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I don't think so, the only reason nobody hates on @theroyalstudent is that @MrGeneral is still around.
Exactly.
You have made me smile. Well done
Because abusing FR is fine huh? You're the sort of provider I'd keep away from with that attitude.
Unsure why you'd ask for an IP address as compo, it was likely sold as unmanaged and thus any failures they perhaps be responsible to replace the failed component within their service agreement but you are responsible for keeping adequate backups should you need them. You were aware it was old hardware and that likely the drives would be nearing end of life. Even a software raid1 could have failed you here, onboard or hardware raid is the only solution i'd have for this setup. Alternativly, use VMs and perform snapshot backups, or simply have an Rsync on the critical data you want to keep. - Not ideal as if it fails you'll need to rebuild but atleast you have the data.
Realisitcaly, do you need a dedicated server of this size? Would a VPS not suffice with the right provider?
If their network team are willing to do it and you are able to manipulate the routing tables on your server it's possible to use that entire /30 rather than just the 1 usable IP they claim is available so for that $3 you actually get as many as 4 extra ip's ;-)
You can do it in proxmox not sure about ESXi.
By default they allocate a /30 and then waste 3 IP's because one is their gateway and the other 2 are network and broadcast.
What I did is I created a virtual router and assigned it a /30 from RFC1918 space, this is purely a link between the VM and my Server so the rest of the network doesn't need to know or care about it, it's litreally to facilitate adding a static route into the Hypervisors routing table.
Then I asked the Dacentec network team to route the /30 to my servers primary IP rather than dump it onto my Vlan like they usually would,
I then add a static route for the public /30 pointing at the RFC1918 address of the virtual router.
From that point I use NAT to translate it to the backend VM's but it's upto you how you handle it, I also SRC-NAT the routers own traffic to one of the public IP's so it can grab updates.etc
So effectively the routing table within proxmox looks like this.
default via 192.254.xxx.xxx dev vmbr0 < Dacentec's router
10.0.0.239.0/30 dev vmbr3 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.239.1 < Linknet to allow the Host to communicate with the virtual router
192.111.xxx.xxx/30 via 10.0.239.2 dev vmbr3 < Addational subnet routed onto the virtual router
192.254.xxx.xxx/30 dev vmbr0 proto kernel scope link src 192.254.xxx.xxx < Servers primary IP
Eh, excuse me, I don't run a provider.
Also, read the description of FraudRecord.
OP is easily an unpleasant client.
@Nekki, @theroyalstudent
Two of the most ignorant and unhelpful members of this thread, why do you feel the need to bully other members with your childish remarks? I'm guessing the both of you were picked on in school and have now became keyboard cowboys.
Maybe it's time to turn off the pc and go outside for some vitamin D.
Kids now a days have no respect, even when hiding behind a keyboard.
GROW UP KIDS!
Liiiiick maaaaaa baaaaaaallls!
...what? picked on in school? shut up, you psychopath. you don't know me, and nor do i know you. more like people treating me to free stuff because why not.
i'm not bullying someone like @tommy when he's the kind of idiot who goes to some other thread and just post "LOL". he just deserves it!
i already had my say with my first reply. not sure how that isn't logical and counted as "unhelpful".
well, OP isn't very logical with asking for IPs for compensation, if you got an issue with me expressing my views, please, get off the internet.
thanks.
Drive failures happen. Backups are your responsibility with an unmanaged provider. If you don't want to keep setting things up over and over, run RAID, monitor it and have the provider replace failed drives immediately. Not that hard.
There's a saying that in the US that goes, "the customer is always right."
Well in this case, the customer is a flat out entitled dick and needs to understand that backups are his/her own responsibility with an unmanaged, budget provider.
some hours ago i got answer that i cannot get a IP for free
again: the lost data is no problem only setup the OS takes some time...
ill try to get a IPv6 tunnel what theroyalstudent mentioned
btw i dont understand why i get bashed that hard here... i only asked if i can have the IP for free i did not demand it...
only problem i had was that it takes them some time to answer me that simple question
my thoughts was if i get the IP i can stay there for sure with VM backup... now im not sure to stay there but maybe that ipv6 stuff works somehow (im a noob with ipv6)
again i think dacentec is very good price-performance ratio... the first 6 month there where absolutely no problem
have a nice day everyone
edit: i have a vps at scaleway with openvpn maybe someone know if openvpn can be used as ipv6 tunnel
By the way you'll have to explain to me how getting another IP will save you any trouble in the case of a hard drive failure.
You want compensation for no reason, they replaced the faulty drives in good time, you said that in your opening post, you are happy with the server and service in general.
Or look at it this way, an IP costs $3 per month, you are paying $20 for the server, so you should pay $23 per month, on an already very cheap deal you want a further 13% discount for life.
Feck off..
if i have 2 IPs i can install VMware ESXI and install the OS (Ubuntu need not much MB space) and all stuff, then i can make a veeam backup of that VM to an other server and if an HDD fails i only have to install the ESXI new (about 1 click work) and then recover the VM to it and my system is ready to go
sorry for my english hope you understand what i mean
Why don't use just use RAID-1?
i need the 4TB space sometimes
edit: i think HDD performance is lower in raid 1 too... and even with raid 0 its not very good but its ok for that price for sure
Get one more drive, setup raid5 on it, all problems solved.
RAID 1 should give you approx the same speed as raid 0 in terms of read, if the controller is good.
one more drive is 10$ would change the price from 20 to 30...
it is SW RAID anyway
just thought about useing only the 1 IP with vmware workstation and NAT ports to the VM
but i think i cannot make a 4TB virtual disk for 1 VM because of 2 physical disksshould work... my thoughts was wrongWell, cheap and reliable can't go together. Gotta choose one or the other.
Unless I'm missing something your solution wouldn't work as you'd plan to install vm on the server that you currently using so either one or the other drive failed you'd still lose the vm. I'd look at offsite backups or as the others have said raid 1 or 5.
a $10 yearly dacentec vps comes to mind to provide a second IP via a tunnel or something like that?
You can install proxmox from their panel, or install proxmox over debian or install virtualbox over any linux OS. Then, create the vm you want and make the backup you also want. You certainly do not need a second ip.
As of the HD, in a so budget provider, most of the drives are quite old or used. I have services with dacentec among other budget providers, and the first thing I do is a full test with smartmontools. If I see issues to a drive, I open a ticket and I ask for replacement. And I always keep backups.
I would definitely leave. Give the server to somebody who appreciates a server with 2TB of disk space on a 1gb connection for $20 per month. $3.00 for an IP, that's ridiculous. That's like a supermarket charging for food. Why should they, the store is full of food, it should be free.
Yeh but a VM is a lot less hassle to backup/restore, esp if it's to the same machine (or within the same vlan/whatever so you can re-use the Ips.etc) just upload the dump and click a couple buttons.
All you really need is a script/config that takes a backup regularly and sends it elsewhere and you are good to recover from both drives failing.
This post is wonderful!
Crying for 3 dollars. You are in the right place son, welcome again.
Why don't you grow up? Your statement is just as useless as the OP asking for a free IP.
That was actually fun
just a final update:
i setup esxi with ipv6 and use the ipv4 for my VM and have a backup of that VM on an other server.
thanks for the idea with ipv6
ill stay at dacentec for sure... very nice price