC, US      Softlayer       1.46MB/s
> 
> Tokyo, Japan            Linode          550KB/s
> Singapore               Softlayer       105KB/s
> 
> Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         153KB/s
> Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        696KB/s
> 
> 
> Disk Speed
> ----------
> I/O (1st run)   : 24.5 MB/s
> I/O (2nd run)   : 26.0 MB/s
> I/O (3rd run)   : 24.7 MB/s
> Average I/O     : 25.0667 MB/s
> 
> 

what is the coupon code? because i just followed through the link above and it automatically added 50% off which was not enough lol, what is the coupon code to get 90% off?

TarZZ92

can someone run a benchmark on windows one pls

https://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/download/

emtecro

@TarZZ92 said:
can someone run a benchmark on windows one pls

https://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/download/

Here http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/5949606

spammy

@vlearnedu said:
what is the coupon code? because i just followed through the link above and it automatically added 50% off which was not enough lol, what is the coupon code to get 90% off?

You are too late in the game, the promotion was over and they removed the announcement:

The requested announcement does not exist.